During Awards Season with

WINNING MOVIE MOMENTS Contest

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse,” said Don Corleone in the classic 1972 film “The Godfather.” Now, national on demand distributor iN DEMAND, in support of the cable industry’s Movies On Demand® campaign currently in the marketplace, is giving movie fans an offer they won’t want to refuse – several ways to win during Awards Season without having to star in a nominated film! 

Beginning today, movie fans have a unique way to participate in Awards Season via a contest giving them starring roles. The WINNING MOVIE MOMENTS contest  invites participants to recite some of the world’s most memorable movie lines from 10 award-winning films, including Casablanca (“Here’s looking at you, kid.”); Gone with the Wind (“As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.”); Silence of the Lambs (“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”); There Will Be Blood (“I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!”), along with six other movie classics. The motivation? The winner will be the proud owner of a brand new 55” HD-3D TV.

Those who are a little camera shy still have other ways to get in on the action:

“List It!” – an awards-themed version of the Movies on Demand® on Cable app* now gives users a chance to rank past award-winners in major categories and win daily prizes redeemable toward Movies on Demand® on Cable movie titles. The ongoing app adds new categories weekly and is online at: http://www.facebook.com/moviesondemand.

Trivia – Until March, users can visit http://www.rentmoviesondemand.com/awards

to play a series of awards-themed trivia games powered by leading media entertainment company Exponential Entertainment, the creators of the soon to be released online movie game HollywoodPlayer. The MOD online destination is a rich resource for movie buffs eager to learn more about this year’s nominated movies and other titles currently available at the push of a button; often weeks before they can be rented by mail, kiosk or the traditional video store and frequently years before they are available via subscription streaming services.*

Entering the WINNING MOVIE MOMENTS contest:

Entering is easy! Contestants simply visit http://www.rentmoviesondemand.com/moviemoments

for instructions on how to upload their video version of a famous movie line, and then share the clip on Facebook. A qualified panel of judges will select 10 finalists, and the public will vote online for the final winner Feb. 18-26. The winner will be announced the week of Feb. 27^th.

Titles in the contest can now be seen on Movies On Demand in most cable systems around the country.  Plus, many 2012 nominated and winning Awards Season films are available instantly on cable’s Movies On Demand.  For more information about Awards Season titles, games and apps, plus other movies available on cable’s on demand platform, go to www.rentmoviesondemand.com or like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/moviesondemand.

Here is a complete list of the movie titles and quotes in the contest:

Titles & Quotes in WINNING MOVIE MOMENTS contest:

1. Gone with the Wind (WB 1/24-3/12) – “If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.”
2. Casablanca (WB – 1/24-3/12) – “Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.”
3. Godfather – (Paramount 1/24-3/12) “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
4. Annie Hall (MGM 1/24-3/12) – “La-di-da, la-di-da, la la.”
5. Ghost (Paramount 1/24-3/12) – “Molly, you in danger girl.”
6. Silence of the Lambs (MGM 1/24-3/12) – “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”
7. Forrest Gump (Paramount 1/24-3/12) “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
8. Erin Brockovich – (Universal 1/24-3/12)“How about this for a number… 6, that’s how old my daughter is, 8 is the age of my son, 2 is the number of times I’ve been divorced, 16 is the number of dollars I have in my bank account.”
9. Brokeback Mountain (Universal 1/24-3/12) – “I wish I knew how to quit you.”

10.  There Will Be Blood (Paramount 1/24-3/12) – “I drink your milkshake!  I drink it up!”

The Winning Movie Moments contest, List It app, trivia games, rentmoviesondemand.com website and Facebook page are managed by iN DEMAND in support of the Movies on Demand® initiative for CTAM.

*Film titles and availability vary by cable provider.

NIKON® AND WARNER MUSIC GROUP TEAM UP

TO ROCK SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST® (SXSW)

WITH STAR-STUDDED THREE-DAY MUSIC RESIDENCY

“THE WARNER SOUND CAPTURED BY NIKON” TO FEATURE

LIVE SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES BY

SANTIGOLD, B.o.B, WALE & MEEK MILL, fun., AND GARY CLARK, JR.

“YOUR 1 SHOT” CONTEST OFFERS NEW ARTISTS

A CHANCE TO PERFORM LIVE AT SXSW RESIDENCY

Nikon Inc. and Warner Music Group are uniting to host a star-studded residency at the upcoming South by Southwest® Music & Media Conference (SXSW®) in Austin, Texas.  “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon” will make its home at Austin’s famed La Zona Rosa, with two days and three nights of showcase performances slated for March 13^th through 15^th.

Artists from Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records and other WMG labels will appear live at these official SXSW showcases; all SXSW badge-holders are welcome.  Among the artists will be such acclaimed acts as Santigold, B.o.B Wale & Meek Mill, fun., and Gary Clark, Jr. – a full line-up will be announced shortly.

WMG and Nikon are also teaming up to search for the next great music superstar via the “Your 1 Shot” contest.  Bands/artists are invited to submit one live performance video to the “Your 1 Shot” contest site, located at http://www.talenthouse.com/nikon-perform-at-sxsw.  One winner, courtesy of Nikon 1, will be selected by a stellar panel of music industry experts, including A&R executives from both Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records as well as guest artists from each label’s prestigious roster.  The winning artist or band will be brought in to Austin for a Wednesday, March 14^th live performance at “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon.”

In addition to earning a live performance, the “Your 1 Shot” winner will receive a new Nikon 1 J1 camera kit to capture their most memorable moments, travel and three nights’ accommodation in Austin and VIP access to “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon.” One runner-up, as selected by Warner Music Group, will receive new Nikon photography equipment valued at up to $1,000.  In addition, the “People’s Choice” artist receiving the most votes online will receive Nikon equipment valued at up to $2,000.

Artists’ submissions will be accepted through Monday, February 20^th at 10 a.m. PST, with online voting set to run from February 21^st through February 27^th.  The “Your 1 Shot” winner is scheduled to be announced on Tuesday, March 6^th.  Warner Music Group will choose the winner(s) from all qualified submissions with special consideration for the top People’s Choice voted entries.  For Official Rules, Guidelines and Terms & Conditions please visit http://www.talenthouse.com/nikon-perform-at-sxsw.

“The Warner Music Sound Captured by Nikon” is presented by Nikon, Inc., with additional sponsorship provided by TIGI Haircare, which notes that “TIGI’s Bed Head is proud to be the official hair care partner of the Warner Sound Captured by Nikon, providing fans the opportunity to primp before they rock out at the show!”

