Immaculate (Credit: Photograph by Fabia Lavino, Courtesy of NEON) The SXSW Film Festival introduced at the moment 50 new movies, XR initiatives and tv packages that full the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival lineup. Among the world premieres are the newest from The Voyeurs director Michael Mohan, who reunites with star Sydney Sweeney in Immaculate; Dev Patel’s motion thriller Monkey Man; Alice Lowe’s followup to her Prevenge, Timestalker; and a brand new movie from The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby director Ned Benson, The Greatest Hits. Festival favorites touring from Park City to Austin embody Didi, Black Box Diaries, Love Machina, Ghostlight and I Saw the TV Glow. Of explicit curiosity to us at Filmmaker are world premieres from filmmakers who beforehand appeared in our 25 New Faces, together with Ben Brewer‘s Arcadian, Bernardo Britto‘s Omni Loop, and Nicole Riegel‘s Dandelion.
SXSW runs March 8 – 16, 2024 in Austin, TX. The full listing of recent additions follows.
HEADLINER
Big names, huge expertise that includes pink carpet premieres and gala movie occasions with main and rising names in cinema.
Immaculate
Director: Michael Mohan, Producers: David Bernad, Sydney Sweeney, Jonathan Davino, Teddy Schwarzman, Michael Heimler, Screenwriter: Andrew Lobel
A religious American nun embarks on a brand new journey in a distant convent within the picturesque Italian countryside. Her heat welcome rapidly devolves right into a nightmare because it turns into clear her new residence harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors. Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Dora Romano, Benedetta Porcaroli, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco (World Premiere)
Monkey Man
Director: Dev Patel, Producers: Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christine Haebler, Anjay Nagpal, Screenwriters: Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, John Collee
Dev Patel achieves an astonishing directing debut with this motion thriller a few man’s vengeance in opposition to the boys who murdered his mom. Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte, Makarand Deshpande (World Premiere)
Y2K
Director: Kyle Mooney, Producers: Jonah Hill, Matt Dines, Alison Goodwin, Chris Storer, Cooper Wehde, Evan Winter, Screenwriters: Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter
On the final evening of 1999, two highschool juniors crash a New Years Eve occasion, solely to seek out themselves preventing for his or her lives on this dial-up catastrophe comedy. Cast: Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Daniel Zolghadri, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi (World Premiere)
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Unforgettable options receiving their World, North American, or U.S. premieres.
Arcadian (Ireland)
Director: Ben Brewer, Producers: David Wulf, Braxton Pope, Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier, Screenwriter: Mike Nilon
After a catastrophic occasion depopulates the world, a father and his two sons should survive their dystopian surroundings whereas being threatened by mysterious creatures that emerge at evening. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall(World Premiere)
Desert Road
Director/Screenwriter: Shannon Triplett, Producers: Steven Schneider, Josh Clayton, Kirk Martin, Alec Roth, Lauren Bates, Sam Cohan
A younger lady crashes her automotive and walks down the highway in search of assist, solely to seek out irrespective of which manner she walks she finally ends up again at her automotive. As evening falls, she realizes she’s going to die on this limitless loop… except she will discover a method to escape. Cast: Kristine Froseth, Frances Fisher, Beau Bridges, Ryan Hurst, D.B. Woodside, Max Mattern, Ratchel Dratch, Edwin Garcia II (World Premiere)
The Greatest Hits
Director/Screenwriter: Ned Benson, Producers: Michael London, Shannon Gaulding, Ned Benson, Stephanie Davis, Cassandra Kulukundis
Harriet finds artwork imitating life when she discovers sure songs can transport her again in time – actually. Cast: Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Austin Crute (World Premiere)
