{"id":48391,"date":"2023-01-12T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/sxsw-2023-announces-dungeons-dragons-problemista-with-tilda-swinton-more-to-lineup\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T10:08:14","slug":"sxsw-2023-announces-dungeons-dragons-problemista-with-tilda-swinton-more-to-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/12\/sxsw-2023-announces-dungeons-dragons-problemista-with-tilda-swinton-more-to-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2023 Announces \u2018Dungeons &#038; Dragons,\u2019 \u2018Problemista\u2019 With Tilda Swinton &#038; More To Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p>Today, <strong>South by Southwest<\/strong> (<strong>SXSW<\/strong>) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2023) introduced the Opening Night movie, Feature and Short Competitions, Midnighters, choose titles from different classes, and XR Experience for the thirtieth version of the <strong>SXSW Film &amp; TV Festival. T<\/strong>he remainder of the lineup shall be introduced in early February.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/the-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2023-20221206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SXSW Film &amp; TV will open with Paramount Pictures and eOne\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<strong>Dungeons\u00a0and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves<\/strong>,\u201d directed and co-written by <strong>Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley<\/strong>. In the movie, a captivating thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a misplaced relic, however issues go dangerously awry after they run afoul of the mistaken individuals. The film brings the wealthy world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying recreation to the large display in a hilarious and action-packed journey starring <strong>Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez,\u00a0Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights of the competition embrace the world premiere of \u201c<strong>Evil Dead Rise<\/strong>,\u201d <strong>Eva Longoria\u2019<\/strong>s directorial effort \u201c<strong>Flamin\u2019 Hot<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0director <strong>Julio Torres\u2019<\/strong> (\u201c<strong>Los Espookys<\/strong>\u201c) feature-length directorial debut \u201c<strong>Problemista<\/strong>\u201d starring himself and <strong>Tilda Swinton,<\/strong> and extra directorial initiatives by <strong>Brittany Snow, Jake Johnson, Ondi Timoner, Boots Riley, Tara Hernandez, Zoe Lister-Jones,<\/strong> and extra.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the total lineup under.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEADLINERS<\/strong><br \/>Big names, massive expertise: Headliners convey star energy to SXSW, that includes pink carpet premieres and gala movie occasions with main and rising names in cinema.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Honor Among Thieves<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Producers: Jeremy Latcham, Brian Goldner, Nick Meyer, Screenwriters: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio<br \/>An enthralling thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a misplaced relic, however issues go dangerously awry after they run afoul of the mistaken individuals.\u00a0<em>Cast List:\u00a0<\/em><em>Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head and Hugh Grant<\/em>\u00a0(Opening Night World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Lee Cronin, Producer: Rob Tapert<br \/><em>Evil Dead Rise<\/em>\u00a0tells a twisted story of two estranged sisters, performed by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is lower quick by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them right into a primal battle for survival as they face essentially the most nightmarish model of household conceivable.\u00a0<em>Executive Producers embrace Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Cast List: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Problemista<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Julio Torres, Producers: Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Ali Herting<br \/>Alejandro (Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to convey his uncommon concepts to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job helping an erratic art-world outcast (Swinton) turns into his solely hope to remain within the nation and notice his dream. From author\/director Julio Torres comes a surreal journey by the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA (World Premiere)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Flamin\u2019 Hot<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Eva Longoria, Producer: DeVon Franklin, Screenwriters: Linda Yvette Ch\u00e1vez, Lewis Colick<br \/><em>Flamin\u2019 Hot<\/em>\u00a0is the story of Richard Monta\u00f1ez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to show Flamin\u2019 Hot Cheetos right into a snack that disrupted the meals business and have become a world phenomenon.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Dennis Haysbert, Emilio Rivera, Tony Shalhoub, Matt Walsh, Pepe Serna, Bobby Soto, Jimmy Gonzales, Brice Gonzalez<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Presented by Panavision<\/strong><br \/>Panavision, the worldwide supplier of optics, cameras, and end-to-end providers that energy the inventive imaginative and prescient of filmmakers, is sponsoring the Narrative Feature Competition. Eight world premieres, and eight distinctive methods to have a good time the artwork of storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I Used To Be Funny<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Ally Pankiw, Producers: James Weyman, Jason Aita, Breann Smordin<br \/>Sam, a slapstick comedian combating PTSD, weighs whether or not or to not be part of the seek for Brooke, a lacking teenage lady she used to nanny.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones, Sabrina Jalees, Caleb Hearon, Ennis Esmer, Dani Kind<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Late Bloomers<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Lisa Steen, Producers: Alexandra Barreto, Taylor Feltner, Sam Bisbee, Screenwriter: Anna Greenfield<br \/>An aimless 28-year-old Brooklynite lands within the hospital after drunkenly breaking her hip being silly. An encounter with a cranky aged Polish girl who speaks no English results in a job caring for her. Neither likes it, however it\u2019s time to develop up.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Karen Gillan, Margaret Sophie Stein, Jermaine Fowler, Kevin Nealon, Talia Balsam<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mustache<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Imran J. Khan, Producers: Christina Won, Jessica Sittig, Christopher Storer, Tyson Bidner<br \/>It\u2019s the mid-90s and 13 12 months previous Pakistani-American Ilyas is compelled out of his comfortable Islamic non-public faculty and thrown into public faculty with non-Muslim youngsters, all whereas struggling each day by life along with his inescapable pre-pubescent\u00a0<em>Mustache<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Atharva Verma, Rizwan Manji, Alicia Silverstone, Hasan Minhaj, Meesha Shafi, Ayana Manji<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Parachute<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Brittany Snow, Producers: Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Brittany Snow, Lizzie Shapiro, Screenwriters: Brittany Snow, Becca Gleason<br \/>Riley is decided to recuperate from her addictions to meals and physique picture when she quickly falls for an additional dependancy, Ethan.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Francesca Reale, Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale, Scott Mescudi, Dave Bautista, Jennifer Westfeldt, Kathryn Gallagher, Chrissie Fit, Kelley Jakle<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pure O<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Dillon Tucker, Producers: Ricky Fosheim, Dillon Tucker, Ray Lee\u00a0<br \/>A younger screenwriter\/musician grapples with Pure O, a lesser-known type of OCD, whereas juggling his latest engagement and his day job at a excessive finish Malibu drug rehab. Inspired by the filmmaker\u2019s personal private true story.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Daniel Dorr, Hope Lauren, Landry Bender, Jeff Baker, Candice Renee, Breon Gorman, Tim Landfield, Isaac Nippert, Devon Martinez, Clint James<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Raging Grace<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Paris Zarcilla, Producer: Chi Thai<br \/>A daring coming-of-rage story the place Joy, a Filipino immigrant, and her daughter Grace encounter a darkness that threatens all they&#8217;ve labored for.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Maxine Eigenman, Leanne Best, David Hayman<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Scrambled<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Leah McKendrick, Producers: Gillian Bohrer, Jonathan Levine, Brett Haley, Amanda Mortimer<br \/>A broke, single millennial unleashes an existential shitstorm when she freezes her eggs.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Leah McKendrick, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Santino, Clancy Brown, Laura Ceron, Yvonne Strahovski, June Diane Raphael, Adam Rodriguez, Brett Dier, Sterling Sulieman<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Story Ave<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Aristotle Torres, Producers: Lizzie Shapiro, Datari Turner, Jamie Foxx, Aristotle Torres, Screenwriters: Bonsu Thompson, Aristotle Torres<br \/>After operating away from house, a teenage graffiti artist holds up an unsuspecting MTA employee in a theft gone proper that modifications their lives without end.