Follow @thewarnersound on Twitter (http://twitter.com/thewarnersound) for more announcements about WMG’s SXSW® showcases at “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon.”

ABOUT NIKON: Nikon, At the Heart of the Image™. Nikon Inc. is the world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and photo imaging technology and is globally recognized for setting new standards in product design and performance for its award-winning consumer and professional photographic equipment. Nikon Inc. distributes consumer and professional digital SLR cameras, NIKKOR optics, Speedlights and system accessories; Nikon COOLPIX® compact digital cameras; 35mm film SLR cameras; Nikon software products and Nikon sports and recreational optics as well as the new Nikon 1 advanced camera with interchangeable lens system. In 2011, production of NIKKOR lenses surpassed 65 million, creating a new milestone in Nikon’s heritage of superior optics.  For more information, dial (800) NIKON-US or visit http://www.nikonusa.com, which links all levels of photographers to the Web’s most comprehensive photo learning and sharing communities. Connect with Nikon and other photographers on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nikon and get the latest news and information from Twitter by following @Nikon_USA.

ABOUT WARNER MUSIC GROUP: With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word, as well as Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world’s leading music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.

]]> http://www.hmmagazine.com/2012/02/nikon-sponsoring-sxsw-contest-for-bands/feed/ 0 http://www.hmmagazine.com/2012/02/i-wish-i-could-play-in-a-super-bowl/ http://www.hmmagazine.com/2012/02/i-wish-i-could-play-in-a-super-bowl/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:13:28 +0000 Doug Van Pelt http://www.hmmagazine.com/?p=17055 I would love the feeling that the players are feeling right now before the game. The increased heart-rate, the tightening of the stomach muscles. It’s a rush. That tag was invented for this feeling -RUSH! It’s a fleeting feeling, but it is powerful.

It can be unnerving. Being nervous can make you screw up. This feeling is there for anyone right before the following scenarios:

Asking a girl out (feel the fear)
Walking out of the lockerroom before a big game
Turning off the gun’s safety in the back of a van with your fellow criminals right before a bank robbery
Fastening the velcro that tightens your bulletproof vest as you and your fellow law enforcement officers prepare to leave the SWAT van for a confrontation
Walking on stage with your band for a big show

These are all adrenaline rush moments. The only scenario that comes close for me nowadays (thanks to my band getting back together) is that feeling right before we go on stage. The Cornerstone Festival this year was one such moment. Our band was rehearsed and we were ready, but I knew that there was the real possibility of blowing it and failing massively in public. I could come in too early or too late for a verse or a chorus. I could say something stupid before a song. Our gear could malfunction and force me to “kill time” on stage. The possibilities of greatness or a pitiful performance were both present.

Whenever I am presented with these feelings, I’ve learned to embrace the fear and drink up the emotion – to feel the rush. When I’m experiencing it, it can be overwhelming and make me long for its departure, but when it’s over it is often looked back at with joy.

I’m not sure I’d ever be the guy to speak up in a locker room, but if that moment came, it wouldn’t be hard to express myself and try to encourage my fellow warriors.

“Men, we’re about to take this field and what happens out there will live with us forever. You were born for this moment. You were trained for this moment. You have rehearsed over and over with repetition. You know what to expect and you know what to do when you see the keys for this play and that play. Inside the other locker room is another team that wants to take exactly what we want. We have to want it more. We have to take it first. This is the last game of the year, so don’t hold anything back. Leave it ALL out on the field. Give it all you’ve got. As a team we can do this for four quarters. Let’s go!

Not the most eloquent of speeches, but it includes some of my core thoughts. Little things like a football game can really live on in your memories for the rest of your life. I just turned 49 yesterday, but I still remember our head coach saying something to our team that I know that I know was about me. (I could be wrong, but I can’t figure out who he was talking about). It was our final regular season game against the hated Mojave Mustangs. He said, “Some of our seniors are finally playing up to their potential” (or something to that effect).

I was injured twice in my senior season and, even though it’s stupid to think in terms of entitlement, I viewed my senior year as my year. I wouldn’t sit on the bench at #2 on the depth chart behind the other four senior linebackers like I did in my junior year. But a stupid injured back and then an injured shoulder right on the heels of my back getting better made me miss five games. I was mad at this opposing player that had been talking smack to my buddy’s girlfriend. We all wanted to kill him. I was loose, healthy and plays were unfolding in front of me and I was in position to make some stops. I made one of those wonderful behind the line of scrimmage stops of their running back, Sam Mitchell, right after he got the handoff. He was just starting to accelerate, but I was flying in from my position six or ten yards away. I had the advantage of force and he went flat on his back. I love those kinda plays.

I had a chance for a pick-six that I regret misjudging. It was the middle screen play that we had practiced defending all week. When it unfolded I was right there. I decided (to my detriment) to hold off a little bit from the running back, so the QB wouldn’t see him covered and go somewhere else. I was two steps away and their quarterback lobbed it to his awaiting back. I rush in front, but I was two steps away instead of one and I only had the confidence and timing to slam the ball back, like a rejected basketball shot. I wish I would have instead concentrated on making the interception. I had 25 to 30 yards of open field between me and our end zone. That would have been sweet if I would have scored those six points. I would have tossed the ball to the official and sprinted to the sideline to grab my little black kicking tee to lineup for the extra point. I was the placekicker, too, and my dream was to score 7 points – the touchdown and kick the extra point. I would have pleaded with our coach if he would have sent in the second string kicker at that point. I really wanted to be able to claim 7 points. I don’t know why. It was just a special goal I had in my head.

The defensive coordinator screamed at me in the film room the following Monday. “That was six points and glory, Van Pelt! What happened?” I didn’t have the heart to explain my tentativeness. Second mistake. If I had, maybe he could have instilled an answer in me that would prepare me for the future. Something like, “Don’t over analyze your moves like that. Just react and make the play.”

I think back to our final game against the Boron Bobcats my sophomore year, when we were playing on the Junior Varsity team. We sucked that year. I think our record was 2-6-1. This game was our “1″ (a tie). It was 0 – 0 and we were holding the Bobcats to a goalline stand. Their quarterback was trying to run sneaks right up the middle. We stuffed him each time. One of those times he was stalled, stuffed and crammed into a pile while still on his feet. The whistle had not yet blown and so I tried a little experiment.

“What if I…” (grab the ball with both hands and twist upwards like a bottlecap) It worked! That ball squirted straight up in the air and his two eyeballs got as big as saucers as panic overtook his face. He quickly reached out and grabbed the ball back and the whistles were blown and the play was dead. Meanwhile I watched it happen. Why didn’t I snatch the ball out of the air when it was still going up? I could have started runnin 99 yards the other way. I wasn’t a fast guy, so it’s likely I would have gotten caught from behind.

