My '06 Sundance Screening Schedule
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SXSW Film Festival 2013 Schedule
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SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - 11:00 AM
A Conversation with Danny Boyle
A panel discussion with director Danny Boyle
Academy Award® winning director Danny Boyle has spent the past 20 years pushing the creative boundaries in filmmaking with work as diverse as Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours and most recently as Artistic Director for Isles of Wonder, the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony in London.
Join Danny in a thought-provoking discussion about his groundbreaking work in film production and how he brings his unique vision to audiences around the world. As part of the conversation, Boyle will present footage from his upcoming release Trance. Part Heist Movie, part Amnesia Thriller, part Nouveau Noir, Trance is a high-octane, genre-bending thrill-ride that harnesses the immersive, hypnotic power of cinema to explore ideas of identity, perception and madness. Trance opens Friday, April 5.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - 1:00 PM
"Much Ado About Nothing"(U.S. premiere)
director:Joss Whedon (The Avengers)
CAST: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz
Shakespeare's classic comedy is given a contemporary spin in Joss Whedon's film, "Much Ado About Nothing". Shot in just 12 days (and using the original text), the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a dark, sexy and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - 4:30 PM
"Prince Avalanche"
director:David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls)
SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - 7:15 PM
"Drinking Buddies" (world premiere)
director:Joe Swanberg
CAST: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston
Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and Luke is with Jill (Anna Kendrick). And Jill wants to know if Luke is ready to talk about marriage. The answer to that question becomes crystal clear when Luke and Kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend.
SATURDAY, MARCH 9th - 9:45 PM
"Before Midnight"
director:Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset)
CAST: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
We meet Celine and Jesse nine years after their last rendezvous. Almost two decades have passed since their first encounter on a train bound for Vienna, and we now find them in their early forties in Greece. Before the clock strikes midnight, we will again become part of their story.
SUNDAY, MARCH 9th - 12:00 PM
"Mud"
director:Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
CAST: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon
"Mud" is an adventure about two boys, Ellis and his friend Neckbone, who find a man named Mud hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios—he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper, who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10th - 4:00 PM
"The Wait" (world premiere)
director:M. Blash
CAST: Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny , Luke Grimes, Josh Hamilton
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic, catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected. One sister believes the claim, and the other staunchly opposes it until she encounters a chance at love giving her hope that anything, even resurrection, is possible. A discordant struggle between sisters plays out in a world where the virtual and real converge.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10th - 9:30 PM
"Spring Breakers" (U.S. premiere)
director:Harmony Korine(Gummo)
Four sexy college girls plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fast food shack. But that’s only the beginning... During a night of partying, the girls hit a roadblock when they are arrested on drug charges. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 1:15 PM
"Short Term 12" (world premiere)
director:Destin Daniel Cretton
"Short Term 12" is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace’s own difficult past – and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself – throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex, this lovingly realized film finds truth – and humor – in unexpected places.
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 7:00 PM
"Hawking" (world premiere)
director:Stephen Finnigan
"Hawking" is the extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present. An inspirational portrait of an iconic figure, Hawking relates his incredible personal journey from boyhood under-achiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking manages to make many remarkable scientific discoveries and rises to fame and super-stardom. "Hawking" - a remarkable man, and a remarkable movie.
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 9:30 PM
"Don Jon's Addiction"
director:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jon Martello objectifies everything in his life: his apartment, his car, his family, his church, and, of course, women. His buddies even call him Don Jon because of his ability to pull “10s” every weekend without fail. Yet even the finest flings don’t compare to the transcendent bliss he achieves alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Dissatisfied, he embarks on a journey to find a more gratifying sex life, but ends up learning larger lessons of life and love through relationships with two very different women.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12th - 1:45 PM
"Downloaded" (world premiere)
director:Alex Winter
In 1998 Shawn Fanning, a teenage hacker and programmer, created the code that would become the basis for all peer-to-peer file sharing. In 1999, Fanning and his business partner, fellow teenager Sean Parker, launched the file-sharing service Napster. And what had begun as a largely unknown underground distribution medium erupted into a full-blown global revolution. "Downloaded" explores this revolution from its genesis to its peak, and explains Napster's downfall. "It's about the music and the bands, the fans and the moguls, and the brilliant young minds that ignited the biggest youth revolt since Alan Freed hit the radio," says director Alex Winter.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10th - 4:00 PM
"The Wait" (world premiere)
director:M. Blash
CAST: Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny , Luke Grimes, Josh Hamilton
An enigmatic phone call from a psychic, catapults a family into a state of suspended belief while waiting for their recently deceased mother to be resurrected. One sister believes the claim, and the other staunchly opposes it until she encounters a chance at love giving her hope that anything, even resurrection, is possible. A discordant struggle between sisters plays out in a world where the virtual and real converge.