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Asante Blackk, Luis Guzm\u00e1n, Alex Hibbert, Melvin Gregg, Coral Pe\u00f1a, Cassandra Freeman, Hassan Johnson<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>Eight world premieres: Eight non-fiction tales that reveal integrity, vitality and distinctive voices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Angel Applicant<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Ken August Meyer, Producers: Ken A. Meyer, Jason Roark<br \/>A sick man discovers empathetic knowledge on how to deal with his lethal autoimmune illness throughout the colourful expressive works of the late Swiss-German trendy artist, Paul Klee. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Another Body<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom, U.S.)<br \/>Directors: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Producers: Elizabeth Woodward, Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Screenwriters: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman<br \/><em>Another Body<\/em>\u00a0follows a university pupil after she discovers deepfakes of herself circulating on-line. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Producer: Dan Covert, Screenwriters: Erik Auli, Dan Covert, Amy Dempsey, Tara Rose Stromberg<br \/>What defines a life? The iconic work of artist Geoff McFetridge is all over the place. But this movie is greater than a primer on his profession\u2014it\u2019s in regards to the decisions we confront in attempting to steer significant lives, and the way we use our most valuable useful resource: time. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Join or Die<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors\/Producers\/Screenwriters: Rebecca Davis, Pete Davis<br \/>A movie about why it is best to be part of a membership\u2014and why the destiny of America might rely on it. Follow the story of America\u2019s civic unraveling by the work of Robert Putnam, whose legendary Bowling Alone findings mild a path out of our democracy\u2019s disaster. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pay Or Die<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Rachael Dyer, Scott Ruderman, Producers: Rachael Dyer, Scott Ruderman, Yael Melamede<br \/>3 American households are on the receiving finish of a ransom observe. Their journeys replicate how lives are being threatened and brought by the hovering worth of insulin, and reveal the harrowing actuality of life with sickness within the richest nation on the planet. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Queendom<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Agniia Galdanova, Producers: Igor Myakotin, Agniia Galdanova<br \/>Gena, a queer artist from a small city in Russia, clothes in otherworldly costumes and protests the federal government on the streets of Moscow. She levels radical performances in public, which turns into a brand new type of artwork and activism \u2013 and places her life at risk. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Riders on the Storm<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Austria)<br \/>Directors\/Producers: Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns<br \/>A younger horseman battling to make his title and hold a household custom alive within the historic sport of buzkashi learns that fame is a present and a curse because the Taliban take management of Afghanistan and threaten his life. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You Were My First Boyfriend<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Cecilia Aldarondo, Sarah Enid Hagey, Producer: Ines Hofmann Kanna<br \/>In this highschool reunion film turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo relives her tortured adolescence, questioning if she remembered all of it mistaken. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><br \/>High profile narrative options receiving their World, International, North American, or U.S. premieres at SXSW.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bloody Hell<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Molly McGlynn, Producers: Jennifer Weiss, Liane Cunje<br \/>A teenage lady will get recognized with a reproductive situation that upends her plans to have intercourse and propels her into exploring uncommon strategies to have a intercourse life, difficult her relationships with everybody in her life, however most significantly, herself.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Maddie Ziegler, Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, Ki Griffin, D\u2019Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Deadland<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Lance Larson, Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Bob Bastarache, Jas Shelton, Lance Larson, Tara Pirnia, Chris Wilks,Screenwriters: Lance Larson, Jas Shelton<br \/>A U.S. Border Patrol Agent tries to apprehend the ghost of his father, a grave choice that can hang-out him without end.<em>\u00a0Cast List: Roberto Urbina, McCaul Lombardi, Julieth Restrepo, Kendall Rae, Luis Chavez, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Manuel Uriza, Chris Mulkey\u00a0<\/em>(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Down Low<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Rightor Doyle, Producers: Ashley Fox, Lucas Wiesendanger, Ross Katz, Screenwriters: Phoebe Fisher, Lukas Gage<br \/><em>Down Low<\/em>\u00a0is an outrageous comedy about one wild night time, a deeply repressed man, the twink who provides him a cheerful ending, and all of the lives they smash alongside the best way.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, Simon Rex, Sebastian Arroyo, Christopher Reed Brown, Audra McDonald, Judith Light<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Frybread Face and Me<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Billy Luther, Producer: Chad Burris<br \/>An 11-year-old metropolis boy is distributed to his grandmother\u2019s ranch on the Navajo reservation in opposition to his will. He is launched to a brand new lifestyle, and an surprising visitor teaches him the significance of household, custom, and what it means to be a person.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Kier Tallman, Charly Hogan, Martin Seinsmeir, Kahara Hodges, Ryan Begay, Sarah Natani<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If You Were the Last<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Kristian Mercado, Producers: Andrew Miano, Dan Balgoyen, Britta Rowings, Dennis Masel, Gabrielle Nadig, Jessamine Burgum, Kara Durrett, Jon Levin, Sean Woods, Screenwriter: Angela Bourassa<br \/>Adrift of their broken-down house shuttle with little hope of rescue, a female and male astronaut argue over whether or not they\u2019re higher off spending their remaining days as associates or one thing extra.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Anthony Mackie, Zo\u00eb Chao, Natalie Morales, Geoff Stults<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Self Reliance\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Jake Johnson, Producers: Jake Johnson, Ali Bell, Joe Hardesty<br \/>Given the chance to take part in a life or loss of life actuality recreation present, one man discovers there\u2019s so much to stay for.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Andy Samberg, Natalie Morales, Christopher Lloyd, Wayne Brady, GaTa, Emily Hampshire, Mary Holland, Boban Marjanovi\u0107<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Upon Entry<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Spain)<br \/>Directors\/Screenwriters: Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebasti\u00e1n V\u00e1squez, Producers: Carles Torras, Carlos Ju\u00e1rez, Xos\u00e9 Zapata, Sergio Adri\u00e0, Alba Sotorra<br \/>Upon their arrival at Newark\u2019s airport with their authorised residence visas, Diego and Elena are unexpectedly held and subjected to an interrogation by border brokers who try to find whether or not the couple might have one thing to cover.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Alberto Ammann, Bruna Cus\u00ed, Ben Temple, Laura G\u00f3mez<\/em>\u00a0(North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Shining a lightweight on new documentary options receiving their World, International, North American or U.S. premieres at SXSW.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Disturbance within the Force<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak, Producers: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak, Kyle Newman<br \/>Travel again to a galaxy far, distant\u2014the notorious\u00a0<em>Star Wars Holiday Special<\/em>. Dive into the thriller of the way it occurred and why 45 years later it has develop into, a lot to the chagrin of George Lucas, the final word cult traditional amongst Star Wars followers. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Arc of Oblivion<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Ian Cheney, Producers: Meredith Desalazar, Manette Pottle, Rebecca Taylor<br \/><em>The Arc of Oblivion<\/em>\u00a0illuminates the unusual world of archives, record-keeping, and reminiscence by a filmmaker\u2019s quixotic quest to construct an ark in Maine. