As SXSW 2009 approaches we’ll be asking filmmakers to spill the superficial details about their films, to tell us all the deep personal details of what makes them tick, and –– new this year! –– reveal who they had to sleep with, in the incestuous conspiracy-minded secret society that is the wider SXSW community, in order to get their film programmed at the festival.

Disclosure time! David Lowery wrote a few reviews for us last year at SXSW. This year, he will not be writing for us, but he will be at the Festival representing his first feature, St. Nick. Workshopped last summer at the IFP Filmmaker Lab, the Emerging Visions entry follows “the adventures of a brother & sister trying to survive, all on their own, out on the plains of Texas.” David answers to The 5 Questions We’re Asking Everyone involve taking inspiration from Ernest Goes to Camp and praise for SXSW spontaneity. There’s more info on St. Nick’s website, and at David Lowery’s blog.

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