The Gutter
Directors: Yassir Lester, Isaiah Lester, Producers: Liz Destro, Jared Hess, Helen Estabrook, Tristen Tuckfield, Jillian Apfelbaum, Screenwriter: Yassir Lester
Walt (lover of threesomes, hater of shirts) strikes up an unlikely friendship with a former Pro Bowler as they uncover he is likely to be THE GOAT of the lanes. The solely issues standing of their manner are racism, alcoholism and Linda “The Crusher” Curson. Cast: Shameik Moore, Susan Sarandon, D’Arcy Carden, Jay Ellis, Jackée Harry, Paul Reiser(World Premiere)
High Tide
Director/Screenwriter: Marco Calvani, Producers: Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Marco Calvani
Heartbroken and adrift, undocumented Brazilian immigrant Lourenço searches for objective within the queer mecca of Provincetown, the place he sparks an sudden romance with Maurice. Together the 2 reconcile their pasts they’ve left behind and their unsure futures. Cast: Marco Pigossi, Mya Taylor, James Bland, Marisa Tomei, Bill Irwin, Sean Mahon
(World Premiere)
Música
Director: Rudy Mancuso, Producers: McG, Mary Viola, Screenwriters: Rudy Mancuso, Dan Lagana
Música follows a younger man, stricken by the music in his head, who has to return to phrases with an unsure future whereas balancing love, household and Brazilian tradition in Newark, New Jersey. Cast: Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, J.B. Smoove (World Premiere)
Omni Loop
Director/Screenwriter: Bernardo Britto, Producers: Ben Cohen, Patrick Donovan, David Hinojosa
Diagnosed with a black gap rising inside her chest, a lady from Miami, Florida decides to unravel time journey with the intention to return and be the particular person she all the time supposed to be. Cast: Mary Louise Parker, Ayo Edebiri, Hannah Pearl Utt, Chris Witaske, Carlos Jacott, Harris Yulin, Steven Maier, Eddie Cahill (World Premiere)
Switch Up
Director: Tara Pirnia, Producers: Elizabeth Avellan, Marcela Ronquillo, Tara Pirnia, Cristian de la Fuente, Melissa Bickerton, Angela Blair, Screenwriters: Felice Heather Monteith, Tara Pirnia, Tina Contogenis, Pamela Beach
One of the nation’s prime discuss present hosts finds himself stranded at a homeless shelter the place he meets a younger widow. He falls in love and realizes the trail to happiness lies in serving to others. Cast: Cristian de la Fuente, Julieth Restrepo, Jeff Fahey, Shondrella Avery, R. Brandon Johnson, Temple Baker, Donnell Rawlings, Alicia Witt, Manuel Uriza, Felice Heather Monteith (World Premiere)
Timestalker (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Alice Lowe, Producers: Vaughan Sivell, Mark Hopkins, Natan Stoessel, Tom Wood
From the artistic staff behind Prevenge comes a reincarnation rom-com in regards to the everlasting humiliation that’s the seek for love, spanning essentially the most romantic epochs of historical past. Cast: Alice Lowe, Jacob Anderson, Aneurin Barnard, Tanya Reynolds, Nick Frost (World Premiere)
Wakhri
Director/Screenwriter: Iram Parveen Bilal, Producers: Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi, Iram Parveen Bilal
A faculty instructor turns into a viral sensation in a single day when she unintentionally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame comes with its personal challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets and secret identities. Cast: Faryal Mehmood, Gulshan Majeed, Shees Sajjad Gul, Saleem Meraj, Sohail Sameer, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Akbar Islam, Tooba Siddiqui (North American Premiere)
Yasmeen’s Element (US, Pakistan)
Director: Amman Abbasi, Producers: Amman Abbasi, Jeffrey E. Stern, Alex Nystrom, Sana Jafri, Missy Laney, Screenwriters: Amman Abbasi, Jeffrey E. Stern, Sana Jafri
After dropping her homework within the winding paths of her mountain city, resourceful Yasmeen units off alone on an sudden journey to seek out her Professor. Cast: Eeshal Fatima, Nazir Ahmed Bulbul, Abeera Rubab, Naveed Hassan (World Premiere)
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Incredible options receiving their World, North American, or U.S. premieres.