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Being Mary Tyler Moore<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: James Adolphus, Producers: Lena Waithe, Debra Martin Chase, Ben Selkow, Rishi Rajani, Andrew C. Coles, Laura Gardner<br \/><em>Being Mary Tyler Moore<\/em>\u00a0explores Mary\u2019s vanguard profession, who, as an actor, performer, and advocate, revolutionized the portrayal of ladies in media, redefined their roles in present enterprise, and impressed generations to dream massive and make it on their very own. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Confessions of a Good Samaritan<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Penny Lane, Producer: Gabriel Sedgwick<br \/>Director Penny Lane\u2019s choice to develop into a \u201cGood Samaritan\u201d by giving one in every of her kidneys to a stranger turns right into a humorous and shifting private quest to grasp the character of altruism. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Great Photo, Lovely Life<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Producers: Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Luke Malone, Screenwriters: Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Tyler H. Walk, Josef Beeby<br \/>A photojournalist turns her lens on the many years of sexual abuse her household and neighborhood skilled by the hands of her grandfather on this unflinching portrait of intergenerational trauma, household secrets and techniques, and redemption. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Herricanes<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Olivia Kuan, Producers: James Lee Hernandez, Brian Lazarte, Lisa France, James Short, Olivia Kuan, Justin Baldoni, Andrew Calof<br \/>The Houston Herricanes have been a girls\u2019s full-tackle soccer staff from the 1970\u2019s whose battle to play the sport continues to resonate with feminine athletes at present. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Lady Bird Diaries<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Dawn Porter, Producers: Kim Reynolds, Dawn Porter<br \/>From award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter comes\u00a0<em>The Lady Bird Diaries<\/em>, a groundbreaking documentary movie that makes use of Lady Bird\u2019s audio diaries to inform the story of one of the influential and least understood First Ladies in historical past. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Last Stop Larrimah<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Thomas Tancred, Producers: Sean Bradley, Rebecca Saunders<br \/>Nestled deep within the Australian Outback is the city of Larrimah and its 11 eccentric residents. When one in every of them mysteriously disappears into skinny air, the remaining residents develop into suspects and an extended historical past of infighting is unveiled. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner, Producers: Ondi Timoner, David Turner<br \/><em>The New Americans<\/em>\u00a0is a visceral, meme-driven journey on the intersection of finance, media, and extremism, which uncovers the connection between the Gamestop squeeze and the Jan sixth Insurrection and divulges explosive potentialities of our digital future. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Periodical<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Lina Lyte Plioplyte, Producer: Pegah Farrahmand<br \/><em>Periodical<\/em>\u00a0is an eye-opening documentary that examines science, politics, and thriller of the menstrual cycle, by the experiences of docs, athletes, film stars, journalists, activists, and on a regular basis individuals. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Who I Am Not<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Romania)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: T\u00fcnde Skovr\u00e1n, Producers: Andrei Zinca\u00a0<br \/>There is male, there may be feminine, after which there may be I. Born female and male inside one single physique, a magnificence queen and a male-presenting activist break the intersex taboo by a private and intimate exploration of fact, religion, and belonging. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDNIGHTERS<\/strong><br \/>Scary, humorous, horny, controversial \u2013 eight provocative after-dark options for night time owls and the terminally curious.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aberrance<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Mongolia)<br \/>Director: Baatar Batsukh, Producers: Trevor Doye, Alexa Khan, Angarag Meguun, Screenwriters: Baatar Batsukh, Byambasuren Ganbat<br \/>An estranged couple takes a retreat within the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous associates, and darkish unseen forces result in a surprising conclusion.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Erkhembayar Ganbat, Selenge Chadraabal, Yalalt Namsrai, Oyundary Jamsranjav, Sukhee Ariunbyamba, Bayarsanaa Batchuluun, Badamtsetseg Batmunkh<\/em>\u00a0(North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Brooklyn 45<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Ted Geoghegan, Producers: Seth Caplan, Michael Paszt, Pasha Patriki, Sarah Sharp<br \/>In the months following World War II, 5 previous navy associates are talked into an impromptu s\u00e9ance, which brings to troubling mild every of their haunted pasts.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Anne Ramsay, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ezra Buzzington, Kristina Klebe<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It Lives Inside<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Bishal Dutta, Producers: Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Screenwriters: Bishal Dutta, Ashish Mehta<br \/>An Indian-American teenager struggling together with her cultural id has a falling out together with her former finest good friend and, within the course of, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Betty Gabriel, Vik Sahay<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Late Night With the Devil<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Australia, United Arab Emirates)<br \/>Directors\/Screenwriters: Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes, Producers: Derek Dauchy, Steven Schneider, Roy Lee, Adam White, Mat Govoni<br \/>A stay tv broadcast of a preferred late night time speak present in 1977 goes horribly mistaken throughout an indication of demonic possession, unleashing evil into the nation\u2019s dwelling rooms.\u00a0<em>Cast List: David Dastmalchian<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Monolith<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Australia)<br \/>Director: Matt Vesely, Producer: Bettina Hamilton, Screenwriter: Lucy Campbell<br \/>All you need to do is pay attention. A disgraced journalist turns to podcasting to try to rebuild her profession \u2013 however her rush to generate headlines quickly uncovers an odd artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies on the coronary heart of her personal story.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Lily Sullivan<\/em>\u00a0(International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Talk To Me<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Australia)<br \/>Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Producers: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Screenwriters: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman<br \/>Lonely teenager Mia will get hooked on the thrills of conjuring spirits by a ceramic hand, however when she is confronted by a soul claiming to be her useless mom, she unleashes a plague of supernatural forces.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes, Chris Alosio<\/em>\u00a0(Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Wrath of Becky<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors\/Screenwriters: Matthew Angel, Suzanne Coote, Producers: Raphael Margules, JD Lifshitz, Tracy Rosenblum, Russell Posternak, Chadd Harbold<br \/>After dwelling off the grid for 2 years, Becky finds herself going toe to toe in opposition to Darryl, the chief of a fascist group, on the eve of an organized assault.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Matt Angel, Courtney Gains, Aaron Della Villa, Michael Sirow, Denise Burse-Fernandez, Jill Larson, Kate Siegel<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TV PREMIERES<\/strong><br \/>Presenting world premieres of status serials slated for launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m A Virgo<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Showrunner\/Director\/Screenwriter: Boots Riley, Producers: Boots Riley, Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Tze Chun, Jharrel Jerome<br \/>This is a fantastical coming-of-age joyride a few 13ft-tall younger Black man who lives in Oakland, CA. It\u2019s known as\u00a0<em>I\u2019m A Virgo<\/em>. The sequence stars Jharrel Jerome, Brett Gray, Kara Young, Allius Barnes, Olivia Washington, Walton Goggins, Mike Epps, and Carmen Ejogo.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0(World Premiere)<br \/><strong><em>Mrs. Davis<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner: Tara Hernandez, Directors: Owen Harris, Alethea Jones, Screenwriters\/Producers: Tara Hernandez, Damon Lindelof<br \/>Mrs. Davis is the world\u2019s strongest Artificial Intelligence. Simone is the nun dedicated to destroying Her. Who ya bought?\u00a0<em>Cast List: Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueen<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Slip<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner\/Director\/Screenwriter: Zoe Lister-Jones, Producers:\u00a0Zoe Lister-Jones, Ro Donnelly, Dakota Johnson, Katie O\u2019Connell-Marsh, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg<br \/>Restless inside a wedding that completely works,\u00a0<em>Slip<\/em>\u00a0follows Mae by a fantastical journey of parallel universes as she enters new relationships, looking for her manner again to her accomplice, and finally, herself.