“DEAR MAMA… is a beautiful story set in the mid-90s in South LA, about a family navigating the grief of losing a loved one at the same time that the death of hip-hop artist, actor and activist, Tupac is announced. His death forces them to confront the emotional aftermath of their own tragedy. The film […]
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SxSW 2022 Interview – GOOD NIGHT director Adam Van Wagoner
“The short depicts two stories told in parallel, both about accepting the unknown. It follows Sara, an astronaut, as she finds herself in a situation of certain death and struggling to accept death and what happens after, and Sara, as a child, being scared of sleeping in the dark and the uncertainty of what may […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION director Juliana Maité Irizarry
“If you want to make history and be part of the world premiere of the first Puerto Rican feature fiction film to be selected in SXSW, go watch our film. Olivia, who suffers from OCD, finds in David, the dealer selling her illegal pills during Christmas Eve, an unexpected connection and the beginning of a […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – THE MOJO MANIFESTO: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOJO NIXON director Matt Eskey
“Remember the guy who did the crazy MTV promos in the ’80s, sang “Don Henley Must Die” and is now a DJ on SiriusXM Outlaw Country? This is his origin story and it’s pretty fucking funny.” Director Matt Eskey on THE MOJO MANIFESTO: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOJO NIXON which screens at SxSW 2022. […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – Meet the team behind TOMORROW’S HOPE
“In TOMORROW’S HOPE you’ll get to know real people making a real difference on the South Side of Chicago. This is an experience that leads you heart-first into some of our most talked-about issues today, including systemic racism and the importance of providing access to education. It’s a journey with passionate educators and kids and […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – IT’S QUIETER IN THE TWILIGHT director Billy Miossi
“The film follows the humble, dedicated few behind NASA’s longest running mission. They are the Voyager flight team engineers – who, from a drab, low-level, rented office space next to a McDonald’s, pilot the most distant mandmade objects through the unchartered frontier of interstellar space. Fighting outmoded, 1970s techonology and an ever shrinking window of […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – BAD AXE director David Siev
“At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, I moved back home to my rural hometown in Bad Axe, MI. I began filming my close-knit Asian-American family and our struggles to keep our family restaurant alive during a very uncertain time. What I ended up capturing was a beautiful portrait of the year 2020 […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – SANTOS SKIN TO SKIN director Kathryn Golden
SANTOS SKIN TO SKIN is an outsider’s story, a film about the love of family, music and overcoming loss. John Santos’ story transcends the individual into something we can all recognize and it uses music to get us there. He’s not just a musician. He’s a culture bearer, a historian and a father who looks […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – JETHICA director Pete Ohs
JETHICA is about a woman with a stalker that she can’t get rid of but it’s really weird and oddly funny and has supernatural elements. Everything takes place on this beautiful, isolated ranch in New Mexico in the middle of nowhere. For fans of the Coen Brothers and early Jarmusch. ” Filmmaker Pete Ohs on […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – slash/back Director Nyla Innusuk
“slash/back is a movie about a group of teenage girls from a remote Arctic community who take on an alien invasion.” Director Nyla Innusuk on slash/back which screens at SxSW 2022. Welcome to SxSW! Is this your first SxSW experience? Are you attending in person or doing the virtual fest? It is! I will be […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – STILL WORKING 9 TO 5 directors Gary Lane & Camille Hardman
“Over 40 years after the comedy film 9 to 5, working women are still fighting for the same serious issues of inequality the film tried to showcase behind a veil of humor.” Filmmaker Gary Lane on STILL WORKING 9 TO 5 which is screening at SxSW 2022. Co-director Camille Hardman also joins us for this […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – MORE THAN I REMEMBER director Amy Bench
“One night at her home in southeastern Congo, 14-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone. From there, she sets out on a remarkable solo journey across the globe, determined to reunite with her lost loved ones and lift […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – HIDDEN KINGDOM directors Sunny Lee & Jacqueline Davis
“HIDDEN KINGDOM Season One is a Five-part series that follows the lives of five different dancers living and hustling in New York City. Our pilot episode Kouadio follows our main character, a classically trained ballet dancer living in Harlem. Throughout the series we blend elements of the surreal with the intimacy of a diary, HIDDEN […]
Contest: Win a Digital Copy of MOON MANOR from LevelFilm!
Even in the midst of SxSW we are still watching out for our contest fans! Enter below to win a Digital Copy of MOON MANOR from our pals at LevelFilm and Route 504 PR! ABOUT: Today is Jimmy’s last day alive. His Alzheimer’s is worsening, so he’s decided to die like he has lived – […]
SxSW 2022 Interview – PEANUT director Mayra Estrada
“PEANUT is a stop-motion, comedic-horror short film. The film follows an accountant, Tim, who becomes overwhelmed with his workload and responsibility as the accountant firm’s only employee. As Tim works quickly to get all his work done, Tim’s desk begins to move by itself. Despite having lots of work, Tim seeks distraction, so he searches […]