Here’s what I think I would have done, though:
I had a head start, since most of the other 21 players wouldn’t know what was going on, being engaged in blocks, etc, until I was 10 yards away and sprinting. My speed was a slow 5.3 40 (yard dash) time, but I would have probably raced in a straight line and eyed my sideline, hoping for any hints of “Watch out!” or “He’s about to catch you!” And I would have picked a moment to randomly zag, just in case someone was closing in on me.

Scoring a touchdown (and being able to add the extra point as well) would have been a heck of a way to enter my junior year and Varsity play. Why didn’t I confide in a coach and tell them that then? That experience and advice to not over-analyze myself would have worked well for me.

Ah, reliving the glory days of my high school. How fun. I know it’s boring for anyone else.

Here’s one of the only photos I have of me playing ball in high school. My brother-in-law took it with his new camera. Too bad it’s a little fuzzy and blown-out exposure-wise. I’m #81 (in purple) and this wonderful image captures me running up at the end of the play as if I had something to contribute. It’s like showing up after your friends are just finishing moving their furniture. “Can I help? Oh, I’m too late.” I keep this photo in my senior yearbook, along with this little pocket schedule. I just noticed that the Army recruiter who printed these misspelled our team name. Ha ha. We were the Desert Scorpions, not the Scorpians. The same brother-in-law used to cheer for us with a big pause.

He’d say, “Score – Peons!”

Rob Beckley talks about his upcoming solo release on idefi music

Grammy nominated artist Rob Beckley says he’s excited that his upcoming solo album will be the first release on new record label idefi Music.

“I am incredibly excited that Idefi believes in me enough to be their initial launch artist. I believe in Idefi and what it stands for and am incredibly honored” he says. “An unknown future is as exciting as it gets in business, especially the music industry.”

For years Beckley served as lead vocalist for the nu-metal band Pillar and is scheduled to release his debut solo album in March through idefi. During his time with Pillar the band sold over a million records worldwide and won three Dove awards. Their 2008 effort “the Reckoning” received a Grammy nod for “Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album.”

“The solo record is an opportunity to just be myself and not worry about sounding like “what Pillar is supposed to sound like”” he said. “I love rock, I love worship, and I love anthemic songs. This will be a straightforward rock record with the same passionate lyrics people grew used to in Pillar.”

“I really cannot wait for people to hear the record Rob’s working on and see what an artist can do when they are not under the thumb of a traditional label” says idefi CEO Brady Deaton.

idefi music is a new record label model that puts control into the hands of the artists. It allows artists to set their own pricing and determine what, when and how their music is released. Payment to the artist is instant and does not revolve around recouping advances and exorbitant promotional fees as seen in the traditional model.

“We’ve scanned a million records but we really haven’t seen any royalties” Beckley says. “They loan you all this money to do a record and you have to pay it back plus all the marketing before you get to any kind of return.”

Music from Rob’s new album will be released shortly after the launch of idefi Music on March 14. To learn more about idefi Music visit www.idefimusic.com.

SXSW FILM ANNOUNCES 2012 FEATURES LINEUP

21 JUMP STREET TO SCREEN AS CENTERPIECE

BIG EASY EXPRESS WILL CLOSE THE FEST

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce the features lineup for this year’s Festival, March 9 – 17, 2012 in Austin, Texas. We are also pleased to reveal the world premiere of Emmett Malloy’s documentary Big Easy Express as our Closing Night Film, which follows a train ride unlike any other with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show. Big Easy Express will screen on Saturday, March 17. The program will also include the world premiere of Colombia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ 21 Jump Street, screening in the Centerpiece slot on Monday, March 12. The 2012 lineup continues the SXSW tradition of celebrating ambitious experimentation with risk takers both in front of and behind the camera, and a deep immersion into cultural touchstones. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 8.

“SXSW has long been a haven for bold filmmaking and a launching pad for authentic voices,” says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson. “Every year we start anew, trying hard not to rely on our own formulas or expectations. This year we’re excited to present a fresh slate of breakout talent, but one that’s still uniquely SXSW.”

Over the course of nine days, 130 features will screen at SXSW 2012.  The program features 51 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 1,957 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,387 U.S. and 570 international feature-length films.  This year SXSW moved up submission deadlines a month earlier than previous years, and still saw a 7% increase in its overall submissions over 2011, with a record number of 5,243 total.

The festival’s main competition categories once again find eight Narrative Feature world premieres and eight Documentary Feature world premieres, vying for their respective Grand Jury Prizes. New for 2012, all feature categories will be eligible for Audience Awards.

The Narrative Feature Competition includes: Booster, directed by Matt Ruskin, Eden, directed by Megan Griffiths, Gayby, directed by Jonathan Lisecki, Gimme the Loot, directed by Adam Leon, Los Chidos, directed by Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Pilgrim Song, directed by Martha Stephens, Starlet, directed by Sean Baker, and The Taiwan Oyster, directed by Mark Jarrett. The Documentary Feature Competition includes: Bay of All Saints, directed by Annie Eastman, Beware of Mr. Baker, directed by Jay Bulger, The Central Park Effect, directed by Jeffrey Kimball, Jeff, directed by Chris James Thompson, Seeking Asian Female, directed by Debbie Lum, The Sheik and I, directed by Caveh Zahedi, The Source, directed by Jodi Wille & Maria Demopoulos, and Welcome to the Machine, directed by Avi Zev Weider.

An additional selection of highlights includes: Nelson George’s The Announcement, Gotham Chopra’s Decoding Deepak, Jay & Mark Duplass’ Do-Deca-Pentathalon, Mark Ford’s Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots, Matt Piedmont’s Casa de mi Padre, Patrick Forbes’ Wikileaks: Secrets & Lies, Adam Sherman’s Crazy Eyes, Jacob Rosenberg’s Waiting for Lightning, Tom Kingsley & Will Sharpe’s Black Pond, Kristen Sheridan’s Dollhouse, Gareth Huw Evans’ The Raid, Ben Shapiro’s Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s WONDER WOMEN! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and William Friedkin’s Killer Joe.  They join previously announced films such as Opening Night film The Cabin in the Woods, as well as narrative films Citadel, Small Apartments, the HBO series Girls, and documentaries MARLEY, Beauty is Embarrassing, and the special event The Oyster Princess (1919) with original live score by Bee vs. Moth.

