Maurice Sanders has a gift. He’s a nipple whisperer. Once he was known as “Magic Sandy.” But that was years ago, before Doris, a famous model and Sander’s muse, fell ill. Now, after more than a decade, Doris wants to meet Maurice again. Having its World Premiere in the Narrative Shorts Competition, we speak with […]
SxSW 2021
SxSW 2021 Interview – FLEX directors Josefin Malmén & David Strindberg
A semi-surreal comedy short that (literally) lets you under the skin of a bodybuilder and his ambivalent self-image – exploring the fine line between self-loathing and self-loving. As part of the Midnight Shorts, we spoke with the team behind FLEX at SxSW Online. Welcome to SxSW and congratulations! Is this your first SxSW experience? Thank […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – TEN LEAVES DILATED director Kate E. Hinshaw
A documentary that uses the make-believe world crafted by Cabbage Patch Kids to examine discourses surrounding childbirth in the American South. Having its World Premiere in the Doc Shorts Competition package, we spoke with Kate E. Hinshaw from TEN LEAVES DIALATED. How did you first hear about SxSW and wishing to send your project into […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – DON’T PEEK director Julian Terry
While playing a video game, a young woman comes across a creepy character who wants to be let out. Premiering in the Midnight Shorts section, we speak with filmmaker Julian Terry from DON’T PEEK. How did you first hear about SxSW and wishing to send DON’T PEEK into the festival? My girlfriend, co-producer and star […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – SIGNIFICANT OTHER director Quinn George
A couple struggles to see eye to eye when a mysterious red orb appears in their new home. Having its Texas Premiere in the Midnight Shorts section, we spoke with filmmaker Quinn George on SIGNIFICANT OTHER. How did you first hear about SxSW and wishing to send your project into the festival? Honestly, I can’t […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – SALES PER HOUR director Michelle Uranowitz
A young woman faces a moral dilemma when she witnesses a sexual encounter in a dressing room at the clothing store where she works. We speak with filmmaker Michelle Uranowitz, whose SALES PER HOUR is having its World Premiere at SxSW 2021 Online in the Narrative Shorts Competition. Tell me about SALES PER HOUR and […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – RUN THAT SHIT! Director Tristan Kim
A Satanic cult lures a no-name rapper into stealing an enchanted chamber pot from his estranged friend and now superstar rapper, Big Tobacco. RUN THAT SHIT! Is having its Texas Premiere in the Midnight Shorts section, and we spoke to director Tristan Kim about the short. Is this your first SxSW experience? This is my […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE OTHER MORGAN director Alison Rich
When a dopey young exterminator discovers there’s another version of her out in the world, she begins to question her life choices. Having its Texas Premiere in the Narrative Shorts Competition, we talk with THE OTHER MORGAN director Alison Rich. Is this your first SxSW experience? It is! I am so thrilled. SXSW always seems […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – A TALE BEST FORGOTTEN director Tomas Stark
In a house by a river that lamented as it ran, lived a father, and his daughter, and the dog-headed man… A murder ballad. Having it’s North American Premiere in the Midnight Shorts section, we spoke to filmmaker Tomas Stark on A TALE BEST FORGOTTEN. How did you first hear about SxSW and wishing to […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – MARVIN’S NEVER HAD COFFEE BEFORE director Andrew Carter
Marvin Wexler tries coffee for the first time and desperately tries to talk about it with anyone who will listen. We spoke with filmmaker Andrew Carter where MARVIN’S NEVER HAD COFFEE will be premiering as part of the Narrative Shorts Competition. You are back! Tell me about your previous experience here at SxSW and what […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – Meet the team from I WENT TO THE DANCE, fully restored for SxSW!
“I WENT TO THE DANCE/J’AI ETE AU BAL is a feature-length documentary made in the late 1980s by Arhoolie Records producer, Chris Strachwitz, the late celebrated filmmaker Les Blank and me. The film has been digitally restored in 5k, a rare process for a documentary film, through Blank’s son, Harrod, and digital restoration magician Anthony […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE GOOD WIFE’S GUIDE director Chloe Merriman
As part of the Texas High School Shorts Program, THE GOOD WIFE’S GUIDE is a take on 1950s housewife culture based off of Housekeeping Monthly‘s article “The Good Wife’s Guide” published in 1955. We spoke with director Chloe Merriman who is premiering the title at SxSW 2021 Online. Welcome to SxSW and congratulations! Is this […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – HOLOGRAPHIC DREAMS & A REALLY DARK COMEDY writer Jackson Coates
HOLOGRAPHIC DREAMS, which is about a teenage boy goes on an exploration of his own fears about death, religion, and sin is celebrating its Texas Premiere, and A REALLY DARK COMEDY is having its world premiere at SxSW Online; In a frantic rush to ask his crush out to prom, Gus and his friend Elliot […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE EXPECTED director Carolina Sandvik
Having its North American premiere at SxSW 2021 Online, THE EXPECTED is about a father-to-be ends up in a feverish nightmare after a miscarriage, when a strange entity seems to be growing in the mother’s blood. We spoke to director Carolina Sandvik ahead of the film’s screening in the Animated Shorts Competition. Welcome to SxSW! […]