Iconic musician/artist Daniel Johnston stars in this psychedelic short film about an aging artist coming to terms with the dreams of yesteryear.

After his ex disappears, Sidney, a dive bar drag queen, is forced to look after his 11-year-old son in a tale of unconventional fatherhood, the fear of mediocrity, and the pulsing reality of dreams deferred. Texas Premiere Writer, Producer, Lead Actor Thomas Pais in Attendance

A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle (Sam Neil) who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. DFW Premiere

From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. This experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write history—physical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories? Texas Premiere

Through a purposeful masking of the differentiations between performance and acting, famous Hollywood actress and her double, character, actual person, audience expectation, and cinema magic, this video offers a look behind the silver screen.

This film incorporates the spectrum of official, covert, occult, and limitless reconnaissance protocols into an instructional guide.

A MMA fighter balances her life and career after a recent knockout goes viral.

In 1974, television host Christine Chubbuck committed suicide on air at a Sarasota, Florida, news station. This is considered the first televised suicide in history, and though it was the inspiration for the 1976 Best Picture nominee Network, the story and facts behind the event remain mostly unknown. Now in the present, actress Kate Lyn Sheil is cast in a “stylized cheap ‘70s soap opera” version of Christine’s story, and to prepare for the role, Kate travels to Sarasota to investigate the mysteries and meanings behind her tragic demise. Texas Premiere

All Ruth wanted was to get away for the weekend. Escaping to the Hamptons with friends after a bad breakup, she finds an unexpected connection with Michael, a stranger who shows up in her room one boozy night. They have great chemistry, and she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him. There’s only one problem: Michael’s a ghost, and a one night stand with him leaves Ruth with after effects that can only be described as supernatural. As she suffers through mucous-laden night sweats, glitchy hallucinations, and the occasional tar-black ooze, her friends become too disgusted to support her. Ruth must figure out for herself if she can reintegrate into society - or if she even wants to. Texas Premiere Filmmaker Harrison Atkins in Attendance

When Cowboy (Sonny Carl Davis) and Claude (Lou Perryman) learn that their favorite dive, the Alamo, is on the verge of being torn down, they show up on the last night with hopes of saving the bar. Instead, the would-be saviors and their pals spend more time drinking the night away. About Texas Filmmaker Eagle Pennell (1952-2002): "?Eagle Pennell is a symbol of the American independent film spirit – which is alive and well and living in Texas. Born and raised in the Lone Star State, Pennell wanted to chronicle a dying breed of Westerner – the macho, cowboy barfly whose last preserves are endangered by the encroachment of the interstate highways, skyscrapers and suburban tract houses” Q&A with Special Guests : SXSW Co-Founder Louis Black Fully restored from the original 1983 16mm negative and audio

BLOODY BARBARA (USA, 6 min) - Dir. Shawn Bannon
A 16 year old girl obsessed with horror films goes around town covered in fake blood and reenacts the craziest scenes from her favorites.

THE PARANORMAL IDIOT (USA, 12 min) - Dir. Tom Barndt
Pilot episode for an animated comedy series centered around two paranormal investigators.

NIGHT STALKER (USA, 10 min) - Dir. Mike Anderson, Ryan Dickie, Abigail Horton
A tampered take-out container transports a couple to another dimension.

NATHALIE FUCKS YOU ALL (France, 17 min) - Dir. Lenny Guit, Harpo Guit
Nathalie, a pretty babysitter looking for love in a sea of schmucks, falls for Moïse, a bookmaker for under-18s.

GWILLIAM (USA, 6 min) - Dir. Brian Lonano
A recently released criminal is looking for a good time. He can forget his sins, but he can never forget his Gwilliam.

BONIATO (USA, 22 min) - Dir. Eric Mainade, The Meza Brothers
An illegal migrant worker decides it's time to move on from picking crops and find her father. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren't meant to be crossed.

DOOR ON THE LEFT (USA, 6 min) - Dir. Kati Skelton, Harrison Atkins
Five women are trapped on a purgatorial game show and there's only one way out.

THE BULB (USA, 11 min) - Dir. Calvin Reeder
An unsuspecting traveler encounters a stranger in a motel bathroom, together experiencing an alien phenomenon on public access.

October, 2008. Young nun Colleen is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother announces, “Your brother is home.” On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but unease and awkwardness abounds. Her brother is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war. During Colleen’s visit, tensions rise and fall with a little help from Halloween, pot cupcakes, and GWAR. Little Sister is a sad comedy about family – a schmaltz-free, pathos-drenched, feel good movie for the little goth girl inside us all. DFW Premiere