In the action-comedy 21 Jump Street, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school.  As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring.  But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier – and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind. The film was directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, screenplay by Michael Bacall with the story by Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill, and is based on the television series created by Patrick Hasburgh & Stephen J. Cannell. Neal H. Moritz and Stephen J. Cannell produced, with Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ezra Swerdlow and Tania Landau executive producing.

In addition to nine full days of film screenings, SXSW Film will ultimately feature over 100 informative and entertaining panels, workshops, mini-meetings and mentor sessions. Previously announced panels include A Conversation with Joss Whedon, a dialogue with Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and more on the HBO series Girls, A Conversation with Cliff Martinez, Drive composer, and The Business of Kevin Smith among others. The final conference lineup will be announced February 15. Visit www.sxsw.com/film for more information and updates.

The 2012 SXSW Film Festival will feature:

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.

Films screening in Narrative Feature Competition are:

Booster

Director/Screenwriter: Matt Ruskin

When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted.

Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)

Eden

Director: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Phillips & Chong Kim

A young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, joins forces with her captors in a desperate plea to survive. Cast: Jamie Chung, Matt O’Leary, Beau Bridges, Jeanine Monterroza, Scott Mechlowicz (World Premiere)

Gayby

Director/Screenwriter: Jonathan Lisecki

Jenn and Matt, best friends since college who are now in their thirties, decide to have a child together, the old-fashioned way – even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight. Cast: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver (World Premiere)

Gimme the Loot

Director/Screenwriter: Adam Leon

When Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang, these two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal, and scheme to get spectacular revenge and become the biggest writers in the City. Cast: Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze, Sam Soghor

(World Premiere)

Los Chidos (Germany / Mexico / USA)

Director/Screenwriter: Omar Rodriguez Lopez

The Gonzales family tries hard to hold on to their beautiful Latino traditions of misogyny and homophobia when a tall, white, industrialist stranger appears, challenging their place in the exploitative food chain. Cast: Kim Stodel, María De Jesús Canales Ramírez, Manuel Ramos, Cecillia Gutiérrez, (World Premiere)

Pilgrim Song

Director: Martha Stephens, Screenwriters: Martha Stephens, Karrie Crouse

A pink-slipped music teacher ponders his stalled relationship and place in the world during an arduous trek across Kentucky’s Sheltowee Trace Trail. Cast: Timothy Morton, Bryan Marshall, Karrie Crouse, Harrison Cole, Michael Abbott Jr. (World Premiere)

Starlet

Director: Sean Baker, Screenwriters: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch

The film explores the unlikely friendship between 21-year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and 85 year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California’s San Fernando Valley.

Cast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian

(World Premiere)

The Taiwan Oyster

Director: Mark Jarrett, Screenwriters: Mark Jarrett, Jordan Heimer, Mitchell Jarrett

Two Ex-Pat Kindergarten teachers in Taiwan embark on a quixotic odyssey to bury a fellow countryman. Cast: Billy Harvey, Jeff Palmiotti, Leonora Lim (World Premiere)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

This year’s 8 films were selected from 845 submissions. Each film is a World Premiere.

Films screening in Documentary Feature Competition are:

Bay of All Saints

Director: Annie Eastman

As the last of the notorious water slums is demolished in Bahia, Brazil, will three single mothers face homelessness or rally for a better life? (World Premiere)

Beware of Mr. Baker

Director: Jay Bulger

Ginger Baker is the original rock ‘n roll madman junkie drummer superstar who everyone thought was dead but somehow survived 50+ years of heroin abuse, disastrous experiments and 5 marriages on 4 continents. (World Premiere)

The Central Park Effect

Director: Jeffrey Kimball

The film reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan’s celebrated patch of green, and the equally colorful, full-of-attitude New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration. (World Premiere)

Jeff

Director: Chris James Thompson

A documentary about the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the 1991 summer of his arrest for the murder of 17 people in Milwaukee. (World Premiere)

Seeking Asian Female

Director: Debbie Lum

When an American man with “yellow fever” meets a Chinese woman half his age online, documenting their attempt to build a marriage from scratch reveals hilarious and troubling complications for the couple and the filmmaker. (World Premiere)

The Sheik and I

Director: Caveh Zahedi

Commissioned by a Middle Eastern Biennial to make a film on the theme of “art as a subversive act,” independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (I am a Sex Addict) is threatened with a fatwa. (World Premiere)

The Source

Directors: Jodi Wille, Maria Demopoulos

The Source Family was a radical experiment in ’70s utopian living. Their popular restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood; but their outsider ideals led to their dramatic undoing. (World Premiere)

Welcome To The Machine

Director: Avi Zev Weider

Upon fathering triplets, filmmaker Avi Zev Weider explores the nature of technology, seeking answers about what it means to be human. (World Premiere)

HEADLINERS

Big names, big talent:  Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film events with some major and rising names in cinema.

Films screening in Headliners are:

21 Jump Street

Directed by: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Screenplay by: Michael Bacall, Story by: Michael Bacall & Jonah Hill

Police officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) get sent back to high school as undercover cops in the action-comedy 21 Jump Street. Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, with Ice Cube (World Premiere)

BIG EASY EXPRESS

Director: Emmett Malloy

Emmett Malloy’s latest film invites us aboard a train ride unlike any other with Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show.

(World Premiere)

The Cabin in the Woods

Director: Drew Goddard, Screenwriters: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard

Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again.  From fan favorites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes The Cabin in the Woods, a mind-blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out. Cast: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford (World Premiere)

Decoding Deepak

Director: Gotham Chopra

Filmmaker Gotham Chopra spends a year on the road decoding his father and spiritual icon Deepak Chopra. (World Premiere)

Girls

Director/Screenwriter: Lena Dunham

Created by and starring Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), the HBO show is a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s.

Cast: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver (World Premiere)

The Hunter (Australia)

Director: Daniel Nettheim, Screenplay by: Alice Addison, Novel by: Julia Leigh, Original Adaptation by: Wain Fimeri

A mercenary is dispatched from Europe to the Tasmanian wilderness by a mysterious biotech company to search for the last surviving Tasmanian tiger.

Cast: Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill (U.S. Premiere)

Killer Joe

Director: William Friedkin, Screenwriter: Tracy Letts

A garish, Southwestern tale – a violent black comedy about a desperate Texas debtor (Hirsch) who plots to kill his mother with help of his family (Haden Church, Gershon).  They hire a crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer (McConaughey) to do the job, but Killer Joe asks for their teenage daughter (Temple) as a retainer. The film is based on Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts’ (August: Osage County) award winning play. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church (U.S. Premiere)

MARLEY (UK / USA)

Director: Kevin Macdonald

The definitive life story of Bob Marley – musician, revolutionary, legend – from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. Directed by Academy-Award-Winner Kevin Macdonald. (North American Premiere)

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT

High profile narrative features receiving their World, North American or U.S. Premieres at SXSW.

