A low-budget film or low-budget movie is a motion picture shot with little to no funding from a major film studio or private investor.
63-667: Joe Swanberg is an American independent filmmaker. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process. He is also known for his early collaborations with Greta Gerwig . Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Georgia and Alabama. He graduated from Naperville Central High School in suburban Chicago and attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as
126-417: A less-popular sequel . Another successful low-budget film was 2007's Paranormal Activity , with a budget of only $ 15,000, the film went on to gross more than $ 190 million. Possibly an even more successful low-budget film was the 1972 film Deep Throat which cost only $ 22,500 to produce, yet was rumored to have grossed over $ 600 million, though this figure is often disputed. Another film that not only had
189-423: A 2007 horror film written and directed by Oren Peli, was made for $ 15,000 and grossing about $ 193,355,800 (adjusted by inflation: $ 274,603,025). Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman gave Paranormal Activity an A− rating (A being the highest mark) and called it "frightening...freaky and terrifying" and said that " Paranormal Activity scrapes away 30 years of encrusted nightmare clichés." One Cut of
252-593: A budget of only $ 7,000. Also in 2004, the documentary Tarnation had a budget of $ 218.32, but grossed $ 1,200,000. In 2007 the Tribeca Film Festival premiered the first film shot in a cell phone. Dutch avant-garde filmmaker Cyrus Frisch shot the 70-minute film, titled Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad in Afghanistan for only $ 200 on a Sharp 903 cell phone, with its built-in 3.2-megapixel camera. Paranormal Activity ,
315-455: A compass . The event was first held in March 1987. The organizers considered it a regional event and expected around 150 attendees to show up, but over 700 came, and according to Black "it was national almost immediately." Meyers left Austin and the festival in the early 1990s, but Black, Barbaro and Swenson remained the festival's key organizers as of 2010. Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked
378-400: A director and he has made several considerable higher budget films. In 1998, Christopher Nolan 's first film Following was filmed on a budget of £3,000. Nolan then received another £3,000 to "blow it up to 35mm". Primer is a 2004 American science fiction film written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth, a former mathematician and engineer, who also starred, and was completed on
441-544: A film major, earning a bachelor's degree in 2003. As a teenager, he worked at Hollywood Video . In 2005, Swanberg write, directed, edited, shot, produced, and starred in Kissing on the Mouth , his first feature film, for a modest budget . He followed it with LOL (2006), which marked Swanberg's first time working with actress Greta Gerwig . Gerwig and Swanberg collaborated on the director's next two features: Hannah Takes
504-425: A keynote interview of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by technology journalist Sarah Lacy that was considered by some observers to be a "train wreck" due to an audience perception that Lacy was asking uninteresting questions, as well as mocking or terse answers in response from Zuckerberg. In 2008, a comedy element was added to SXSW; it was held for one night. (By 2012, comedy performances occurred on all nights of
567-455: A local music festival, with the help of two other people at the Chronicle : editor and co-founder Louis Black , and publisher Nick Barbaro. Louis Meyers, a booking agent and musician, was also brought on board. Black came up with the name, as a play on the name of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest . It should not be confused with "southwest by south" (SWbS), a point on
630-634: A low-budget production, and it is relative to both genre and country. What might be a low-budget film in one country may be a big budget in another. Modern-day young filmmakers rely on film festivals for pre-promotion. They use this to gain acclaim and attention for their films, which often leads to a limited release in theatres. Films that acquire a cult following may be given a wide release . Low-budget films can be either professional productions or amateur . They are either shot using professional or consumer-grade equipment. Some genres are more conducive to low-budget filmmaking than others. Horror films are
693-547: A major return on its investment but also had a huge cultural impact was Mad Max . Mad Max was made for $ 200,000 USD but returned over 100 million USD. It also started off a major franchise that resulted in another 3 movies. Mad Max held the Guinness Book of Records record for most profitable movie for 20 years, eventually beaten by The Blair Witch Project. Rocky was shot on a budget of $ 1 million and eventually grossed $ 225 million worldwide, making Sylvester Stallone
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#1732787264304756-558: A musician and the sound editor on Mutual Appreciation , is credited with coining the term "mumblecore" at a bar while at the festival. The film Hooligans won both the Feature Film Jury Award and the Feature Film Audience Award for narrative feature, while The Puffy Chair won the Feature Film Audience Award in the "Emerging Visions" category. The documentary film Cowboy del Amor won
