SXSW. News.

First, even if you think you might not make it to SXSW in March, you might nevertheless be interested to know that the three-pronged festival is streaming news and linkage via an array of blogs; and in one of them, we read a reminder that Lonelygirl15 (YouTube; Wikipedia) "recently made waves in the media when it was revealed to be a work of fiction." But here's the news: "The three creators - Miles Beckett, Mesh Flinders, and Greg Goodfried - will attend SXSW for a 'Lonelygirl15 Case Study' on March 11, 2007." And there's more: I'll be on hand to moderate the discussion. Any questions or issues you think I ought to raise, drop a line or a comment.

But wait, there's more!

The great John Pierson will be interviewing the great Richard Linklater, both presumably live and in person.

Karina Longworth will be talking with Eamonn Bowles of Magnolia Pictures, Chris Hyams of Bside Entertainment and Jim Miller of Brave New Foundation, asking, "Which Niche is Which?: Finding the Target Audience."

The already-legendary Harry Knowles will be moderating a "Panel of the Dead: Horror Films of Today." One of the panelists will be Cinematical's Scott Weinberg, who wrote just yesterday, "I've said it 328 times, and I'll say it again: I cover a solid amount of film festivals, and SXSW is by far my favorite. If you can make it to Austin next March, you absolutely should. You'll thank me later."

Posted by dwhudson at November 7, 2006 7:36 AM