7 Beats Per Minute (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Yuqi Kang, Producers: Ina Fichman, Sherien Barsoum
Director Yuqi Kang’s documentary captures the descent of a lifetime, when freediving champion Jessea Lu returns to the positioning of her near-death expertise to face the traumas of her previous and discover a manner again to connection. (World Premiere)
A King Like Me
Director: Matthew O. Henderson, Producers: Fisher Stevens, Maura Anderson, Darcy McKinnon, Terry Dugas
A King Like Me follows members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first and century-old Black Mardi Gras krewe, as they work to convey Zulu again to the streets for Mardi Gras 2022. (World Premiere)
The Antisocial Network
Directors: Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones, Producers: Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones, Jordan Wynn, Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard
From the rise of QAnon to the January sixth riots, The Antisocial Network explains how a bunch of bored youngsters constructed a web based neighborhood out of their shared loneliness however unintentionally shattered consensus actuality within the course of. (World Premiere)
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
Director: Charlie Hamilton James, Producer: Jeff Wilson
From National Geographic and Silverback Films, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story is a heart-warming story of affection between a wild otter and a person set within the distant Scottish islands of Shetland. (World Premiere)
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion
Director: Eva Orner, Producers: Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, Eva Orner
Hiding behind the shiny Instagram façade of Brandy Melville, the go-to clothes model for younger ladies, is a surprisingly poisonous tradition that lies inside the international quick style business. (World Premiere)
Clemente
Director: David Altrogge, Producers: Mike Blizzard, Mary Sabol, Sarah Altrogge, Jocelyn Hartnett, Stephen Turselli, Keith Ayers, Andrew Calvetti, Steve Burman, Screenwriters: Elise Andert, David Altrogge
An immersive documentary in regards to the exceptional life and legacy of MLB icon Roberto Clemente. Featuring Vera Clemente, Rita Moreno, Roberto Clemente Jr., Michael Keaton, Luis Roberto Clemente, Bob Costas, Tom Morello, Francisco Lindor, Yadier Molina, Richard Linklater. (World Premiere)
Fly
Directors/Producers: Shaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau
To stand on the sting and leap into the wind, one have to be prepared to lose every little thing. That may imply the love of your life, or the life you like. Over seven years, three {couples} on this planet of BASE leaping danger every little thing to really feel alive. (World Premiere)
The Hobby (Canada)
Director: Simon Ennis, Producers: Kim C. Roberts, Tina Pehme, Justin Rebelo
Are video games the which means of life? The Hobby is a humorous, affectionate, character-driven portrait of the large subculture of contemporary board video games, that includes a captivating and various group of topics who discover deep which means in “meaningless” pursuits. (World Premiere)
How Music Got Free
Showrunner/Director: Alexandria Stapleton, Producers: Philip Byron, Marshall Mathers, Paul Rosenberg, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Steve Stoute, Jamal Henderson, Bridgette Theriault, Dan Sacks, James Chapman, Steve Berman, John Janick, Anthony Seyler, Stephen Witt, Alexandria Stapleton, Bruce Gillmer, Michael Maniaci, Malik Johnson
How Music Got Free is a documentary by Alexandria Stapleton, that reveals the true story of Dell Glover, a CD manufacturing unit employee turned piracy pioneer, who sparked a world file-sharing revolution. (World Premiere)
Stormy
Director: Sarah Gibson, Producers: Sarah Gibson, Erin Lee Carr, Emelia Brown
From reporters to attorneys to politicians, many have tried to outline Stormy Daniels. Stormy tells the unvarnished fact about an unlikely American icon – this time, in her personal phrases. (World Premiere)
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
Director: Dan Reed, Producers: Dan Reed, Marguerite Gaudin
How grieving Sandy Hook households defeated conspiracy large Alex Jones in two historic trials, holding him to account for the lies he unfold in regards to the 2012 mass capturing. Fake information on trial, with unprecedented entry to a Travis County courtroom. (World Premiere)
VISIONS
Audacious, risk-taking artists who reveal innovation and creativity.