Films screening in Narrative Spotlight are:

The Babymakers

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar, Screenwriters: Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow

Unable to impregnate his wife, Tommy and friends rob a sperm bank – to get Tommy’s long-ago donated sperm back. The crazy plan goes hilariously awry and shows how far a couple will go to create a new life.

Cast: Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, Wood Harris, Nat Faxon (World Premiere)

Crazy Eyes

Director: Adam Sherman, Screenwriters: Adam Sherman, Dave Reeves & Rachel Hardisty

Just another story about love.

Cast: Lukas Haas, Madeline Zima, Jake Busey, Tania Raymonde, Regine Nehy (World Premiere)

Do-Deca-Pentathalon

Director/Screenwriter: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics.

Cast: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Elton LeBlanc (World Premiere)

Fat Kid Rules The World

Director: Matthew Lillard, Screenwriters: Michael M.B. Galvin, Peter Speakman

Troy, a depressed overweight teenager, gets sucked into the punk rock world by Marcus, a charming street musician. But when Troy discovers Marcus’ drug addiction, he suddenly must figure out the true boundaries of friendship.

Cast: Jacob Wysocki, Matt O’Leary, Billy Campbell, Lilli Simmons, Dylan Arnold (World Premiere)

frankie go boom

Director/Screenwriter: Jordan Roberts

a flick by bruce about his little brother frank who’s a crybaby (bleep) who shouldn’t do lame-(bleep) embarrassing (bleep) if he dozn’t want people 2 see it

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Chris O’Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, Ron Perlman, Chris Noth (World Premiere)

Hunky Dory (UK)

Director: Marc Evans, Screenwriter: Laurence Coriat

From the producer of Billy Elliot comes this funny, coming of age film featuring songs from artists such as David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield and Electric Light Orchestra. Cast: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch, Robert Pugh, Haydn Gwynne

(North American Premiere)

In Our Nature

Director/Screenwriter: Brian Savelson

Taking place over a single weekend, an estranged father and son accidentally end up in the same country house with their two girlfriends.

Cast: Zach Gilford, Jena Malone, John Slattery, Gabrielle Union (World Premiere)

Keyhole (Canada)

Director: Guy Maddin, Screenwriters: Guy Maddin, George Toles

I’m only a ghost… but a ghost isn’t nothing.

Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Jason Patric, Udo Kier, Kevin McDonald, Tattiawna Jones (U.S. Premiere)

See Girl Run

Director/Screenwriter: Nate Meyer

What happens when a 30-something woman allows life’s “what ifs” to overwhelm her appreciation for what life actually is. Disregarding her current obligations, she digs into her romantic past in hopes of invigorating her present.

Cast: Robin Tunney, Adam Scott, Jeremy Strong, William Sadler, Josh Hamilton (World Premiere)

Small Apartments

Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Screenwriter: Chris Millis

When Franklin Franklin accidentally kills his landlord, he must hide the body; but, the wisdom of his beloved brother and the quirks of his neighbors, force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him. Cast: Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan, Johnny Knoxville, Juno Temple (World Premiere)

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Director/Screenwriter: Bob Byington

Time flies for everyone:  Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal, and a woman they both adore.  A deadpan fable about time sneaking up on and swerving right around us.

Cast: Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Kevin Corrigan (World Premiere)

DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT

Shining a light on new documentary features receiving their World, North American or U.S. Premieres at SXSW.

Films screening in Documentary Spotlight are:

$ELLEBRITY

Director: Kevin Mazur

Renowned celebrity photographer, Kevin Mazur, gives us an all access pass to the life behind the velvet rope and in front of the camera.  Candid, revealing and bold interviews with Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John and more, take us inside the blurred lines of privacy, pliable journalism, celebrity, fame and what it feels like to be consumed. (World Premiere)

America’s Parking Lot

Director: Jonny Mars

Pull up a front row seat as two die-hard fans of ‘America’s Team’ spend their last season with the Dallas Cowboys at historic Texas Stadium, and scramble to preserve their place in America’s Parking Lot. (World Premiere)

The Announcement

Director: Nelson George

On Thursday, November 7, 1991, Earvin “Magic” Johnson made the stunning announcement that he was HIV-positive and would be retiring from basketball immediately. The Announcement gets to the core of Magic’s incredible personal journey. (World Premiere)

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Director: Neil Berkeley

A funny, irreverent and inspirational look into the life and times of one of America’s most important artists, Wayne White. (World Premiere)

Brooklyn Castle

Director: Katie Dellamaggiore

Amidst financial crises and unprecedented public school budget cuts, Brooklyn Castle takes an intimate look at the challenges and triumphs facing members of a junior high school’s champion chess team. (World Premiere)

Code of the West

Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen

Frames a high stakes showdown in the halls of the Montana State Legislature.  The future of medical marijuana is at stake. (World Premiere)

Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes.

Director: M. Slinger

A true document of the art and culture of glass pipe-making. It is the first film to ever bring to light this invisible sub-culture in a comprehensive and well-informed format. (World Premiere)

Girl Model

Directors: A. Sabin, David Redmon

Young Russian girls join a modeling agency to seek work in Japan, but get caught up in an unregulated system that reveals an unseemly side of the fashion industry. (U.S. Premiere)

Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

Director: Ben Shapiro

Acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdson’s 10-year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life — filmed with unprecedented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world. (World Premiere)

Just Like Being There

Director: Scout Shannon

Through the eyes of Daniel Danger, Jay Ryan, and the gig poster community, Just Like Being There focuses on poster artists, the music they commemorate, MONDO film posters, fans, bloggers, galleries, collectors and everything in between. (World Premiere)

Scarlet Road (Australia)

Director: Catherine Scott

The film follows the extraordinary work of Australian sex worker, Rachel Wotton. Impassioned about freedom of sexual expression and the rights of sex workers, she specializes in a long over-looked clientele – people with disability. (North American Premiere)

Trash Dance

Director: Andrew Garrison

A choreographer finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and against the odds, rallies reluctant city trash collectors to perform an extraordinary dance spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, two dozen sanitation workers — and their trucks — inspire an audience of thousands. (World Premiere)

Waiting For Lightning

Director: Jacob Rosenberg

From the producers of Step into Liquid, comes the story of visionary skateboarder Danny Way, who jumped China’s Great Wall and created a new movement in sport. (World Premiere)

Wikileaks: Secrets & Lies (UK)

Director: Patrick Forbes

The in-depth story of Wikileaks told by all the key players. Sulphurous, personal and moving, it documents history in the making at the lawless frontier of new technology and mainstream media. (North American Premiere)

WONDER WOMEN! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Director: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

This documentary examines the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman and introduces audiences to a dynamic group of real life superheroes who continue to fight the good fight both on and off the screen. (World Premiere)

EMERGING VISIONS

Audacious, risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape that demonstrate raw innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking.