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Zoe Lister-Jones, Tymika Tafari, Whitmer Thomas, Amar Chadha-Patel, Emily Hampshire<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><br \/>Presenting world premieres of latest seasons of status sequence.<br \/><strong><em>Blindspotting Season 2 Premiere<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner\/Director:\u00a0Rafael Casal, Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Emily Gerson Saines, Ken Lee, Tim Palen<br \/>Ashley was nipping on the heels of a middle-class life in Oakland till Miles, her accomplice and father of their son, was immediately incarcerated, forcing her to maneuver in along with his mom and sister as she makes an attempt to navigate the chaos of her life whereas attempting to be a enjoyable mother for her son\u2026with combined outcomes.\u00a0<em>Cast List:\u00a0<\/em><em>Jasmine Cephas Jones, Helen Hunt, Benjamin Earl Turner, Atticus Woodward, Jaylen Barron, Candace Nicholas-Lippman, Rafael Casal, Margo Hall, April Absynth, Lance Holloway\u00a0<\/em>(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDEPENDENT TV PILOT COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>A pilot showcase introducing recent work from vivid new expertise, many with a watch in the direction of discovering manufacturing, completion funds, or a launch platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Guide To Not Dying Completely Alone<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner\/Screenwriter: Kevin Yee, Director: Yen Tan, Producer: Bekah Sturm<br \/>After a close to loss of life expertise, a queer Asian author decides to alter his life for the higher and chronicles his journey in a guide.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Kevin Yee, Brittani Nichols, Alex MacNicoll, Betsy Struxness, Paul Wong<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chuchi &amp; Adaliz<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner: Ashley Soto Paniagua, Directors: Dani Adaliz, Lance Cameron Holloway, Screenwriters: Ashley Soto Paniagua, Dani Adaliz, Jocelli Paniagua, Producers: Jocelli Paniagua, Heidi Williamson<br \/>After dropping her job for insider buying and selling, Adaliz strikes in together with her childhood bestie Chuchi who teaches her how one can be poor.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Ashley Soto Paniagua, Dani Adaliz, Andrea Bashe, Kathryn Peters, Jocelli Paniagua, Selorm Kploanyi, Dariany Santana, Jeremy Habig, Jullian Farris<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Grown<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner\/Director\/Screenwriter: Jocko Sims, Producers: Jocko Sims, Christophers Santiago, Chaz Hazlitt, Andrew Zolot<br \/>After sneaking right into a strip membership, 14 12 months previous Rogelio, learns a number of laborious classes about being man \u2014 all because of the help of his older sister Chelly.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Josiah Gabriel, Giovanni Cristoff, Tristan-Lee Edwards, Angela Mejia-Loggia, Eliza Ramos, Kevin Rodriguez, Nixon Cesar<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<br \/><strong><em>Harbor Island<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner\/Director\/Screenwriter: Calvin Lee Reeder, Producers: Carlos A.F. Lopez, Megan Leonard<br \/>A dad joke comedian wanders the commercial zone at night time.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Josh Fadem, Sidney Jayne Hunt, Matt Olsen<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Marvin?<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Netherlands)<br \/>Showrunners\/Screenwriters: Anton van der Linden, George Gottl, Director: Anton van der Linden, Producers: Anton van der Linden, Daan Geuke<br \/>Two younger associates struggling to get forward in life stumble onto a magical fridge that actually makes their desires come true and shortly study that their shiny materialistic world is just not what they anticipated.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Cameron Tharma, Sarah Rose, Sven Ironside, Jay Reaper, Cendy Barlag<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Metal Man<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Showrunner: Tomas Pais, Directors: Laurel Parmet, Tomas Pais, Screenwriters: John Patton Ford, Tomas Pais, Laurel Parmet, Producer: Kaelan Housewright<br \/>A heavy metallic handyman will get known as to repair a bathtub however will get pulled into the drama\/lifetime of his buyer and should deal with greater than he signed up for.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Tomas Pais, Lily Du, Andrew Walke, Da\u2019Vone McDonald, David Massil<\/em>\u00a0(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Notarize Me<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Erika Rankin, Screenwriters\/Producers: Erika Rankin, Brigitte Valdez<br \/>BFFs and cellular notary publics, Jackie and Louise, discover themselves in intimate conditions with wacky strangers as vital authorized paperwork get signed.\u00a0<em>Cast List: Brigitte Valdez, Erika Rankin, Sarah Cornell, Harley Tarlitz<\/em>\u00a0(Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHORTS PROGRAM Presented by IMDbPro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMDbPro, the important useful resource for leisure business professionals, is sponsoring the lineup of quick movies throughout six aggressive sections. The SXSW 2023 Shorts Film Program introduced by IMDbPro will embrace a choice of unique, well-crafted movies that make the most of the quick kind and exemplify distinctive and real storytelling. The membership-based IMDbPro service empowers leisure professionals with data and instruments designed to assist them obtain success all through their profession and is a service of IMDb, the world\u2019s hottest and authoritative supply for data on motion pictures, TV reveals and celebrities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NARRATIVE SHORTS COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>A choice of unique, well-crafted movies that make the most of the quick kind and exemplify distinctive and real storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Breaking Fast with a Coca Cola<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Amy Omar, Producers: Karine Benzaria, Jordan Hart, Amy Omar<br \/>After rising up within the secular households of their Turkish immigrant mother and father within the Midwest, \u00d6zlem and Ada are determined to have a good time a practice of their very own. For the primary time, they embark on a day of fasting and an evening of feasting for Ramadan. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Breakthrough<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Daniel Sinclair, Producers: Kate Chamuris, Valerie Steinberg<br \/>Jane and Teddy are getting ready to divorce \u2013 however when their marital issues come to a sticking level, they&#8217;ve an surprising breakthrough. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Closing Dynasty<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Lloyd Lee Choi, Producers: Jon Hsu, Lloyd Lee Choi<br \/>On a college day, a 7 year-old hustles strangers for cash on the streets of New York City. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Deliver Me<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Joecar Hanna-Zhang, Producers: Noam Argov, Jorge Sistos, Joecar Hanna-Zhang<br \/>A billionaire\u2019s long-awaited supply threatens to upend his already tense relationship along with his similar husband, who&#8217;s having an id disaster of his personal. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Endless Sea<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Sam Shainberg, Producer: Rachel Walden<br \/>Carol begins a traditional day solely to seek out out that her coronary heart medicine has doubled in worth. Afraid, however not with out hope, she units out to discover a resolution, however her journey doesn\u2019t result in salvation, solely a determined act of revolution. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Family Circus<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Andrew Fitzgerald, Producer: Josh Cohen<br \/>A Vietnamese-American household\u2019s plan to cowl up a drunk driving accident begins to unravel as their emotional baggage spills out in entrance of the police. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Flores del Otro Patio<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Colombia, Switzerland)<br \/>Director: Jorge Cadena, Screenwriters: Jorge Cadena, Li Aparicio Candama, Producers: Yan Decoppet, Gabriela Bussmann<br \/>In north Colombia, a bunch of queer activists use extravagant performative actions to denounce the disastrous exploitation by the nation\u2019s largest coal mine. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fuck Me, Richard<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Australia, U.S.)<br \/>Directors: Lucy McKendrick, Charles Polinger, Screenwriter: Lucy McKendrick, Producers: Jenna Grossano, Lucy McKendrick, Charlie Polinger<br \/>Recovering from a damaged leg, a romance-obsessed loner finds herself swept up in a passionate long-distance love affair. Richard is ideal in each manner, besides that he could also be a scammer. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Graveyard of Horses<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(China)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Xiaoxuan Jiang, Producer: Zhulin Mo<br \/>A frigid winter on the Mongolian steppe, an premature snowstorm led a pregnant herder and her 8-year-old daughter to locations they\u2019ve by no means been. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I Probably Shouldn\u2019t Be Telling You This<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Emma Weinswig, Producers: Emma Weinswig, Will Noyce<br \/>When an oversharing, compulsive-lying e-girl is caught within the net of her personal lies on her (secretly) favourite podcast, she should lastly get off her bullshit. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It Turns Blue<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Iran)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Shadi Karamroudi, Producers: Shadi Karamroudi, Mehran Noori, Mina Dreki, Theodora Valentis<br \/>Pari covers up home violence when her brother beats up his 3-year-old daughter. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Key<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Belgium, France, Palestine, State of)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Rakan Mayasi, Producers: Frank Barat, Rakan Mayasi, Fran\u00e7ois de Villers, Laura Jumel, Nadine Naous, Patrizia Roletti<br \/>An Israeli household\u2019s equilibrium progressively disintegrates as a mysterious sound is heard each night on the door of their house. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Leonetty<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Logan Jackson, Producer: Dante Sims<br \/>No longer capable of stay along with his mom, younger Leonetty is distributed to stay along with his getting older grandmother. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Les Battues<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>(The Fading)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Canada)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Rafa\u00ebl Beauchamp, Producer: L\u00e9onie Hurtubise<br \/>In a small Quebec village, three hunters take possession of the tragedy of a younger mom to place their very own verdict on it. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Never Fuggedaboutit<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Dustin Waldman, Producers: Dustin Waldman, Nicholas Nazmi, Sariel Hana Friedman<br \/>Amid the excessive nervousness of post-9\/11 NYC, a struggling post-production home is employed to take away a shot of the Twin Towers from the intro to successful TV present. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rest Stop<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Crystal Kayiza, Producers: Jalena Keane-Lee, Brit Fryer<br \/>On a bus journey from New York to Oklahoma, Meyi, a younger Ugandan-American lady, realizes her place on the planet by her mom\u2019s formidable effort to reunite their household. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Scotty\u2019s Vag<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz, Producers: Cailin Lobb-Rabe, Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz, Gia Rigoli, Vero Kompalic<br \/>The night time of a sorority hazing occasion, a university freshman learns simply how far she\u2019s keen to go to impress an older lady. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sisters of the Rotation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Lebanon)<br \/>Directors: Michel Zarazir, Gaby Zarazir, Screenwriters: The Zarazir Brothers, Producer: Madame Le Tapis<br \/>At the Sisters of the Rotation\u2019s convent, the Earth doesn\u2019t spin by itself. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Slick Talk<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Courtney Loo, David Karp, Screenwriter: Courtney Loo, Producer: Katie Mykrantz<br \/>Feeling the strain of an vital assembly with a possible music supervisor, Kiki struggles together with her id as an outsider within the Chinese-American neighborhood, a tradition vulture within the hip-hop world, and a possible sellout for mainstream success. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Take Me Home<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Liz Sargent, Producer: Minos Papas<br \/>After their mom\u2019s loss of life, an intellectually disabled girl and her estranged sister should study to speak as a way to transfer ahead. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>Slices of life from throughout the documentary spectrum.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ball People<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Scott Lazer, Producer: Tripp Kramer, Talia Cohen<br \/>Behind the scenes of the US Open Ball Crew tryouts. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birdsong<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Directors: Omi Zola Gupta, Sparsh Ahuja, Producers: Sparsh Ahuja, Omi Zola Gupta, Dorn Bouttasing<br \/><em>Birdsong<\/em>\u00a0is an intimate portrait of the dying whistled language of the Hmong individuals in northern Laos. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Bus<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Spain)<br \/>Director: Sandra Reina, Screenwriters: Sandra Reina, Fran Mench\u00f3n, Producer: Val\u00e9rie Delpierre<br \/>This is a round-trip bus journey, which takes passengers on Friday mornings in the direction of the weekend, and picks them up on Sunday afternoons to take them again to the place the place they got here from. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Dads<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Luchina Fisher, Producers: Shan Shan Tam, Luchina Fisher<br \/>When 5 fathers of trans youngsters be part of Dennis Shepard, the daddy of slain homosexual faculty pupil Matthew Shepard, for a weekend fishing journey in rural Oklahoma, they discover widespread objective throughout races, generations, and experiences. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>El Bast\u00f3n<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Colombia, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Nemo Allen, Producers: Nemo Allen, Aditi Natasha Kini, Hanna Wallis, Juan Blanco Garc\u00eda<br \/>Two filmmakers, one mom and one son, discover solutions and energy as they doc the struggles of Colombia\u2019s Indigenous Nasa, many years aside. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Margie Soudek\u2019s Salt and Pepper Shakers<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Meredith Moore, Producer: Jonna McKone<br \/>An artist and VFX teacher connects together with her getting older grandmother, Margie, in a documentary quick on gathering, artmaking, and obsessiveness as a option to improve our realities. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mother of the Dawn<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Janell Shirtcliff, Screenwriters: Angie Simms, Tommy Savas, Producer: Tommy Savas<br \/>In the early Nineteen Fifties in a distant nook of Brazil, a feminine truck driver named Tia Neiva began having visions of extraterrestrial spirits; shortly after, she started to achieve a following known as Vale do Amanhecer (Valley of the Dawn). (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>N\u01cei Nai &amp; W\u00e0i P\u00f3 (Grandma &amp; Grandma)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Sean Wang, Producers: Sean Wang, Sam Davis<br \/>N\u01cei Nai (\u5976\u5976) is my grandma. W\u00e0i P\u00f3 (\u5916\u5a46) can be my grandma. Together, they&#8217;re my grandmas. Meet my grandmas. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Puffling<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director: Jessica Bishopp, Producers: Alice Hughes, Gannesh Rajah, Ada Benjam\u00ednsd\u00f3ttir<br \/>On a distant Icelandic island, youngsters Birta and Selma take it upon themselves to counteract society\u2019s dangerous affect on nature, exchanging night-time events for nocturnal puffin rescues in a coming-of-age story for younger adults and puffins alike. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Roger J. Carter: Rebel Revolutionary<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Justin Fairweather, Producers: Zachary Kingham-Seagle, Johnny Starke<br \/><em>Roger J. Carter: Rebel Revolutionary<\/em>\u00a0follows the Chicago portrait artist as he creates staggering photos of black revolutionaries utilizing tons of of toy troopers, representing the wars the marginalized face as they dismantle a longtime system. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Suddenly TV<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Qatar)<br \/>Director\/Producer: Roopa Gogineni<br \/>A gaggle of younger Sudanese create an imaginary tv station at a besieged sit-in. Interviewing protestors from across the nation, they confront the violence of the regime and conjure a brand new Sudan. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Where the Sun Always Shines<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director: Rosie Baldwin, Producer: Lucy Draper<br \/>The residents of a quintessential however uncared for British seaside city grapple with analysis suggesting that their house may disappear inside their lifetimes as a result of local weather disaster. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANIMATED SHORTS COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>An assortment of tales informed utilizing conventional animation, computer-generated results, stop-motion, and every part in between.