They’re calling it the “Geek Telluride.” In addition to their previously announced late-night lineup, SXSW has announced they’re partnering with Fantastic Fest to show six films at this year’s festival, “which will serve as a kind of sampler of the midnight genre programming Fantastic Fest has made its signature.” Unlike Telluride, which traditionally keeps the lineup under wraps until the day before the projectors roll, SXSW promises to unveil their Fantastic half dozen “later this month.” We’ll keep you posted.
In other SX news, the full panel lineup is out. In addition to actual notables like Ricky Van Veen, the Daily Kos guy, John Pierson, Bob Berney and Elvis Mitchell, I’ll be there, chirping in on a panel about film criticism. The panel will be moderated by Gerald Peary, director of the documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism, which premieres at the festival, and which I am (very briefly) in.
Another reminder: if you have a film at SXSW this year and want to be part of our preview coverage (which will start appearing on SpoutBlog next week), do get in touch. karina AT spout DOT com, please.
We’ve spent the past three weeks previewing films that are going to be premiering at SXSW, but the festival also has a conference component, with four days packed full of panels. Karina (that’s me) will be speaking on the Blogs, Buzz and Buddy lists panel on Sunday at 3:30. I’ll also be moderating a panel at 1pm on Monday called Deal or No Deal: The Road to Self-Distribution.
As far as panels that don’t actually require me to operate a microphone are concerned, I’m really excited about the Jeffrey Tambor Acting Workshop. Yes, George (and Oscar) Bluth himself is going to let us in on his “process.” Even cooler, he’s gonna do it by coaching Hannah Takes the Stairs stars Greta Gerwig and Kent Osbourne through a reading of an excerpt of John Patrick Shanley’s The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. Yes, seriously. The magic happens at 1pm on Sunday.
There are tons of other great events going on and no one can attend them all, but after the jump you’ll find a list of a few I have my eye on. If you’re on a panel or have panels you’re particularly excited about, let us know in the comments.
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