Films screening in Emerging Visions are:

Black Pond (UK)

Directors: Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe, Screenwriter: Will Sharpe

An ordinary family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Stars BAFTA-winner Chris Langham and British Comedy Award Winner Simon Amstell. Cast: Chris Langham, Simon Amstell, Amanda Hadingue, Colin Hurley, Will Sharpe (North American Premiere)

Dollhouse (Ireland)

Director/Screenwriter: Kirsten Sheridan

Five street teens break into a house in a rich Dublin suburb for a night of partying. But games are twisted into something more emotional and ultimately out of control through a series of surprising revelations. Cast: Seana Kerslake, Johnny Ward, Kate Stanley Brennan, Shane Curry, Ciaran McCabe (North American Premiere)

Eating Alabama

Director: Andrew Beck Grace

A quest to eat locally becomes a meditation on community, the South and sustainability. Eating Alabama is a story about why food matters. (World Premiere)

Electrick Children

Director/Screenwriter: Rebecca Thomas

Rachel, a 15-year-old fundamentalist Mormon, believes she’s had an immaculate conception by listening to rock and roll. She flees to Las Vegas to escape an arranged marriage, seeking answers to her mysterious pregnancy.

Cast: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Billy Zane (North American Premiere)

Extracted

Director/Screenwriter: Nir Paniry

A scientist is trapped in the memories of a criminal and must solve a crime in order to get back home to his family.

Cast: Sasha Roiz, Dominic Bogart, Jenny Mollen, Nick Jameson, Brad Culver (World Premiere)

Francine (Canada / USA)

Director/Screenwriter: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky

Academy-Award-winner, Melissa Leo, plays Francine, a woman struggling to find her place in a downtrodden lakeside town after leaving behind a life in prison.

Cast: Melissa Leo, Keith Leonard, Victoria Charkut (North American Premiere)

Funeral Kings

Director/Screenwriter: Kevin Mcmanus, Matthew Mcmanus

For three 14-year-old boys at St. Mark’s Middle School, it’s always a good day for a funeral.

Cast: Dylan Hartigan, Alex Maizus, Jordan Puzzo, Charles Odei, Kevin Corrigan (World Premiere)

Hard Labor (Brazil)

Director/Screenwriter: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

Helena prepares to open her own business: a neighborhood grocery store. She hires a maid. But when her husband Octavio is suddenly fired from his job, Helena is left to support the family alone.

Cast: Helena Albergaria, Marat Descartes, Naloana Lima, Marina Flores (U.S. Premiere)

La Camioneta – The Journey of One American School Bus

Director: Mark Kendall

On a 3,000-mile adventure across the borders between the Americas, La Camioneta follows the journey of one out-of-service American school bus as it is repaired, repainted and resurrected into a Guatemalan camioneta. (World Premiere)

The Last Fall

Director/Screenwriter: Matthew A. Cherry

An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life’s complexities after his professional career is over at age 25.

Cast: Lance Gross, Nicole Beharie, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Harry Lennix, Keith David

(World Premiere)

Leave Me Like You Found Me

Director/Screenwriter: Adele Romanski

Big trees, broken hearts. The story of a lovesick couple’s breakup & makeup while camping in the wilds of California. Cast: Megan Boone, David Nordstrom (World Premiere)

PAVILION

Director/Screenwriter: Tim Sutton

Max, a quietly troubled 15-year-old, leaves his lakeside town to live with his father on the sun-blasted fringe of suburban Arizona.  What begins in a calm and lush environment ends in a drastic, frayed confusion. Cast: Max Schaffner, Zach Cali, Cody Hamric, Addie Barlett, Aaron Buyea (World Premiere)

Sun Don’t Shine

Director/Screenwriter: Amy Seimetz

Two lovers, on the back roads of Florida, do very bad things.

Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, AJ Bowen, Kit Gwinn, Mark Reeb (World Premiere)

Sunset Stories

Directors: Silas Howard, Ernesto Foronda, Screenwriter: Valerie Stadler

When May returns to LA and runs smack into JP, the man she left behind, past and present collide sending them on a twenty-four hour journey in search of what they lost.

Cast: Monique Curnen, Sung Kang, Joshua Leonard, Mousa Kraish, Michelle Krusiec (World Premiere)

Tchoupitoulas

Director: Bill Ross, Turner Ross

Three young brothers’ immersive journey into the sensory wonders of the New Orleans night.

(World Premiere)

Thale (Norway)

Director/Screenwriter: Aleksander L. Nordaas

The film revolves around huldra, a mythical, tailed creature, found by two crime scene cleaners in a concealed cellar.  Someone’s been keeping her down here for decades, for reasons soon to surface. Cast: Silje Reinåmo, Jon Sigve Skard, Erlend Nervold, Morten Andresen (North American Premiere)

Wildness

Director/Screenwriter: Wu Tsang

A magical-realist portrait of the Silver Platter, a historic bar in Los Angeles that provides a safe space for Latin/LGBT immigrant and queer art communities to come together in love and conflict.

WOLF

Director/Screenwriter: Ya’ke Smith

A family is shaken to the core when they discover their son has been molested. As they struggle to deal with the betrayal, their son heads towards a total mental collapse.

Cast: Irma P. Hall, Mikala Gibson, Jordan Cooper, Shelton Jolivette, Eugene Lee (World Premiere)

24 BEATS PER SECOND

Showcasing the sounds, culture and influence of music and musicians, with an emphasis on documentary.

Films screening in 24 Beats Per Second are:

Amor Cronico (Cuba / USA)

Director: Jorge Perugorria

Weaving footage of singer Cucu Diamantes’ Cuban tour into a fictional love story.  The result is an energetic display of her glamorous and infectious performance style and a fascinating portrait of Cuba today.

Cast: Cucu Diamantes, Adela Legra, Liosky Clavero, Andres Levin, Jorge Perugorria (World Premiere)

Bad Brains: Band in DC

Directors: Mandy Stein, Benjamen Logan

How four young men from DC changed music forever. (World Premiere)

Charles Bradley: Soul of America

Director: Poull Brien

The incredible late-in-life rise of 62-year-old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album rocketed him from a hard life in the projects to Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 albums of 2011.

