SXSW 2018: Visions
Visions filmmakers are audacious, risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape who demonstrate raw innovation and creativity in documentary and narrative filmmaking.
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- DirectorYen TanStarsCory Michael SmithVirginia MadsenMichael ChiklisA closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
- DirectorMichael TullyStarsBobby RoddyMark LawrenceSue WalshAn American artist's obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story's origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.
- DirectorSebastian GutierrezStarsAbbey LeeCiarán HindsCarla GuginoAn extremely wealthy, and brilliant scientist, has the nasty habit of brutally killing his wife, cloning her, marring her again, and then repeating the process.
- DirectorA.J. EdwardsStarsTye SheridanImogen PootsCaleb Landry JonesFresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.
- DirectorMorgan CappsJilann SpitzmillerStarsGeorge R.R. MartinVince KadlubekEmily MontoyaA group of artists in Santa Fe, NM become a DIY collective called Meow Wolf. Their immersive, large-scale exhibitions crack open a profitable niche in the arts industry, even as their social mission is challenged by the demands of rapid success. The group's members navigate fracture and loss for years in pursuit of their idealistic vision. When they spark the interest of George R. R. Martin and receive his support to take over an old bowling alley, Meow Wolf builds a massive exhibition with over 140 artists working at a breakneck pace. With the wild success of the House of Eternal Return, Meow Wolf now faces its own internal turmoil as it begins to change the lives of creatives everywhere.
- DirectorTommy PallottaFemke WoltingStarsNick BostromJustine CassellAlbert ChiMore Human Than Human explores the promises and the complex role of Artificial Intelligence in today's world and the consequences of those promises becoming reality. In this feature length documentary the filmmaker attempts to build an intelligent robot to see if it can replace him as the film director. Will our creation, infinitely smarter, interconnected and possibly self-aware, render humanity obsolete?
- DirectorEddie AlcazarStarsGarrett WareingCourtney EatonTao OkamotoGarrett, an emotionally-troubled young man, is sent to a clinic, whispering soothing promises of perfection. By planting characteristics directly into his own body, he's relieved of his dark visions, but pays the price for purity of mind.
- DirectorCarol BrandtStarsJack BensingerJake BradleyMary ChuyIn an attempt to escape a life of loose ends, a reclusive grad school dropout and her ex-boyfriend search for closure on an impromptu camping trip.
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsValene KaneMorgan WatkinsChristine AdamsAn undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda channels of the so-called Islamic State, only to be sucked in by her recruiter.
- DirectorChristopher CaldwellZeek EarlStarsSophie ThatcherJay DuplassPedro PascalA teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own father's greed-addled judgment, the girl finds she must carve her own path to escape.
- DirectorJoel PotrykusStarsJoshua BurgeDavid DastmalchianAndre HylandWith the impending Y2K apocalypse fast approaching, Abbie is faced with the ultimate challenge - the unbeatable level 256 on Pac-Man - and he can't get off the couch until he conquers it. A survival story set in a living room.
- DirectorBrett HanoverStarsBrett HanoverKhyber KitsuneBianca PhillipsA hybrid of documentary and fiction, 'Rukus' is a queer coming of age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds. Rukus is a 20-year-old furry artist, living with his boyfriend Sable in the suburbs of Orlando, Florida. In his sketchbooks, Rukus is constructing an imaginary universe - a sprawling graphic novel in which painful childhood memories are restaged as an epic fantasy. Brett is a 16-year-old filmmaker with OCD, working on a documentary about kinky subcultures in spite of his own anxiety. After an interview leads to an online friendship, their lives entwine in ways that push them into strange, unexplored territories.
- DirectorEugene RichardsStarsJavier BardemCallie ElredGeorge MeyersA priest struggling with his beliefs encounters and sympathetically listens to the stories of downtrodden locals.
- DirectorJamie AdamsStarsJemima KirkeSarah SolemaniRichard ElisGillian is an aspiring playwright married to Oliver, a small-time DJ for all occasions. Their marriage has hit the Seven Year Itch, and this neurotic pair want to scratch that itch until it bleeds.
- DirectorEugene KotlyarenkoStarsDasha NekrasovaEugene KotlyarenkoPaige ElkingtonA couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.