Filmmaker Update
The Short List: Karen Maine Interview
A chat with the director of the SXSW premiere feature "Yes, God, Yes", adapted from the viral short of the same name.
Dramedy
Amrita Singh
Winning in America
Aishwarya Narayanan clashes with her immigrant coach-father and questions the meaning of success while vying for a spot at the prestigious National Spelling Bee.
Drama
Christina Yoon
Motherland
A Korean American adoptee embarks on a relentless journey through South Korea to search for her birth mother, driven by her longing to discover the truth of her origins.
Documentary
Ben Joyner & Dumaine Babcock
I Have Something To Tell You
A fine art photographer employs his craft to heal old wounds and cope with his HIV/AIDS diagnosis, creating an acclaimed portrait series in the process.
Fantasy
Jannes Hendrikz & 2 Others
The Tale of How
Telling the story of an island of dodo-like birds terrorized by a malcontent octopus who relentlessly devours them, this work by the South African collective, The Blackheart Gang, is unabashedly fun and yet indescribably odd.
Documentary
Courtney Dixon
Believe in Ghosts
By current estimations, there are only 50,000 Black farmers in the US. Mother’s Finest Farm is out to change that statistic.
Festival
Feature Filmmakers at SXSW 2023 explain how Short Film shaped their careers
Liza Mandelup, Matt Vesely and Michael Lukk Litwak - three filmmakers with features at SXSW 2023 - join us to discuss how short film was important in helping to shape their careers so far.
Documentary
Paavo Hanninen
What Remains
A look at the people and places of an innovative effort to combat coastal land loss in Southern Louisiana told by following the journey of oysters from the Gulf of Mexico to the plates of New Orleans and back into the water.
News
SXSW Filmmakers Q&A
As the SXSW Film Festival gears up this weekend, regular SOTW contributor, Jason B Kohl, sat down with two filmmakers from UCLA's MFA Directing Program en route to Austin. Their shorts couldn't be more different from each other in every aspect from production through post, but the two had many common insights to share.
Documentary
Rich Williamson
Frame 394
A young man from Toronto entangles himself in one of America’s most high-profile police shootings.