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Tiny Man<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France)<br \/>Directors: Aude David, Mika\u00ebl Gaudin, Screenwriters: Mika\u00ebl Gaudin, Aude David, Producer: J\u00e9r\u00f4me Blesson<br \/>With a gently penciled animation fashion,\u00a0<em>A Tiny Man<\/em>\u00a0tells an ethical story of nefarious schemes gone awry. As a husband faces the results of his actions, he maybe begins to appreciate that perhaps dimension does actually matter. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ashkasha<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Argentina, Spain)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter\/Producer: Lara Maltz<br \/>Ashkasha is a dwelling being guided by curiosity. This causes her to lose her head and get trapped within the depths, the place she is submerged on a discovery journey. (US Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Beyond The Fringe<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Spain)<br \/>Directors: Han Tang, Costanza Baj, Screenwriter\/Producer: Han Tang<br \/>A narrative about slightly paper determine\u2019s journey of discovering the energy to go away its house, the pocket book the place it was born, to discover the nice world past. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Christopher at Sea<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France, United Kingdom, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Tom CJ Brown, Screenwriters: Tom CJ Brown, Laure Desmazi\u00e8res, Producers: Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Amanda Miller, Hanna Stolarski, Nick Read, Emily-Jane Brown<br \/>Christopher goes to sea. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Debutante<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Elizabeth Hobbs, Producer: Abigail Addison<br \/>A spirited younger girl persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance being held in her honour. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ice Merchants<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Portugal)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Jo\u00e3o Gonzalez, Producers: Bruno Caetano, Micha\u00ebl Proen\u00e7a<br \/>Every day, a father and his son leap with a parachute from their vertiginous chilly home, connected to a cliff, to go to the village on the bottom distant the place they promote the ice they produce each day. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Remove Hind Legs Before Consumption<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Switzerland)<br \/>Directors: Lukas Wind, Finn Meisner, Leslie Herzig, Producer: Gerd Gockell<br \/>In an insect meals farm, one fortunate cricket survives its sure loss of life. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sandwich Cat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Spain)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: David Fidalgo, Producers: Daniel Rodriguez, Laura Doval<br \/>David lives alone along with his kitty, Sandwich Cat. It appeared like an extraordinary day, however an surprising go to will lead him to a vital reflection to humanity. (International Premiere)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spring Roll Dream<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director: Mai Vu, Screenwriter: Chloe White, Producer: Thijme Grol<br \/>Linh is a Vietnamese single mom who\u2019s efficiently cast a life for herself and her son in America. But she is confronted with the previous and tradition she left behind and the query of the place it belongs in her household\u2019s new life. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sprout<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter\/Producer: Zora Kovac<br \/>After an agoraphobic scientist by accident creates a baby-like plant creature, their connection threatens to upend his reclusive lifestyle. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MIDNIGHT SHORTS COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>Bite-sized bits for your entire intercourse, gore, and hilarity cravings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dead Enders<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, Screenwriters: Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker, Jordan Michael Blake, Conor Murphy, Producers: Raven Jenson, Amanda Crown, Gregory Barnes, Conor Murphy, Nico Alvo, Jordan Michael Blake, Eduardo Ruiz-Healy<br \/>A disaffected fuel station clerk finds out why they name it the \u201cgraveyard shift\u201d after oil drillers set free an historic race of mind-controlling parasites.(World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Every House is Haunted<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Bryce McGuire, Producer: Isaiah Smallman<br \/>A struggling couple strikes right into a haunted home\u2026 on objective. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Flute<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Ireland, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Nick Roney, Screenwriters: Nick Roney, Ed Leer, Producers: Brendan Garrett, Ryland Burns<br \/>Fleeing a long-term relationship, a younger man seeks refuge along with his finest associates. After discovering their unusual devices, he\u2019ll study the bachelor life-style is just not as candy because it sounds. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kodama<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Brian M Tang, Producers: Penny Lin, Brendan Bennett, Norrie Palmer, Brian M Tang<br \/>Arthur, a member of an elite SWAT Samurai staff, embarks on a rescue mission into the spirit world as a way to recuperate his father from vengeful Japanese Yokai spirits. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Mundanes<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors\/Screenwriters: Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder, Producers: Eric Hendricks, Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder<br \/>Get to know the Mundanes, a faceless suburban household with an uncommon urge for food. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pennies from Heaven<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Sandy Honig, Screenwriters: Sandy Honig, Annabel Meschke, Sabina Meschke, Producer: Jake Honig<br \/><em>Pennies from Heaven\u00a0<\/em>is a brief comedy about two eccentric twin sisters who come across a pickup truck stuffed with pennies and observe the journey wherever it takes them. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pussy Love<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Germany)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter\/Producer: Linda Krauss<br \/>Hey Puss! Still enjoying laborious to get? Let me be your pussycat. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Run<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Alex Prager, Producers: Vincent Landay, Alex Prager, Lisa Lou Ziven<br \/>Run celebrates the absurdity of being alive at present.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Vibrator Girl<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Kara Strait, Screenwriters: Morgane Ciot, Zoe Mintz, Producers: Morgane Ciot, Zoe Mintz<br \/>A younger girl suffers the eerie penalties of her compulsive vibrator use. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>We Forgot About The Zombies<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Chris McInroy, Producers: Kris Phipps, Jarrod Yerkes, Stacey Bell<br \/>Two dudes suppose they discovered the remedy for zombie bites. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You\u2019re Not Home<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Ireland)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Derek Ugochukwu, Producer: Gregory Burrowes<br \/>When an ominous mould seems of their room, two African brothers looking for asylum are confronted with a darkish entity lurking inside their direct provision centre. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEXAS SHORTS COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>An offshoot of our common shorts program, composed of labor shot in, about, or in some way referring to the Lone Star state.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Breaking Silence<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein, Producers: Monique Walton, Amy Bench<br \/>A portrait of a Deaf activist and his previously incarcerated daughter who construct new bonds by their experiences within the felony justice system. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Call Me Mommy<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Haley Alea Erickson, Taylor Washington, Screenwriter: Haley Alea Erickson, Producers: Brittany Reeber, David Tenczar<br \/>A pedantic mother-to-be hires a stranger to role-play as her unborn daughter. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dressed<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Bethiael Alemayoh, Producer: Noam Argov<br \/>A former bride-to-be makes an attempt to promote her wedding ceremony gown. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Exit 238<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Producer: Henry Davis<br \/>In the autumn in Austin, TX, the extraordinary roosting show of the Purple Martin attracts individuals of many walks of life to the Capital Plaza purchasing heart. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Eyestring<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Argentina, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Javier Devitt, Screenwriters: Javier Devitt, Alena Chinault, Producer: Alena Chinault<br \/>With a mysterious string rising from her eye and questionable recommendation from a hotline service, Veronica is led on an odd quest for solutions. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Funny Face<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Jude Hope Harris, Screenwriters: Krista Fatka, Jude Hope Harris, Producers: Genevieve Jones, Nick Vitale<br \/>When nation singer Randy travels to care for his sister Sophie as she recovers from facial feminization surgical procedure, he meets her girlfriend, Morgan, for the primary time. The three bond over household historical past, love, and a particularly chaotic house nurse. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>La Cosecha<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director: Samuel D\u00edaz Fern\u00e1ndez, Screenwriters: \u00c1i Vuong, Samuel D\u00edaz Fern\u00e1ndez, Producer: \u00c1i Vuong<br \/>As one in every of many residents who lack entry to recent meals in Austin, Nolvia Castillo takes the driving force\u2019s seat and distributes greens to her neighbors. When filmmaker Ai Vuong rides alongside, they converse the language of immigrants: reminiscences of meals. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>When You Left Me On That Boulevard<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Kayla Abuda Galang, Producers: Alifya Ali, Kayla Abuda Galang, David Oconer, Udoy Rahim, Samantha Skinner<br \/>Teenager Ly and her cousins get excessive earlier than a boisterous household Thanksgiving at their auntie\u2019s home in southeast San Diego in 2006. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>W\u00fcm<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Producers: David Hartstein, Seana Flanagan, Shelby Hadden<br \/>Bennett, a nonbinary new mum or dad, joins a Mommy Group known as\u00a0<em>W\u00fcm<\/em>. What is meant to be a supportive house turns right into a Hipster-Stepford-Wife nightmare with Bennett being smothered in the midst of white woman \u201cwokeness.\u201d (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION<\/strong><br \/>A variety of traditional, modern, and classy work showcasing the scope of music video tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>alt-J \u2013 \u2018The Actor\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom) \/ Director: Saskia Dixie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Sum \u2013 \u2018Different Than Before\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(Canada) \/ Director\/Screenwriter: Mayumi Yoshida<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arlo McKinley \u2013 \u2018Stealing Dark from the Night Sky\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>\/ Director: Matt Reynolds<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Abraham \u2013 \u2018If I Didn\u2019t Love You\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: Jillian Bell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diplo feat Miguel \u2013 \u2018Don\u2019t Forget My Love\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: Kinopravda, Screenwriters: Viktor Horvath, Zoltan Aprily<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doechii \u2013 \u2018Crazy\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: C Prinz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drew Ashby \u2013 \u2018Her\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Directors: Chris Scholar, Bevin Brown\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kuba Kawalec \u2013 \u2018I Died\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(Poland) \/ Director\/Screenwriter: Zuzanna Plisz<\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Simz \u2013 \u2018Point and Kill\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom) \/ Director: Ebeneza Blanche<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mac Miller \u2013 \u2018Colors and Shapes\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: Sam Mason<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Kiwanuka \u2013 \u2018 Beautiful Life\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: Phillip Youmans<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mick Jenkins \u2013 \u2018Truffles \u2018<\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom, U.S.) \/ Director: Andre Muir<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mothermary \u2013 \u2018Coming for You Remix\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Directors\/Screenwriters: Larena Danielle Winn, Elyse Winn<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number One Popstar \u2013 \u2018Dance Away the Pain\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director\/Screenwriter: Kate Hollowell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pearl Derringer \u2013 \u2018Little Baby (feat. Margo Price)\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>\/ Director: Kimberly Stuckwisch, Screenwriters: Pearl Derringer, Kimberly Stuckwisch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pranav Bhasin, Rohini Maiti \u2013 \u2018Screaming on the Fly\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0(India) \/ Director\/Screenwriter: Pranav Bhasin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Residente \u2013 \u2018This is Not America ft. Ibeyi\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director: Gregory Ohrel<\/p>\n<p><strong>S+C+A+R+R \u2013 \u2018Never Give Up\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>(France) \/ Director: Jack Antoine Charlot<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah Yeah Yeahs \u2013 \u2018Wolf\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>\/ Director: Allie Avital<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zolita \u2013 \u2018Somebody I F*cked Once\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Director\/Screenwriter: Zolita\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>XR EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The immersive arts are redefining how we expertise the world round us.\u00a0The initiatives introduced in our XR Experience Competition, XR Experience Spotlight, and XR Experience Special Event sections emphasize storytelling, ingenuity, and in addition showcase how artists of all kinds are embracing this new medium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>XR Experience Competition<\/strong><br \/>World Premieres of thrilling immersive work.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Aespa VR Concert at Kwangya<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Republic of Korea, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Soo-man Lee, Producer: Junyoung Park<br \/>\u201cAespa\u2019s first concert at Kwangya, the artists\u2019 virtual existence coexisting with the future.\u201d \u2013 SM Culture Universe. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Body of Mine VR<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Producer\/Screenwriter: Cameron Kostopoulos<br \/>Experience gender dysphoria and trans id with\u00a0<em>Body of Mine VR<\/em>, an intimate expertise that takes you contained in the physique of one other gender. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Consensus Gentium<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Karen Palmer, Producers: Tom Millen, Thalia Mavros, Jackson Lapsley Scott, Tuyet Huynh<br \/><em>Consensus Gentium<\/em>\u00a0is an emotionally responsive movie app designed to be skilled on a cell phone. Set in a close to way forward for surveillance and bias AI that watches you again. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The District VR<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Germany)<br \/>Directors: Dennis Lisk, Ioulia Isserlis, Max Sacker, Producers: Dennis Lisk, Fabian Vogelsteller, Ioulia Isserlis<br \/>Welcome to\u00a0<em>The District VR<\/em>, a music-driven 3D world stuffed with vibrant video games and digital stay leisure. Put on a VR headset and dive right into a digital twin of Berlin. Be the DJ, use offered gear, and blend music stay in entrance of a digital crowd. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>El Beat\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(Colombia)<br \/>Directors: Irene Lema, Sergio Bromberg, Producers: Rafael Ospino, Irene Lema, Screenwriter: Irene Lema<br \/><em>El Beat<\/em>\u00a0is a cross-platform expertise (interactive movie and VR), telling the story of Benkos Bioh\u00f3, enslaved African and founding father of the primary free city within the Americas. It is a tribute to the African diaspora and the Black Power of Latin America. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Find WiiLii \u2013 Ep.1 The Gate-Crasher<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Republic of Korea)<br \/>Directors: Mina Hyeon, Sooyoung Choe, Producer: Sohee Kim, Screenwriters: Sooyoung Choe, Mina Hyeon<br \/>On the primary day as a newcomer on the Teleportation Service Company IIOIIG, the extraordinary mission flows unexpectedly, assembly a stranger. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Forager: Immersive Multi-sensory Experience<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada, U.S.)<br \/>Directors: Winslow Porter, Elie Zananiri, Producers: Winslow Porter, Casta Zhu, Screenwriters: Winslow Porter, Elie Zananiri, Adam Lerman, Daniel Perlin<br \/>In this immersive, multi-sensory expertise visitors will expertise the entire life-cycle of mushrooms. Starting as a spore floating to the forest flooring, you develop into an integral a part of this important, live-giving course of. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fresh Memories: The Look<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Czechia, Ukraine)<br \/>Directors\/Screenwriters: Ond\u0159ej Moravec, Volodymyr Kolbasa, Producers: Ond\u0159ej Moravec, Robin Pultera<br \/>Look into the eyes of Ukrainian individuals whose house has been taken away by conflict. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Invited<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Directors: Davy McGuire, Kristin McGuire, Producers: Davy McGuire, Nesta Nelson, Dan Tucker, Screenwriters: Ben Steiger-Levine, Richard Hurford<br \/><em>The Invited<\/em>\u00a0reimagines the gothic story of Dracula in a solitary s\u00e9ance through which a handcrafted nice artwork pop-up guide involves life with vivid augmented actuality animations to function a conduit for Dracula\u2019s curse to re-enter the fashionable world. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jailbirds- The Eye of the Artist<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Belgium, France)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Thomas Villepoux, Producers: Griselda Gonzalez Gentile, Francois Klein<br \/><em>Jailbirds<\/em>\u00a0takes place in a contemporary hell jail dominated by a vicious Chief Warden. But on this dwelling nightmare, one man, Felix, is all the time completely happy. It enrages the Chief Warden who will do every part he can to find Felix\u2019s secret. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>JFK Memento<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Chlo\u00e9 Rochereuil, Producer: Victor Agulhon<br \/><em>JFK Memento<\/em>\u00a0is a VR documentary chronicling JFK\u2019s assassination. Narrated by the final dwelling witnesses of the occasions, it explores the defining moments of the investigation as archive images and movies remastered in 3D come to life within the historic websites. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Once a Glacier<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Jiabao Li<br \/><em>Once a Glacier<\/em>\u00a0is a VR movie a few lady and her relationship with a glacier. As the lady grows older, the piece of ice is threatened. The viewer is taken on a journey by her seemingly futile efforts to guard what was as soon as a whole glacier. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rockets, by Pillow<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Brazil)<br \/>Director\/Producer\/Screenwriter: Lucas Rizzotto<br \/>The world\u2019s first VR narrative designed for mendacity down in mattress. Control a courageous little rocket named Crimson by a lot of mind-bending puzzles as you try to avoid wasting the Universe from a horrible evil you let out. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay Alive, My Son (Chapters 1 &amp; 2)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Greece, U.S.)<br \/>Director\/Producer\/Screenwriter: Victoria Bousis<br \/><em>Stay Alive, My Son<\/em>\u00a0takes gamers on a fantastical, interactive, and highly effective journey by the thoughts and coronary heart of Pin Yathay as he relives a tragic previous and lack of his son throughout the Cambodian genocide, however finally finds his salvation and heals. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Whipped Cream \u201cThe Dark\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<br \/>Directors: Caroline Cecil (aka Whipped Cream), Will Selviz, Producer: Brenda Medina Carmona, Screenwriter: Caroline Cecil<br \/><em>The Dark,\u00a0<\/em>that includes Monstercat artists Whipped Cream, Jasiah, and Crimson Child, presents a VR expertise that blends EDM and opera music with photorealistic holographic performances in an emotion-oriented story a few poisonous relationship. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>XR Experience Spotlight<\/strong><br \/>Shining a highlight on acclaimed immersive initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Behind The Dish<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France, U.S.)<br \/>Director: Chlo\u00e9 Rochereuil, Producers: Victor Agulhon, Jonathan Gleit<br \/><em>Behind the Dish<\/em>\u00a0is a digital actuality docu-series that dives into the world of gastronomy. Through three 10-minute episodes in 360\u00b0 movie, meet extraordinary girls cooks revolutionizing the meals business and watch their delicacies in super-sized macro 3D.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Eggscape<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Argentina)<br \/>Director: German Heller, Producers: German Heller, Lucila Trobbiani, Screenwriters: German Heller, Federico Heller, Jorge Tereso<br \/>An MR expertise about terrified little eggs struggling to remain alive in a world stuffed with enemies. Play in an unprecedented manner with the bodily world, and construct your personal journey with associates mixing the digital with the actual. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Eye and I Vol. I<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Taiwan)<br \/>Directors: Hsin-Chien Huang, Jean-Michel Jarre, Producer: Hsiao-Yue Tsao, Screenwriter: Hsin-Chien Huang<br \/>The\u00a0<em>Eye and I<\/em>\u00a0is a VR expertise that illuminates the surveillance disaster with music from legendary digital musician Jean-Michel Jarre and visuals from award-winning VR director Hsin-Chien Huang. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Figural Bodies<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Directors: Clarice Hilton, Neal Coghlan, Producers: Susanna Dye, Kat Hawkins<br \/><em>Figural Bodies<\/em>\u00a0challenges and reimagines the normative and ableist methods the physique is known and represented by immersive expertise. This dance mocap efficiency explores fantastical interplay and embodiment past the humanoid avatar kind (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In Pursuit Of Repetitive Beats<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Darren Emerson, Producers: Ashley Cowan, Dan Tucker<br \/>A multi-sensory joyride into the center of a revolution in dance. Grab your pals and plug right into a digital actuality journey that transports you into the early days of the Acid House motion. Share in an expertise that formed a technology. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lou<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Canada)<br \/>Directors: Martine Asselin, Annick Daigneault, Producers: John Hamilton, Sebastien Gros, Screenwriters: Annick Daigneault, Martine Asselin, Louis-Fran\u00e7ois Archambault-Therrien<br \/>Experience the world with the sensitivity of an individual with autism. (U.S. Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mrs Benz<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director: Eloise Singer, Producer: Siobhan McDonnell, Screenwriters: Eloise Singer, Jedidjah Noomen<br \/>Travel again in time to 1886 with Bertha Benz and uncover how her journey modified the course of historical past. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Shib the Metaverse<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Directors: Marcie Jastrow, Sherri Cuono, Producer: Brandie Konopasek<br \/>The Metaverse is the end result of our historical past as a neighborhood, nearly displayed, in a layer of lovely visuals that showcase our innovation and unity with a spot to really name house. (World Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spring Odyssey<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(France)<br \/>Director: Elise Morin, Producer: Lucid Realities, Screenwriter: Sabrina Calvo<br \/>Tangible, materials sculptures await the digital within the exhibition house. The show invitations a reversal of our apprehension of the connection between actuality and the digital by finishing the gaps of 1 and the opposite. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Temporal World: A Haptisonic Virtual Reality Memory World<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Germany)<br \/>Director\/Producer: Chlo\u00e9 Lee<br \/><em>Temporal World<\/em>\u00a0is a haptisonic VR expertise impressed by the artist\u2019s reminiscences in a spot the place she has no private historical past. Visitors discover and form a panorama that&#8217;s as fragmented and fickle as reminiscence itself whereas carrying a customized haptic coat. (International Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>UnEarthed<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(United Kingdom)<br \/>Director: Jamie Davies, Producer: Jennifer Mortimer, Screenwriters: Jamie Davies, Phil Porter<br \/><em>UnEarthed<\/em>\u00a0is a spectacular interactive journey into the pure world, inspiring individuals to respect, shield, and restore our planet\u2019s biodiversity, by impactful studying and leisure. (North American Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You Destroy. We Create<\/em><\/strong>. (Germany)<br \/>Directors\/Producers: Felix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran<br \/>Witness how Ukrainian artwork and tradition have develop into targets of the continued conflict, and meet the inspiring individuals on the frontlines defending it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Yuki MR<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Brazil)<br \/>Director: Kako, Producer: Lia Pinheiro, Screenwriters: Kako, Flavio Mattos, Lia Pinheiro, Marcelo Nery<br \/><em>Yuki MR<\/em>\u00a0is an upbeat mixture of bullet-hell in Mixed Reality! Take your favourite toy in your hand to defeat evil creatures in a multidimensional universe. (Texas Premiere)<\/p>\n<p><strong>XR Experience Special Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Neo-Wulin: The Era of Black Ark<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(China)<br \/>Director\/Screenwriter: Guanyu, Producers: Chenchenchen, Bingbing Wang<br \/><em>Neo-Wulin<\/em>\u00a0is the primary digital efficiency sequence IP in China created by the OXYZ3 staff.<br \/>Each musician may have a singular music world that mixes efficiency, exhibition, and social interplay, and may be consistently prolonged. 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