SXSW Lineup Announced
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is pleased to announce the short film lineup for this year's Festival, March 13 -- 21, 2009 in Austin, Texas. Over the course of nine days, 127 short films will screen at the festival, selected from 2,071 short film submissions. Among the announced features is:Iron Maiden: Flight 666 -- 24 Beats Per Second
Directors: Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn
A rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's most influential bands as they fly 50,0000 miles around the globe in their customized Boeing 757, "Ed Force One" (piloted by singer Bruce Dickinson), on their 2008 world tour. (North American premiere)
Additional features span all categories, and naturally bridge to the SXSW Music Festival. Titles include Alex Vlack's Still Bill, a documentary about music legend Bill Withers, My Generation, a documentary examining the three Woodstock festivals, directed by Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple, the rock documentary Iron Maiden: Flight 666, directed by Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn, and Marc Webb's 500 Days of Summer, starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
"It's exciting to have the full line-up scheduled and ready to go, and we're always very proud of our shorts programs," says Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson, "Not only are they carefully curated with an eye towards a cohesive and entertaining 90-minute program, but we feel shorts provide an extremely fertile ground to discover new filmmaking talent."
The additional features and comprehensive shorts lineup follow below. The schedule, complete with both screening and panel dates and times, will be available on Monday, February 16th at http://www.sxsw.com/film. Visit often for more information and updates.