2009 SXSW Shorts Lineup, Plus Additional Features Announced!

You want more? You've got it! We're pleased to announce our shorts lineup for SXSW '09. From over 2000 submissions, we've managed to whittle them down to 127 gems, to screen over the 9 days of the festival, March 13 - 21 2009. Covering narratives, docs, animation, experimental, high school, Texas and Midnight shorts and the international SX Global Shorts, we think this is a lineup to write home about. Check out the full list here.

But wait, there's more! A lot more. We have some amazing additions to add to our already incredible features lineup, including more premieres, and we're thrilled to bits about them.

Spanning all categories, the new additions include Damani Baker and Alex Vlack's Still Bill, a documentary portrait of legendary soul singer Bill Withers; Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn's globe-trotting rock doc Iron Maiden: Flight 666; and 500 Days of Summer, Marc Webb's sweet romantic comedy, starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Here's a rundown of all the additions, and don't forget you can check the full lineup here:

500 Days of Summer
Closing Night, Spotlight Premiere
Director: Marc Webb. Screenwriter: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Afterschool
Special Screening
Director/Writer: Antonio Campos

Along Came Kinky...Texas Jewboy for Governor
World Premiere, Lone Star States
Director: David Hartstein

Died Young, Stayed Pretty
U.S. Premiere, Emerging Visions
Director: Eileen Yaghoobian

Dungeon Masters
U.S. Premiere, Special Screening
Director: Keven McAlester

The Eyes of Me
World Premiere, Lone Star States
Director: Keith Maitland

Golden Hornet Project Film Event - Metropolis with Original, Live Score
Special Screening

Iron Maiden: Flight 666
North American premiere, 24 Beats Per Second
Directors: Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn

René (Czech Republic)
SX Global
Director: Helena Tetíková

The Slammin’ Salmon
Special Screening
Director: Kevin Heffernan. Writer: Broken Lizard

Still Bill
World Premiere, 24 Beats Per Second
Director: Damani Baker and Alex Vlack

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Stay tuned!