The film explores the unlikely friendship between 21-year-old Jane (Dree Hemingway), and 85 year-old Sadie (Besedka Johnson), two women whose worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley.Ĭast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Stella Maeve, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian (World Premiere)ĭirector: Mark Jarrett, Screenwriters: Mark Jarrett, Jordan Heimer, Mitchell Jarrett (World Premiere)ĭirector: Sean Baker, Screenwriters: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch Cast: Timothy Morton, Bryan Marshall, Karrie Crouse, Harrison Cole, Michael Abbott Jr. Cast: Kim Stodel, María De Jesús Canales Ramírez, Manuel Ramos, Cecillia Gutiérrez, (World Premiere)ĭirector: Martha Stephens, Screenwriters: Martha Stephens, Karrie CrouseĪ pink-slipped music teacher ponders his stalled relationship and place in the world during an arduous trek across Kentucky’s Sheltowee Trace Trail. The Gonzales family tries hard to hold on to their beautiful Latino traditions of misogyny and homophobia when a tall, white, industrialist stranger appears, challenging their place in the exploitative food chain. Cast: Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoe Lescaze, Sam Soghor (World Premiere)ĭirector/Screenwriter: Omar Rodriguez Lopez When Malcolm and Sofia’s latest graffiti masterpiece is buffed by a rival gang, these two determined Bronx teens must hustle, steal, and scheme to get spectacular revenge and become the biggest writers in the City. Cast: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver (World Premiere) Jenn and Matt, best friends since college who are now in their thirties, decide to have a child together, the old-fashioned way - even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight. Cast: Jamie Chung, Matt O'Leary, Beau Bridges, Jeanine Monterroza, Scott Mechlowicz (World Premiere) Phillips & Chong KimĪ young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, joins forces with her captors in a desperate plea to survive. Phillips, Megan Griffiths, Story by: Richard B. Cast: Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, Seymour Cassel, Kristin Dougherty, Brian McGrail (World Premiere)ĭirector: Megan Griffiths, Screenwriters: Richard B. When Simon’s brother is arrested for armed robbery, he is asked to commit a string of similar crimes in an attempt to get his brother acquitted. This year’s 8 films were selected from 1,112 submissions. The 2012 SXSW Film Festival and Conference runs March 9-17. But TX filmmakers are still represented, with new films from Bob Byington, the Duplass brothers, Jonny Mars, Andrew Garrison, and Yaké Smith, as well as local premieres of fest-tested films from the Zellner Bros. The Texas-specific Lone Star States sidebar has been axed this year ( go here for SXSW Film Producer Janet Pierson's thoughts on the decision and the lineup in general). Selections for the Midnights sidebar and the Shorts programs will be announced Feb. Click through for the entire slate.ġ30 films – spread across categories including competition films, Emerging Visions, Headliners, the music-oriented 24 Beats Per Second, and more – will screen over the course of the nine-day film festival and conference. The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film lineup. Jonah Hill (left) and Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street