(World Premiere)

Daylight Savings

Director: Dave Boyle, Screenwriters: Dave Boyle, Michael Lerman, Joel Clark, Goh Nakamura

After a devastating breakup, musician Goh Nakamura hits the road with his irresponsible cousin to pursue a promising rebound with fellow musician Yea-Ming Chen.

Cast: Goh Nakamura, Michael Aki, Yea-Ming Chen, Lynn Chen, Ayako Fujitani (World Premiere)

Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir (Iceland / Denmark)

Director: Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir

At the tender age of 70 she started making music – and then she couldn’t stop! A tribute to the Danish/Icelandic artist and late bloomer Sigrídur Níelsdóttir.

Paul Williams Still Alive

Director: Stephen Kessler

A documentary filmmaker tracks down actor/singer/songwriter Paul Williams in an attempt to find out what happened to his idol. (U.S. Premiere)

Rock ‘N’ Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen (UK)

Director: Don Letts

Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper, Billie Joe Armstrong and others discuss the incredible life and work of the world’s foremost rock ‘n’ roll photographer, Bob Gruen.

(North American Premiere)

Sunset Strip

Director/Screenwriter: Hans Fjellestad

The 100-year history of the loudest street on the planet, The Sunset Strip. (World Premiere)

Under African Skies

Director: Joe Berlinger

Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.

Uprising: Hip Hop & The LA Riots

Director: Mark Ford

20 years after riots ripped through Los Angeles, Uprising documents how hip hop forecasted – and some say ignited – the worst civil unrest of the 20th century. (World Premiere)

SX GLOBAL

A diverse panorama of international filmmaking talent, including premieres, interactive documentaries and shorts.

Films screening in SX Global are:

BIJUKA (India)

Director: Ashtar Sayed, Screenwriter: Dr. Mahendra Purohit

Inspired by a true event. Scarecrow tells the true story of a young woman who is attempting to escape from an abusive arranged marriage. Cast: Arti Rautela, Amit Purohit (North American Premiere)

Crulic – The Path to Beyond (Romania / Poland)

Director: Anca Damian

The animated documentary feature-length “Crulic – The Path to Beyond” tells the story of the life of Crulic, the 33-year-old Romanian who died in a Polish prison while on hunger strike.

Cubaton – El Medico Story (Estonia / Sweden)

Director: Daniel Fridell

El Medico – a Cuban house doctor who wants to become a cubaton star – is facing a serious choice between serving the state and becoming a popstar. (North American Premiere)

Her Master’s Voice (UK)

Director: Nina Conti

Watching someone talk to themselves has never been so interesting. (World Premiere)

ITALY LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT (Italy / Germany)

Directors: Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi

Gustav and Luca, two Italians, have to decide: Should they stay in Italy, or leave it? (North American Premiere)

Mustafa’s Sweet Dreams (Greece / UK)

Director: Angelos Abazoglou

Mustafa, a 16-year-old pastry shop apprentice dreams of becoming a famous baklava chef in Istanbul. (North American Premiere)

Pompeya (Argentina)

Director: Tamae Garateguy, Screenwriters: Tamae Garateguy, Diego A. Fleischer

When a film director hires two screenwriters to make a gangster movie, a fiction feast starts: femmes fatales, mobs fighting for the same neighborhood and a limitless hero who defies every movie concept. Cast: José Luciano González, Joel Drut, Chang Sung Kim, Vladimir Yuravel, Miguel Forza de Paul

(U.S. Premiere)

¡Vivan las Antipodas! (Germany / The Netherlands / Argentina / Chile)

Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Haven’t we all wondered at some point what was happening just at this moment beneath our very feet at the other side of the planet?

FESTIVAL FAVORITES

Acclaimed standouts and selected previous premieres from festivals around the world.

Films screening in Festival Favorites are:

Beast (Denmark)

Director/Screenwriter: Christoffer Boe

How long will you go, to hold on to the person you love?

Cast: Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

The Comedy

Director: Rick Alverson, Screenwriters: Robert Donne, Colm O’Leary

Indifferent even to the prospects of inheriting his father’s estate, Swanson (Tim Heidecker), a desensitized, aging Brooklyn hipster, strays into a series of reckless situations that may offer the promise of redemption or the threat of retribution.

Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy, Kate Lyn-Sheil, Alexia Rassmusen

Dreams of a Life (UK / Ireland)

Director: Carol Morley

An imaginative quest to go beyond the newspaper reports and solve the mystery of who thirty-eight year old Joyce Vincent was and why she lay undiscovered for three years after her death in one of the busiest parts of London. (North American Premiere)

God Bless America

Director/Screenwriter: Bobcat Goldthwait

Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America.  With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. Cast: Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr (U.S. Premiere)

The Imposter (UK)

Director: Bart Layton

In 1994 a 13-year-old disappears without trace in Texas. Three years later he resurfaces in Spain with accounts of a horrifying kidnap. His family is overjoyed – but all is not as it seems.

Indie Game: The Movie (Canada)

Directors: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky

With the twenty-first century comes a new breed of artist: the indie game designer. These innovators design and program their distinctly personal games in the hope that they may find connection and success.

KID-THING

Director/Screenwriter: David Zellner

A fever-dream fable about Annie, a rebellious girl devoid of parental guidance or a moral compass.  She roams the countryside looking for adventure, and finds it one day in the form of an abandoned well. Cast: Sydney Aguirre, Susan Tyrrell, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, David Wingo

Last Call at the Oasis

Director: Jessica Yu

A powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century.

Lovely Molly

Director: Eduardo Sanchez, Screenwriters: Eduardo Sanchez, Jamie Nash

Exploring the parallels between psychosis, addiction and demonic possession, Lovely Molly tells the story of what really happens before the exorcist arrives.

Cast: Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden (U.S. Premiere)

The Raid (Indonesia)

Director/Screenwriter: Gareth Huw Evans

Rama and his special forces team fight their way through a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord.

Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno

WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists

Director: Brian Knappenberger

We Are Legion takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical “hacktivist” collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Live Soundtracks, cult re-issues and much more.  Our Special Events section offers unusual, unexpected and unique film event one-offs.