SUNDAY, MARCH 10th - 9:30 PM
"Spring Breakers" (U.S. premiere)
director:Harmony Korine(Gummo)
CAST: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson
Four sexy college girls plan to fund their spring break getaway by burglarizing a fast food shack. But that’s only the beginning... During a night of partying, the girls hit a roadblock when they are arrested on drug charges. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. Rough on the outside but with a soft spot inside, Alien wins over the hearts of the young Spring Breakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 1:15 PM
"Short Term 12" (world premiere)
director:Destin Daniel Cretton
CAST: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek
"Short Term 12" is told through the eyes of Grace (Brie Larson), a twenty-something supervisor at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. Passionate and tough, Grace is a formidable caretaker of the kids in her charge – and in love with her long-term boyfriend and co-worker, Mason (John Gallagher Jr). But Grace’s own difficult past – and the surprising future that suddenly presents itself – throw her into unforeseen confusion, made all the sharper with the arrival of a new intake at the facility: a gifted but troubled teenage girl with whom Grace has a charged connection. While the subject matter is complex, this lovingly realized film finds truth – and humor – in unexpected places.
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 7:00 PM
"Hawking" (world premiere)
director:Stephen Finnigan
MONDAY, MARCH 11th - 9:30 PM
"Don Jon's Addiction"
director:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
CAST: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza
Jon Martello objectifies everything in his life: his apartment, his car, his family, his church, and, of course, women. His buddies even call him Don Jon because of his ability to pull “10s” every weekend without fail. Yet even the finest flings don’t compare to the transcendent bliss he achieves alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Dissatisfied, he embarks on a journey to find a more gratifying sex life, but ends up learning larger lessons of life and love through relationships with two very different women.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12th - 1:45 PM
"Downloaded" (world premiere)
director:Alex Winter
TUESDAY, MARCH 12th - 4:30 PM
"I Give It A Year" (North American premiere)
director:Dan Mazer
A brand new comedy from Working Title and the writer of "Borat" and "Bruno" that lifts the veil on the realities of the first year of marriage. Starting where other romantic comedies finish, "I Give It A Year" asks what happens after the epic romance and the fairy-tale wedding? When the confetti has been recycled and the presents packed away.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12th - 6:45 PM
"Upstream Color"
director:Shane Carruth
CAST: Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins
A young woman is abducted and seemingly brainwashed via an organic material harvested from a specific orchid. She later meets a man and after the two fall for each other, they come to realize he may also have been subjected to the same process. The two search urgently for a place of safety within each other and struggle to assemble the fragments of their wrecked lives as they are unknowingly drawn into the life cycle of a presence that permeates the microscopic world, moving to nematodes, plant life, livestock, and back again.
"I Give It A Year" (North American premiere)
director:Dan Mazer
CAST: Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Rafe Spall, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver
A brand new comedy from Working Title and the writer of "Borat" and "Bruno" that lifts the veil on the realities of the first year of marriage. Starting where other romantic comedies finish, "I Give It A Year" asks what happens after the epic romance and the fairy-tale wedding? When the confetti has been recycled and the presents packed away.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12th - 6:45 PM
"Upstream Color"
director:Shane Carruth
A young woman is abducted and seemingly brainwashed via an organic material harvested from a specific orchid. She later meets a man and after the two fall for each other, they come to realize he may also have been subjected to the same process. The two search urgently for a place of safety within each other and struggle to assemble the fragments of their wrecked lives as they are unknowingly drawn into the life cycle of a presence that permeates the microscopic world, moving to nematodes, plant life, livestock, and back again.