7 Keys (UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Joy Wilkinson, Producers: Cassandra Sigsgaard, Dylan Rees
Daniel has stored the keys to all of the locations he’s lived. Lena needs to make use of them for a wild weekend attending to know one another intimately in different folks’s houses. But what begins as a dangerous fantasy quickly turns into a lethal risk. Cast: Emma McDonald, Billy Postlethwaite, Kaylen Luke, Joey Akubeze, Amit Shah, Jane Goddard (World Premiere)
Doppelgängers³ (US, Algeria, Armenia, France, UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian, Producers: Sandra Leeming, Luke Moody, Victoria Adams, Amina Castaing, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
Three doppelgängers meet in outer area to think about diasporic and eco-feminist futures. (World Premiere)
Sew Torn (US, Switzerland)
Director: Freddy Macdonald, Screenwriters: Freddy Macdonald, Fred Macdonald, Producers: Fred Macdonald, Barry Navidi, Sebastian Klinger, Diamantis Zavitsanos, Socratis Zavitsanos
A seamstress will get tangled in her personal thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone unhealthy. In an escalating sport of cat and mouse, her totally different decisions result in drastically totally different outcomes alongside the way in which. Cast: Eve Connolly, Calum Worthy, John Lynch, Ok Callan, Ron Cook, Thomas Douglas, Werner Biermeier, Veronika Herren-Wenger, Caroline Goodall (World Premiere)
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Vibrant movies showcasing the sounds, tradition and affect of music and musicians.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (Canada)
Directors/Screenwriters: Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, Producers: Amanda Burt, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Michael Mabbott, Justine Pimlott
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story reveals the extraordinary rise, sudden disappearance, and resurgence of trailblazing Black trans soul singer Jackie Shane. (World Premiere)
Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It
Director: Paris Barclay, Producers: Stephanie Allain Bray, Jeanne Elfant Festa, Nigel Sinclair, Screenwriters: Cheo Hodari Coker, Paris Barclay
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It is a celebration of Billy Preston’s extraordinary musical legacy, and an examination of the non-public and social forces that haunted him all through his life. Featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Billy Porter, Merry Clayton, Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, Suzanne de Passe, Tony Jones, Cory Henry, Gloria Jones (World Premiere)
Dandelion
Director/Screenwriter: Nicole Riegel, Producers: Rian Cahill, Adam Cobb, Nicole Riegel, Peter McClellan
Dandelion follows a singer-songwriter in a downward spiral as she takes a final effort gig at a motorbike rally in South Dakota the place she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream way back. Cast: Kiki Layne, Thomas Doherty, Melanie Nicholls-King, Brady Stablein, Jack Stablein, Grace Kaiser (World Premiere)
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
Director: P. Frank Williams
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told is a celebratory exploration of the boisterous instances of Freaknik, the long-lasting Atlanta road occasion that drew tons of of 1000’s of individuals within the 80s and 90s, serving to put Atlanta on the map culturally. Featuring 21 Savage, Too $hort, Jermaine Dupri, Killer Mike, Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, Ceelo Green, Jalen Rose, Kenny Burns, Lil’ Jon, Legendary Jerry, Sharon Toomer, Emma Horton, Monique Tolliver, Amadi Boon, Stacy Lloyd (World Premiere)
FESTIVAL FAVORITE
Acclaimed standouts from festivals around the globe.
Black Box Diaries (US, Japan, UK)
Director: Shiori Ito, Producers: Eric Nyari, Hanna Aqvilin, Shiori Ito
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a brave investigation of her personal sexual assault in an inconceivable try to prosecute her high-profile offender. (Texas Premiere)
Dìdi (弟弟)
Director/Screenwriter: Sean Wang, Producers: Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, Sean Wang
In 2008, over the past month of summer season earlier than highschool begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his household can’t train him: the way to skate, the way to flirt, and the way to love your mother. Cast: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua (Texas Premiere)
Every Little Thing (Australia)
Director/Screenwriter: Sally Aitken, Producers: Bettina Dalton, Anna Godas, Oli Harbottle
All that stands between a wounded hummingbird and its survival is Terry Masear, the busiest hummingbird rehabilitator in Hollywood. Follow Terry’s distinctive mission to heal these tiny birds, and the way in flip she reveals us the way to heal ourselves. (Texas Premiere)