Films screening in Special Events are:

An Evening With Sacred Bones Records

Director: Jacqueline Castel

Brooklyn-based record label Sacred Bones presents an evening of original and curated programming of music videos, short films, works in progress, and a rare screening of their first film production, Twelve Dark Noons. (World Premiere)

Bernie

Director: Richard Linklater, Screenwriters: Richard Linklater, Skip Hollandsworth

Based on real-life events, this dark comedy follows Bernie Tiede, his recently deceased friend Marjorie Nugent and District Attorney Danny Buck Davidson who is determined to get to the bottom of the crime. Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Director: Drew Denicola

A feature-length documentary about the massive critical acclaim, dismal commercial failure, and enduring legacy of pop music’s greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star. (Work in Progress)

Casa de mi Padre

Director: Matt Piedmont, Screenwriter: Andrew Steele

Will Ferrell plays a Mexican rancher who must defend his father’s home against the country’s most infamous drug lord. Cast: Will Ferrell, Gael García Vernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Nick Offerman

Girl Walk // All Day

Director/Screenwriter: Jacob Krupnick

A feature-length dance music film that combines freestyle dance with the daily chaos of New York City, set to Girl Talk’s recent mashup album, All Day. Cast: Anne Marsen, John Doyle, Daisuke Omiya

Re:Generation

Director: Amir Bar Lev

5 DJ’s Turn the Table on The History of Music.

Renga (UK)

Directors: Adam Russell, John Sear

A ground breaking feature-length show controlled entirely by the audience using laser pointers. It is the first viable example of a standalone interactive experience capable of running in commercial movie theatres. (North American Premiere)

The Oyster Princess (1919) with original live score by Bee vs. Moth (Germany)

Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Screenriters: Hanns Kraly & Ernst Lubitsch

The Oyster Princess is Ernst Lubitsch’s tart 1919 silent comedy that parodies the rich and the spoiled.  Austin jazz/rock band Bee vs. Moth performs their original score live with the film for the first time. (World Premiere)

About SXSW Film

The SXSW® Film Conference and Festival is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery and interactivity, the event offers invaluable networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film.

The Film Conference buzzes as world-class speakers, creative minds, and notable mentors tackle the latest filmmaking trends amidst the unmatched social atmosphere of the SXSW experience. Simultaneously, the internationally acclaimed, nine-day Festival celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent, featuring a truly diverse program that includes provocative documentaries, subversive comedies, DIY narratives, genre standouts and more. SXSW Film is proud to be an official qualifying festival for the Academy Awards Short Film competition. The Best Narrative Short and Best Animated Short winners become eligible for the Academy Awards.  For more information, visit http://www.sxsw.com/film.

2012 Festival Sponsors

The SXSW Film Conference and Festival is sponsored by Miller Lite, Chevrolet, IFC, Brisk, PepsiCO, Monster Energy, Freecreditscore.com, Esurance, AT&T, Dell and The Austin Chronicle.

FOR TODAY CONFIRMED FOR THE 2012 VANS WARPED TOUR

National Headlining Tour Confirmed This Spring

New Full-Length Album Slated For Release In 2012

Van’s Warped Tour today unveiled Christian metalcore band For Today as one of the latest acts confirmed for next year’s touring festival.  The Razor & Tie band will perform the entire nationwide run, from June 16^th through August 20^th.  Other bands announced for the Warped tour include label mates Chelsea Grin and Vanna, as well as bands Bayside, Sleeping With Sirens, Memphis May Fire, and Mayday Parade.  Tickets are available HERE for the Van’s Warped Tour.

For Today will also kick off  their 2012 nationwide headlining “Fight The Silence Tour” presented by HK Army and Substream Magazine.  The tour kicks off March 9^th in Nashville, TN and runs through the end of April and will make stops throughout the country including the Never Say Never Fest, SXSW and New England Metal & Hardcore Festival before concluding on April 22^nd (tour dates below).  The tour features additional support from A Skylit Drive, Stick To Your Guns, MyChildren MyBride and Make Me Famous.  Click HERE to watch a tour video with more info on the “Fight The Silence Tour.”

For Today is currently in the studio this week with producer Will Putney to work on their fourth full-length album to be released via Razor & Tie in Spring 2012.  Putney (Lamb Of God, Suicide Silence) previously worked on For Today’s 2010 release Breaker.

For Today formed in 2005 and has since released one EP and three full-length albums.  The hardcore-influenced metal band is known for their non-stop touring, high energy live performance, and unrelenting message.  Having played over 1000 shows in five continents, For Today has toured with Emmure, We Came As Romans, Winds of Plague, The Devil Wears Prada.  The band headlined the Scream The Prayer Tour 2010 with Maylene and The Sons of Disaster and also was on the Motel 6 Rock Yourself to Sleep Tour with We Came As Romans this past year.  To date, For Today has sold over 65,000 albums in North America.  As forthcoming about their faith as they are about their musical prowess, For Today have become widely known as one of modern metal’s most technically proficient bands.  For Today is Mattie Montgomery (lead vocals), Ryan Leitru (lead guitar, vocals),   Brandon Leitru (bass), Michael Reynolds (rhythm guitar), and David Morrison  (drums, percussion).

FOR TODAY

HEADLINING TOUR DATES
3/9 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
3/10 Douglasville, GA @ The 7 Venue
3/11 Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theatre
3/12 Pensacola, FL @ American Legion Hall
3/14 Mission, TX @ Never Say Never Festival
3/17 Dallas, TX @ South By So What Festival
3/20 Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
3/21 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
3/23 Simi Valley, CA @ 118 West
3/24 San Diego, CA @ Soma
3/25 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
3/28 Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose
3/29 St Paul, MN @ Station 4
3/31 Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
4/1 Louisville, KY @ Expo Five
4/3 Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theatre
4/4 Tulsa, OK @ Marquee Theatre
4/5 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
4/6 Dayton, OH @ The Attic
4/8 Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme Wheels
4/11 Toronto, ON @ Annex Wreckroom
4/12 Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
4/13 New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
4/14 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
4/15 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
4/17 Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theatre
4/18 Charlotte, NC @ Amos
4/19 Richmond, VA @ Kingdom
4/20 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
4/22 Worcester, MA @ New England Metal & Hardcore Fest (FT/STYG)

FOR TODAY

EUROPEAN HEADLINING TOUR DATES
4/25 – Bochum, Germany – Matrix
4/26 – Berlin, Germany – Comet
4/27 – Dessau, Germany – Beat Club
4/28 – Meerhout, Belgium – Groezrock Festival
4/29 – Stuttgart, Germany – Pirate Satellite Festival

2012 VANS WARPED TOUR

Dates HERE

LINKS

www.myspace.com/fortoday

www.facebook.com/ForToday

https://twitter.com/fortodaybandyoutube

http://razorandtiepublicity.com/artistpage.php?artist=242