Brotherhood: Get Your Money from Will Canon on Vimeo.
Brotherhood: Fraternity Party from Will Canon on Vimeo.
Brotherhood the Movie: Help Is On the Way (Clean Version) from Will Canon on Vimeo.
The 2010 SXSW Film Festival has come to an exciting conclusion and I've returned home to take stock of my whirlwind week in Austin, Texas. The quality of the lineup was truly extraordinary, resulting in one of the most memorable experiences I've had there in the five years I've been attending. Here is the complete lineup of features: TARGET NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION BROTHERHOOD – DIR: Will Canon (USA) Cast: Jon Foster, Trevor Morgan, Lou Taylor Pucci COOKING WITH STELLA – DIR: Dillip Mehta (Canada) Cast: Don McKellar, Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Shriya Saran THE DRY LAND – DIR: Ryan Piers Williams (USA) Cast: America Ferrera, Ryan O’Nan, Wilmer Valderrama, Jason Ritter, Ethan Suplee, Melissa Leo OBSELIDIA – DIR: Diane Bell (USA) Cast: Michael Piccirilli, Gaynor Howe, Frank Hoyt Taylor SNOW AND ASHES – DIR: Charles-Olivier Michaud (Canada) Cast: Rhys Coiro, David-Alexandré Coiteux, Marina Eva WE ARE THE SEA – DIR: Neil Truglio (USA) Cast: Jeff Childress, Allison Savoy, Lauren Shealy TARGET DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION HIS & HERS – DIR: Ken Wardrop (Ireland) KICK IN IRAN - DIR: Fatima Abdollahvan (Germany) THE LAST SURVIVOR – DIR: Michael Pertnoy, Michael Kleiman (USA) THE RED CHAPEL (Detrode kapel) – DIR: Mads Brügger (Denmark) A SURPRISE IN TEXAS – DIR: Peter Rosen (USA) THUNDER SOUL – DIR: Mark Landsman (USA) WASTE LAND – DIR: Lucy Walker (Brazil/UK) DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD – DIR: Tamra Davis (USA) NO CROSSOVER: THE STORY OF ALLEN IVERSON – DIR: Steve James (USA) OCTOBER COUNTRY – DIR: Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher (USA) WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY – DIR: Don Hahn (USA) SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) – DIR: Orson Welles (USA) Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh WAITING FOR FOREVER (2009) – DIR: James Keach (USA) Cast: Tom Sturridge, Rachel Bilson, Richard Jenkins, Blythe Danner, Jaime King, Nikki Blonsky, Scott Mechlowicz, Matt Davis WAKE (2010) – DIR: Chad Feehan (USA) Cast: Josh Stewart, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Chris Browning DALLAS PREMIERE SERIES BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK – DIR: Richard Press (USA) CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY – DIR: Alex Gibney (USA) CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (Nanjing! Nanjing!) – DIR: Lu Chuan (China/Hong Kong) Cast: Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Nakaizumi Hideo, Fan Wei CRACKS - DIR: Jordan Scott (USA) Cast: Eva Green LOVERS OF HATE – DIR: Bryan Poyser (USA) Cast: Chris Doubek, Heather Kafka, Alex Karpovsky, Zach Green SKATELAND - DIR: Anthony Burns (USA) Cast: Ashley Greene, Brett Cullen, Heath Freeman, James LeGros, A.J. Buckley WINTER’S BONE – DIR: Debra Granik (USA) Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Shelley Waggener TEXAS COMPETITION AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY – DIR: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas (UK) CARRIED AWAY – DIR: Tom Huckabee (USA) Cast: Gabriel Horn, Juli Erickson DANCE WITH THE ONE – DIR: Michael Donal (USA) EARTHLING – DIR: Clay Liford (USA) Cast: William Kat, Rebecca Spence, Peter Greene HARMONY AND ME – DIR: Robert Byington (USA) Cast: Justin Rice, Kevin Corrigan, Pat Healy HOLD – DIR: Frank Mosley (USA) Cast: Robby Storey, Stephanie Rhodes SWEET SCIENCE: A BOXING DOCUMENTARY – DIR: Chris Howell (USA) | ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS COMPETITION CLIMATE REFUGEES – DIR: Michael Nash (USA) COLONY– DIR: Ross McDonnell, Carter Gunn (Ireland) GREENLIT – DIR: Miranda Bailey (USA) ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS SPECIAL PRESENTATION THE RIVER WHY – DIR: Matthew Leutwyler (USA) Cast: Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan, Dallas Roberts, William Devane WORLD CINEMA DISCO AND ATOMIC WAR (Disko ja Tuumasoda) – DIR: Jaak Kilmi (Estonia/Finland) DOWN TERRACE - DIR: Ben Wheatley (UK) Cast: Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin, Tony Way THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD (Joeunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom) – DIR: Kim Jee-woon (South Korea) Cast: Kang-ho Song, Byung-hun Lee, Woo-sung Jung I AM LOVE (Io Sono l”Amore) – DIR: Luca Guadagnino (Italy) Cast: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti MY TEHRAN FOR SALE – DIR: Granaz Moussavi (Australia/Iran) Cast: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi SHIRLEY ADAMS – DIR: Olivier Hermanus (South Africa/USA) Cast: Denise Newman, Keenan Arrison, Theresa C. Sedras, Emily Childs, Lee-Ann van Rooi VIRSA – DIR: Pankaj Batra (Pakistan) MEXICO SPOTLIGHT BECLOUD (Vaho) – DIR: Alejandro Gerber Bicecci (Mexico) Cast: Marta Aura, Sonia Couoh, Aldo Estuardo NORTHLESS (Norteado) – DIR: Rigoberto Perezcano (Mexico/Spain) Cast: Harold Torres, Alicia Laguna WE THE