819-697: A result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin ; in both years there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW EDU and the SXSW Sydney festival (from 2023, in Sydney , Australia) and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto . It has previously run or co-run
882-572: A small amount of academic research has been conducted on the economic impact of low-budget feature-film production. Two studies conducted from a British perspective includes Steve Chibnall's Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film and JC Crissey 's doctoral thesis The UK low-budget film sector during the 'digital revolution' between 2000 and 2012: a quantitative assessment of its technological, economic and cultural characteristics . South by Southwest South by Southwest ( SXSW )
945-460: A small show at the 2004 SXSW Music festival, and was signed to Perry's Custard Records soon thereafter, where he would go on to release all three of his subsequent albums. The 2005 SXSW Film is considered by some to be the origin of the mumblecore film genre. A number of films now classified as mumblecore, including The Puffy Chair , Kissing on the Mouth , Four Eyed Monsters and Mutual Appreciation , were screened, and Eric Masunaga ,
1008-412: A star. Halloween was produced on a budget of $ 325,000 and grossed $ 70 million worldwide. Napoleon Dynamite cost less than $ 400,000 to make but its gross revenue was $ 46 million. Divisions of major film studios that specialize in such films, such as Fox Searchlight Pictures , Miramax , and New Line Cinema , have made the distribution of low budget films competitive. The UK film Monsters
1071-591: A trade show, speakers, parties, and a startup accelerator. In July 1986, the organizers of the New York City music festival New Music Seminar contacted Roland Swenson, a staffer at the alternative weekly The Austin Chronicle , to talk about organizing an extension of that festival into Austin. They thereafter announced they were going to hold a "New Music Seminar Southwest". The plans did not materialize, however, so Swenson decided to instead co-organize
1134-430: A very popular genre for low-budget directorial debuts . Jeremy Gardner, director of The Battery says that horror fans are more attracted to how the films affect them than seeing movie stars . This allows horror films to focus more on provoking a reaction than on expensive casting choices. Thriller films are also a popular choice for low-budget films, as they focus on narrative. Science fiction films , which were once
1197-404: Is a recent successful example of bringing what was once considered the exclusive preserve of the big studios—the expensive, special effects blockbuster—to independent, low-budget cinema. The film's budget was reported to be approximately $ 500,000, but it grossed $ 4,188,738 at the box office. A considerable number of low- and modest-budget films have been forgotten by their makers and fallen into
1260-405: Is a unique system because of the uncertainty of demand. The makers of the film do not know how well the film they release will be received. They may predict a film will do very well and pay back the cost of production but only get a portion back. Or the opposite may happen where a project that few think will go far can bring in more profit than imaginable. A big gambling variable that is also involved
1323-493: Is an annual conglomeration of parallel film , interactive media , and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas . It began in 1987 and has continued growing in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as
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#17327872643041386-429: Is the use of stars. Frequently stars are brought on to a project to gain the film publicity and fame. This process can be profitable, but it is not a foolproof mechanism to successful funding. Well-known actors may join a low-budget film for a portion of the gross. Bruce Lee 's low-budget 1970s Hong Kong martial arts films were some of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time. The Way of
1449-683: The 2015 Sundance Film Festival and stars Jake Johnson . The film was released on August 21, 2015, by The Orchard . Swanberg wrote, directed, and produced Easy , an anthology series for Netflix. The series premiered in 2016 and ran for three seasons ending in 2019. Easy featured many of Swanberg's frequent collaborators from his films, including Jake Johnson, Joe Lo Truglio, and Nicky Excitement. In 2017, Swanberg and Jake Johnson co-wrote Win It All . Johnson stars with Aislinn Derbez , Joe Lo Truglio and Keegan-Michael Key . The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2017. It
1512-687: The Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010. The winners of the feature jury awards were, for documentary feature, 45365 , and for narrative feature, Made in China . The 2010 music festival, which took place March 12–21, was dedicated to Alex Chilton , who died shortly before he was to perform with Big Star . A tribute concert was performed in his honor on March 20, 2010. At the 2010 festival, nearly 2,000 bands were officially scheduled to perform, and festival reps estimated that over 13,000 industry representatives attended. Though traditionally
1575-484: The Austin Convention Center , where it is still held. In 1994, SXSW added a component for film and other media, named the "SXSW Film and Multimedia Conference". Johnny Cash was the keynote speaker. That year, the three brothers of the band Hanson were brought to SXSW by their father in order to perform impromptu auditions for music executives, in the hopes of getting industry attention. Among
