This page lists musical highlights of the South by Southwest Festival as well as the films screening in competition. The annual three-part festival, which includes Music, Film, and Interactive networking, is held in Austin, Texas each year.
This year’s festival will be held on March 12 through March 22, 2010 promises all of the excitement of pervious years. There are bands, which are new to the South by Southwest Festival as well as old favorites. The film portion of the festival brings new films to Austin. In the interactive portion, people can learn about new technologies. It will be one big social networking party in Austin.
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2008 Film Festival Lineup
Spotlight Premieres
- 21 Movie
- Directed by Robert Luketic
- Starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne
- American Teen
- Directed by Nanette Burstein
- Assassination of a High School President
- Directed by Brett Simon
- Starring Reece Thompson, Mischa Barton, Melonie Diaz and Bruce Willis
- At the Death House Door
- Directed by Steve James and Peter Gilbert
- Baghead
- Directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass
- Bananaz
- Directed by Ceri Levy
- Battle in Seattle
- Directed by Stuart Townsend
- Starring Martin Henderson, Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and Ray Liotta
- Beautiful Losers
- Directed by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard
- Choke
- Directed by Clark Gregg
- Starring Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston and Kelly Macdonald
- Crawford
- Directed by David Modigliani
- Dreams with Sharp Teeth
- Directed by Erik Nelson
- Flawless
- Directed by Michael Radford
- Starring Demi Moore, Michael Caine
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Directed by Nicholas Stoller
- Starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand
- Hallam Foe
- Directed by David Mackenzie
- Starring Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciaran Hinds and Claire Forlani
- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
- Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
- Starring Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry and Neil Patrick Harris
- Living with the Tudors
- Directed by Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope
- Lou Reed's Berlin
- Directed by Julian Schnabel
- Love Songs Movie
- Directed by Christophe Honore
- Starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni and Clotilde Hesme
- Mister Lonely
- Directed by Harmony Korine
- Starring Werner Herzog, Diego Luna, Samantha Morton and Denis Lavant
- New Orleans Mon Amour
- Directed by Michael Almereyda
- Starring Christopher Eccleston, Elisabeth Moss and Isabel Gillies
- Nights and Weekends
- Directed by Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig
- Starring Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig, Elizabeth Donius, Jay Duplass, Lynn Shelton and Kent Osborne
- Obscene Movie
- Directed by Daniel O'Connor and Neil Ortenberg
- The Order of Myths
- Directed by Margaret Brown
- The Promotion
- Directed by Steven Conrad
- Starring Seann William Scott, John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor
- Run, Fat Boy, Run
- Directed by David Schwimmer
- Starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria
- Second Skin
- Directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro
- Shine a Light
- Directed by Martin Scorsese
- Shot In Bombay
- Directed by Liz Mermin
- Stop Loss
- Directed by Kimberly Peirce
- Starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Super High Me
- Directed by Michael Blieden
- Then She Found Me
- Directed by Helen Hunt
- Starring Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick
- The Toe Tactic
- Directed by Emily Hubley
- Starring Lily Rabe, Daniel London, Kevin Corrigan and Sakina Jaffrey
- Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
- Directed by Morgan Spurlock
- Wild Blue Yonder
- Directed by Celia Maysles
- Young @ Heart
- Directed by Stephen Walker
Narrative Feature Competition
- Explicit Ills
- Directed by Mark Webber
- The Lost Coast
- Directed by Gabriel Fleming
- My Effortless Brilliance
- Directed by Lynn Shelton
- Older Than America
- Directed by Georgina Lightning
- Paper Covers Rock
- Directed by Joe Maggio
- Up With Me
- Directed by Greg Takoudes
- Wellness Movie
- Directed by Jake Mahaffy
- Yeast Movie
- Directed by Mary Bronstein
Documentary Feature Competition
- Bulletproof Salesman
- Directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein
- Frontrunners
- Directed by Caroline Suh
- Full Battle Rattle
- Directed by Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber
- The Matador Documentary
- Directed by Stephen Higgins and Nina Gilden Seavey
- Sex Positive
- Directed by Daryl Wein
- Some Assembly Required
- Directed by Dori Berinstein
- They Killed Sister Dorothy
- Directed by Daniel Junge
- We Are Wizards
- Directed by Josh Koury
Emerging Visions
- A Necessary Death
- Directed by GJ Echternkamp
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
- Directed by Olaf de Fleur
- Ano Una
- Directed by Jonas Cuaron
- Bama Girl
- Directed by Rachel Goslins
- Bootleg Wisconsin
- Directed by Brandon Linden
- Flying On One Engine
- Directed by Joshua Z Weinstein
- Half-Life Indie Movie
- Directed by Jennifer Phang
- Humboldt County
- Directed by Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky
- I'll Come Running
- Directed by Spencer Parsons
- IBID
- Directed by Russell Friedenberg
- In A Dream
- Directed by Jeremiah Zagar
- The Marconi Bros.
- Directed by Marco Ricci and Michael Canzoniero
- Medicine For Melancholy
- Directed by Barry Jenkins
- Natural Causes
- Directed by Alex Cannon and Michael Lerman
- The New Year Parade
- Directed by Tom Quinn
- One Minute to Nine
- Directed by Tommy Davis
- The Ostrich Testimonies
- Directed by Jonathan VanBallenberghe
- The Pleasure of Being Robbed
- Directed by Josh Safdie
- Present Company
- Directed by Frank V. Ross
- Woodpecker
- Directed by Alex Karpovsky
24 Beats Per Second
- Blip Festival: Reformat the Planet
- Directed by Paul Owens
- Heavy Load
- Directed by Jerry Rothwell
- Heavy Metal in Baghdad
- Directed by Suroosh Alvi
- Nerdcore Rising
- Directed by Negin Farsad
- Of All The Things
- Directed by Jody Lambert
- Rainbow Around the Sun
- Directed by Kevin Ely
- Throw Down Your Heart
- Directed by Sascha Paladino
- The Upsetter: The Life & Music of Lee "Scratch" Perry
- Directed by Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough
- Wesley Willis's Joyrides
- Directed by Chris Bagley
- The Wrecking Crew
- Directed by Denny Tedesco
Lone Star States
- Cook County
- Directed by David Pomes
- Intimidad
- Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin
- The King of Texas
- Directed by Rene Pinnell
- Tulia, Texas Movie
- Directed by Cassandra Herrman and Kelly Whalen
'Round Midnight
- Dance of the Dead
- Directed by Gregg Bishop
- Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie
- Directed by Jay Delaney
- Otis
- Directed by Tony Krantz
- Registered Sex Offender Movie
- Directed by Robert Byington
- Shuttle
- Directed by Edward Anderson
- Southern Gothic
- Directed by Mark Young
Special Screenings
- Agile, Mobile, Hostile: A Year With Andre Williams
- Directed by Tricia Todd
- Bi The Way
- Directed by Brittany Blockman
- The Black List
- Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Body of War
- Directed by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue.
- Dancing Alfonso
- Directed by Barak Heymann
- Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
- Directed by Kurt Kuenne
- Do You Sleep In the Nude?
- Directed by Marshall Fine
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Directed by Adina Pintilie
- Goliath
- Directed by David Zellner
- Here Is What Is
- Directed by Adam Vollick and Adam Samuels