POOR (Nosotros Los Pobres) Cast: Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz WITHOUT HER (Sin Ella) – DIR: Jorge Colon (Mexico) FAMILY FRIENDLY ALABAMA MOON – DIR: Tim McCanlies (USA) Cast: Jimmy Bennett, John Goodman, Clint Howard, Gabriel Basso, Uriah Shelton UP – DIR: Pete Docter (USA) Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Linddo ANIMATION COMPETITION THE ART OF DROWNING – DIR: Diego Maclean (Canada) DOCK ELLIS & THE LSD NO-NO – DIR: James Blagden (USA) FARD – DIR: David Alapont, Luis Briceno (France) LAND OF THE HEADS – DIR: Cédric Louis, Claude Barras (Canada/Switzerland) THE MOUSE THAT SOARED – DIR: Kyle Bell (USA) RUNAWAY – DIR: Cordell Barker (Canada) SAM’S HOT DOGS – DIR: David Lopez Retamero (UK) THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA 9! – DIR: Jake Armstrong (USA) WISDOM TEETH – DIR: Don Hertzfeldt (USA) YOU CRIED ME – DIR: Tom Deslongchamp (USA) COMMUNITY SHOWCASE NESHOBA – DIR: Micki Dickoff, Tony Pagano (USA) PAINTING POETRY – DIR: Earl Latchley (USA) MIDNIGHT SPECIALS THE LOVED ONES – DIR: Sean Byrne (Australia) Cast: Xavier Samuel, Richard Wilson, Jessica McNamee, Victoria Thane A TOWN CALLED PANIC – DIR: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar (Belgium) TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL – DIR: Eli Craig (Canada) Cast: Katrina Bowden, Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk |
The 2010 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has been nothing short of spectacular in its first five days. Although the 10-day event is far from over, Tuesday night's Awards Ceremony signals the conclusion of the film-only portion of the week. All the competition titles have screened and both Jury as well as Audience Awards have been tabulated. Tonight, in a gala event at the Austin Convention Center, the winners were announced. Feature Film Jury Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: Marwencol Director: Jeff Malmberg Runner-up: War Don Don Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen NARRATIVE FEATURE Winner: Tiny Furniture Director: Lena Dunham Special Jury Award – Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover Director: David Robert Mitchell Special Jury Award – Best Individual Performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil Director: Garth Donovan Feature Film Audience Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: For Once in My Life Director: Jim Bigham & Mark Moormann NARRATIVE FEATURE Winner: Brotherhood Director: Will Canon *Audience Awards for Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, 24 Beats Per Second, Lone Star States, and Midnighters will be announced on Monday, March 22, 2010. Short Film Jury Awards NARRATIVE SHORTS Winner: Cigarette Candy Director: Lauren Wolkstein Runner Up: Teleglobal Dreamin' Director: Eric Flanagan DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Winner: Quadrangle Director: Amy Grappell Runner Up: White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug Director: Travis Senger ANIMATED SHORTS Winner: The Orange Director: Nick Fox-Gieg Runner Up: One Square Mile of Earth Director: Jeff Drew EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS Winner: Night Mayor Director: Guy Maddin Runner Up: Kids Might Fly Director: Alex Taylor | MUSIC VIDEOS Winner: Cinnamon Chasers, "Luv Deluxe" Director: Saman Keshavarz Runner Up: Grizzly Bear, "Forest" Director: Allison Schulnik TEXAS SHORTS Winner: Petting Sharks Director: Craig Elrod Runner Up: The Big Bends Director: Jason William Marlow TIME WARNER CABLE & OVATION YOUNG FILMMAKER SCHOLARSHIP for TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORT Winner: Give the Dog a Bone Director: Edward Kelley Runner Up: The Sleep Project Director: Whitney Bennett & Matthew Cunningham SXSW Film Design Awards EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN Winner: Feeder Designer: Joseph Ernst Runner Up: Amer Designer: Gilles Vranckx Audience Award Winner: Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission Designer: Michael Anderson Special Jury Award: Equestrian Sexual Response Designers: Martim Vian & Zeke Hawkins EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN Winner: Zombieland Designer: Ben Conrad Runner Up: earthwork Designer: Stan Herd Audience Award Winner: earthwork Designer: Stan Herd Special Jury Award: Enter the Void Designer: Gaspar Noé and Tom Kam SXSW Special Awards SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD Winner: Quadrangle Director: Amy Grappell SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD Winner: Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture Special Award - The Chicken & Egg Pictures "We Believe in You" Award: Martha Stephens for Passenger Pigeons |
Film festivals present unique challenges. Putting together a schedule without conflicts is like playing chess with one hand while putting together a jigsaw puzzle with the other. If you can survive the stress you just might end up with something that looks exciting. Such is the case with my 2010 SXSW Film Festival calendar which, after a great deal of hard work, is finally shaping up to be one of the best.