1638-840: The Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and Silver Bullets and Art History premiered at the Berlinale in February. The rest of the 2010 films premiered theatrically in 2011 after screenings at film festivals. Four of these were later included in Joe Swanberg: Collected Films 2011 , a DVD boxed set from the music and video label Factory 25. In 2012, Swanberg wrote and directed the film Drinking Buddies , starring Olivia Wilde , Jake M. Johnson , Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston . The film
1701-458: The greatest films of all time . All his other films that followed also had micro-budgets or low-budgets, with his most expensive films being The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1968) at Rs. 600,000 ($ 12,000) and Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) at Rs. 2 million ($ 40,000). Another example would be the 1977 cult film Eraserhead , which cost only $ 10,000 to produce. Director David Lynch had so much trouble securing funds that
1764-688: The public domain . This has been especially true of low-budget films made in the United States from 1923 to 1978 (films and other works made in the US during this period fell into public domain if their copyrights weren't renewed 28 years after the original production). Examples include a number of films made by Ed Wood or Roger Corman . Some low-budget films have failed miserably at the box office and been quickly forgotten, only to increase in popularity decades later. A number of cheaply made movies have attained cult-film status after being considered some of
1827-501: The 2012 SXSW Interactive was generally stated to be " social discovery " mobile apps, which let users locate other nearby users. Social discovery apps that had a presence at SXSW included Highlight , Glancee, Sonar and Kismet. SXSW Film saw the premiere of two major Hollywood films: The Cabin in the Woods and 21 Jump Street . Two films obtained distribution deals: Girls Against Boys and The Tall Man . Another film, Gimme
1890-536: The Austin Music Awards kick off the festival, that year organizers slated it as the closing act. Local musician Bob Schneider earned 6 awards, including Song of the Year, Singer of the Year, and Band of the Year (with Lonelyland .) The 2010 festival was also notable for appearances by the surviving members of the band Moby Grape . At the 2010 Film festival, Magnolia Pictures bought the film rights to
1953-676: The Dead (2017), a low-budget Japanese zombie comedy film, was produced on a budget of ¥ 3 million ($ 25,000) and went on to gross over ¥3.12 billion ( $ 28 million ) at the Japanese box office, where it made history by earning over a thousand times its budget. Johannes Grenzfurthner 's horror films Masking Threshold (2021) and Razzennest (2022) were both made for a budget of EUR 20,000. Both films premiered at Fantastic Fest and were well received. Grenzfurthner talks about his productions and financing in lectures and interviews. Only
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2016-652: The Dragon (1972) grossed $ 85 million worldwide against a $ 130,000 budget (a 65,000% return on investment ), while Enter the Dragon ( 1973 ) grossed $ 265 million worldwide against a $ 850,000 budget (a 31,000% return on investment). Another example of a very successful low-budget Asian film from the same decade was the 1975 Bollywood " Dacoit Western " film Sholay , which cost ₹ 20 million ($ 400,000) to produce and grossed ₹3 billion ($ 67 million), making it Indian cinema 's highest-grossing film ever up until then. Wayne Wang 's film Chan Is Missing , set on
2079-706: The Loot , which won the SXSW Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize, got a distribution deal a week after the festival. Bay of All Saints received the Audience Award for Best Feature Documentary. 2012 was also the first year the music portion was expanded to Tuesday. The musical festival included rappers such as Talib Kweli and Lil' Wayne , along with surprise appearances by Big Sean and Kanye West ; indie bands that appeared included MENEW and The Shins . Bruce Springsteen
2142-495: The SXSW Competition Award and the Audience Award. A secret concert at the 2006 SXSW Music by the band The Flaming Lips was called one of the "Top 10 Music-Festival Moments" of all time by Time magazine in 2010. The 2006 SXSW Interactive featured a keynote panel of Misplaced Pages co-founder Jimmy Wales and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark . That year, "Screenburn at SXSW", a component for video games ,
2205-565: The SXSW Film Conference programmed over 250 sessions with 735 speakers. Past speakers included Jon Favreau , Mark Duplass , Ava DuVernay , Ryan Gosling , Nicolas Cage , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Tilda Swinton , Amy Schumer , Sally Field , Joss Whedon , Christine Vachon , RZA , Matthew McConaughey , Danny Boyle , Seth MacFarlane , Catherine Hardwicke , Richard Linklater , David Gordon Green , Harmony Korine , Henry Rollins , Sarah Green and Robert Rodriguez . Although
2268-547: The SXSW Film Festival programmed 150 feature films and 106 short films, selected from 7,361 submissions. Past world premieres included Furious 7 , Neighbors , Chef , 21 Jump Street , The Cabin in the Woods , Dance of the Dead , Bridesmaids and Insidious , and the TV series Girls , Silicon Valley , and Penny Dreadful . SXSW Interactive focuses on emerging technology. The festival includes