Ghostlight
Directors: Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson, Producers: Alex Thompson, Chelsea Krant, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, Alex Wilson, Screenwriter: Kelly O’Sullivan
When a development employee unwittingly joins a neighborhood theater’s manufacturing of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage begins to reflect his personal life. Cast: Keith Kupferer, Dolly De Leon, Katherine Mallen-Kupferer, Tara Mallen (Texas Premiere)
Girls Will Be Girls (India)
Director/Screenwriter: Shuchi Talati, Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne, Shuchi Talati
16-year-old Mira finds her horny, rebellious coming-of-age hijacked by her mom who by no means received to return of age herself. Cast: Preeti Panigrahi, Kani Kusruti, Kesav Binoy Kiran (Texas Premiere)
I Saw The TV Glow
Director/Screenwriter: Jane Schoenbrun, Producers: Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Kevin Kelly, Sam Intilli, Sarah Winshall
Owen is simply attempting to make it by means of life within the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious TV present — a imaginative and prescient of a supernatural world beneath their very own. In the pale glow of the tv, Owen’s view of actuality begins to crack. Cast: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Helena Howard, Fred Durst, Danielle Deadwyler (Texas Premiere)
Kneecap (Ireland, UK)
Director/Screenwriter: Rich Peppiatt, Producers: Trevor Birney, Jack Tarling
There are 80,000 native Irish audio system in Ireland. 6,000 reside within the North of Ireland. Three of them grew to become a rap group referred to as Kneecap. This is the true life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio grew to become the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights motion to avoid wasting their mom tongue. Cast: Naoise Ó Cairealláin aka “Móglaí Bap”, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh aka “Mo Chara”, JJ Ó Dochartaigh aka “Dj Provaí”, Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, Simone Kirby, Michael Fassbender (Texas Premiere)
Love Machina
Director: Peter Sillen, Producers: Brendan Doyle, Peter Sillen
Love Machina follows Bina48, a humanoid AI, commissioned in 2007 by Martine and Bina Rothblatt. An early sketch of potential digital consciousness, Bina48 is our car to discover the Rothblatt’s futurist concepts and their quest to be in love without end. (Texas Premiere)
Never Look Away (New Zealand)
Director: Lucy Lawless, Producers: Matthew Metcalfe, Lucy Lawless, Tom Blackwell, Screenwriters: Matthew Metcalfe, Tom Blackwell, Lucy Lawless, Whetham Allpress
New Zealand born, ground-breaking CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth, dangers all of it to indicate the truth of battle from contained in the battle. Moth stares down hazard and she or he confronts those who perpetuate it. (Texas Premiere)
Pet Shop Days (Italy, UK, US)
Director: Olmo Schnabel, Producers: Galen Core, Francesco Melzi, Alex Coco, Bebe Moratti, Marie Savare, Olmo Schnabel, Screenwriters: Olmo Schnabel, Galen Core, Jack Irv
Impulsive black sheep Alejandro and pet retailer worker Jack, enter a whirlwind romance that sends them down the rabbit gap of depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. Cast: Jack Irv, Dario Yazeb Bernal, Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard, Jordi Molla, Louis Cancelmi, Maribel Verdu (Texas Premiere)
Smugglers (Republic of Korea)
Director: Ryoo Seung-wan, Producers: Kang Hye-jung, Cho Sung-min, Ryoo Seung-wan, Screenwriters: Ryoo Seung-wan, Kim Jung-youn, Choi Cha-won
Two ladies get unexpectedly caught up in a excessive stakes smuggling scheme in 1970’s Korea. Cast: Kim Hye-soo, Yum Jung-ah, Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min, Kim Jong-soo, Go Min-si (U.S. Premiere)TV PROGRAM
TV PREMIERE
World premieres of status TV collection premieres from acclaimed showrunners and administrators.
STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.
Director: Jamila Wignot, Producers: Jamila Wignot, Kara Elverson
In Sixties Memphis, an audacious set of interracial collaborators dared to make their very own music on their very own phrases, forming Stax Records, one among America’s most influential creators of Black music. (World Premiere)
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story
Director: Gotham Chopra
This all-access docuseries chronicles the historical past and unsure way forward for probably the most recognizable bands on this planet and its front-man Jon Bon Jovi. A legend on the precipice as a vocal damage threatens to convey every little thing to a screeching halt. (World Premiere)
TV SPOTLIGHT
World premieres of recent seasons of acclaimed reveals and thrilling collection episodes.
