Wrapping SXSW, 3/20.

The Austin Chronicle's Kimberley Jones notes that SXSW has announced two more audience awards: "Voted audience favorite from 24 Beats per Second was Sascha Paladino's Béla Fleck doc, Throw Down Your Heart; top votes for the Lone Star States sidebar went to David Pomes's Cook County."

"The camaraderie is pure pleasure. But it doesn't answer the burning question: Is anyone outside a film festival, even a cool one like SXSW, going to see this fucker?" Sean Nelson was there not just for the Stranger but also because he'd acted in a film in competition, My Effortless Brilliance.

Cinematical presents its list of the ten "Best Films of SXSW."

Karina Longworth works up a SpoutBlog index of SXSW coverage.

Mark Bell wraps SXSW for Film Threat.

Pul Harrill lists a handful of highlights, and then: "As good as those films were, perhaps my two favorites of SXSW were two very polished documentaries, Second Skin and At the Death House Door."

AJ Schnack looks back on another batch of docs.

Chris Lee looks back at the stoner comedies at the fest for the Los Angeles Times.

"Yeast is the feel-good movie of the year," writes Peter Martin at Twitch. "No matter how miserable your life may be, you'll feel better off after seeing Mary Bronstein's chaotic debut."

Among the many impressed with The Order of Myths: Rumsey Taylor at Not Coming to a Theater Near You.

Online viewing tip. Filmmaker's Scott Macaulay passes along Mike Hedge's SXSW montage.

Posted by dwhudson at March 20, 2008 9:39 AM