Long Time Sun
Showrunners/Producers: Joanna Forscher, Chloe Chapman, Director: Joanna Forscher
Long Time Sun is a four-part epic chronicling the rise of Kundalini Yoga and 3HO Sikh Dharma. Spanning sixty years, this neighborhood is a microcosm of American life by means of which to discover themes of energy, household, capitalism, and forgiveness. (World Premiere)
Duplass Brothers Indie TV Showcase
A showcase of 4 independently produced pilots by Duplass Brothers Productions that includes Penelope, Ryley Walker and Friends, The Broadcast, and The Long Long Night. Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Natalie Palamides, Courtney Pauroso, and Barret O’Brien will likely be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening.
The Broadcast
Directors/Screenwriters: Natalie Palamides, Courtney Pauroso, Producer: Emily A. Neumann
In an absurd dystopian future, two feminine scientists discover themselves accountable for the world’s solely remaining televised information supply. Cast: Natalie Palamides, Courtney Pauroso (World Premiere)
The Long Long Night
Director/Screenwriter: Barret O’Brien, Producer: Rory O’Neill Schmitt
It’s been six months since that disastrous evening within the motel and these two guys are nowhere close to over it. Cast: Mark Duplass, Barret O’Brien (Texas Premiere)
Penelope
Showrunner/Director: Mel Eslyn, Screenwriters: Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Producer: Meghan Mowery
Feeling misplaced in fashionable society, a 16-year-old is drawn into the unknown wilderness, the place she begins forming a brand new life for herself. Cast: Megan Stott, Austin Abrams (Texas Premiere)
Ryley Walker & Friends
Director: Mark Duplass, Producer: Daniel Chelemer
Ryley visits English singer-songwriter Bridget St. John. (World Premiere)
XR EXPERIENCE
The immersive arts improve and redefine how we expertise the world. These initiatives emphasize ingenuity and storytelling throughout various industries. XR Experience is introduced by ASU MIX Center and the Herberger Institute.
XR Experience Competition
World premieres of thoughts bending immersive artwork.
Last We Left Off (Canada)
Directors: The Expats: Connor Illsley, Jon Riera, Grayson Moore, Aidan Shipley, Producers: Cameron MacLaren, Peter Fisher, Connor Illsley, Jon Riera
When a bunch of mates rent a Dungeon Master to guide them by means of a tabletop role-playing sport, they get greater than they bargained for. As the traces between fantasy and actuality blur, our characters’ inescapable pasts come again to hang-out them. (World Premiere)
We Speak Their Names in Hushed Tones (Nigeria, South Africa)
Director: Omoregie Osakpolor, Producers: Ingrid Kopp, Steven Markovitz, Antoinette Engel
Family members of lacking migrants who traveled by means of irregular migration routes to Europe battle with anxiousness, ache and unresolved hope. (World Premiere)
XR Experience Spotlight
Masterful immersive artwork from around the globe.
444.2 (South Africa)
Director: Nirma Madhoo, Producers: Ingrid Kopp, Steven Markovitz, Antoinette Engel
The first star cluster mapped by the unique stargazers constellates 444.2 gentle years away from Earth. African cosmology and volumetric style efficiency on the positioning of the Southern African Large Telescope mesmerize on a chic journey to area.
(North American Premiere)
Energēia (France)
Director/Screenwriter: Ugo Arsac
Energēia is an immersive documentary expertise that questions the way forward for vitality use. Freed from gravity, the customer can discover ghostly buildings, constructed from 3D scans inside French nuclear energy vegetation to find hidden interviews. (International Premiere)
The Imaginary Friend (Netherlands)
Director/Screenwriter: Steye Hallema, Producer: Corine Meijers
A younger baby with a vivid creativeness struggles to make sense of the world round him, he wants YOU–his imaginary buddy–to assist him navigate his emotions. (North American Premiere)
Shadowtime (US, Netherlands, Turkey)
Directors/Screenwriters: Sister Sylvester, Deniz Tortum, Producers: Firat Sezgin, Ecegül Bayram
You are in two worlds on the similar time. Your physique is within the different world, however your coronary heart is on this one. (North American Premiere)
Songs for a Passerby (Netherlands)
Director: Celine Daemen
A dreamlike VR-opera about our expertise of time. How will we relate to a world of issues which can be passing? Are we part of it? Or are we simply taking a look at it? (North American Premiere)