2331-875: The Stairs (2007), which also starred filmmakers Andrew Bujalski , Ry Russo-Young , and Mark Duplass and marked Swanberg's first collaboration with animator and actor Kent Osborne ; and Nights and Weekends (2008), on which Gerwig shared a directing credit. Swanberg's next feature, Alexander the Last , was produced by Noah Baumbach , who later cast Gerwig in his 2010 film Greenberg . After spending all of 2009 working on Silver Bullets , Swanberg finished seven features in 2010: Uncle Kent , Caitlin Plays Herself , The Zone , Art History , Silver Bullets , Privacy Setting and Autoerotic (co-directed with horror filmmaker Adam Wingard ). Uncle Kent premiered at
2394-455: The award for Best Narrative Feature. The 2010 Interactive festival had an estimated 12–13,000 paying attendees, which represented a 40% jump over the previous year. This was the first year in which the interactive festival's attendance surpassed the music festival's. The keynote presentation was an interview of then-Twitter CEO Evan Williams by Umair Haque , an interview that many in the audience found disappointingly superficial. Also during
2457-902: The back room of Borelli's Pizzeria in Chicago. In 2024, it was announced that he is working on a slate of five horror-themed feature films for Yale Entertainment. Swanberg cites Elaine May , Paul Mazursky , Lars von Trier , Marco Ferreri , and Eric Rohmer as primary influences on his work. Micro-budget Many independent films are made on low budgets, but films made on the mainstream circuit with inexperienced or unknown filmmakers can also have low budgets. Many young or first-time filmmakers shoot low-budget films to prove their talent before working on larger productions. Most low-budget films that do not gain some form of attention or acclaim are never released in theatres and are often sent straight to retail due to their lack of marketability, look, narrative story, or premise . No precise number defines
2520-410: The band The Polyphonic Spree at the 2002 SXSW Music festival helped bring them to national attention before they had signed with a major label. At the 2002 SXSW Film Festival, the film Manito won the jury award for narrative feature, while the documentary Spellbound won the jury award for documentary feature. British singer James Blunt was discovered by producer Linda Perry while playing
2583-494: The big leagues of film festivals around the world." That festival was also notable for having the premiere of the film Bridesmaids . The March 15 screening of the Foo Fighters documentary Back and Forth was followed by a surprise live performance by the band itself, with a setlist that included the entirety of the then-upcoming album Wasting Light . SXSW 2012 ran from March 9 to 18. The standout technology of
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2646-547: The camera. Festival programming categories include: Special Events, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Narrative Competition, Documentary Competition, Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Episodic, Festival Favorites, and Short Film Programs. The SXSW Film Awards , which occur on the last day of the Film Conference, honor films selected by the Feature and Short Film Juries. In 2015,
2709-491: The domain of B movies , frequently require a big budget to accommodate their special effects, but low-cost do-it-yourself computer-generated imagery can make them affordable, especially when they focus on story and characterization. Plot devices like shooting as found footage can lower production costs, and scripts that rely on extended dialogue, such as Reservoir Dogs or Sex, Lies, and Videotape , can entertain audiences without many sets. The money flow in filmmaking
2772-563: The events North by Northwest (1995–2001), West by Southwest (2006–2010), SXSW Eco (2011–2016), SXSW V2V (2013–2015), and the me Convention (2017–2019). In addition, a large number of other events, past and present, sometimes collectively referred to as "four-letter festivals", have been inspired by SXSW. The Austin Convention Center in Downtown Austin functions as the "hub" of the festival; most events associated with
2835-493: The festival take place at venues in and around Downtown Austin. In April 2021, Penske Media Corporation purchased a 50% stake in SXSW. SXSW Music is the largest music festival of its kind in the world, with more than 2,000 acts as of 2014. SXSW Music offers artist-provided music and video samples of featured artists at each festival via their official YouTube channel. The music event has grown from 700 registrants in 1987,
2898-569: The festival.) The 2009 festival was held March 13–22. The Interactive section of SXSW in particular drew larger attendance levels; the influx strained the networks of providers such as AT&T (primarily due to heavy iPhone usage). Also new was the founding of an international organization for those not attending, dubbed NotAtSXSW. Coordinating through Twitter and other online tools, notatsxsw events were held in London, New York, Wisconsin, Portland, Oregon and Miami. The 2009 SXSW Interactive saw
2961-419: The film festival highlights independently produced films and emerging directing talent with unique visions, the festival has long served studios as a barometer for their comedies, with enthusiastic fans indicating how they might play in wide release. The SXSW Film Festival runs nine days, simultaneously with the SXSW Film Conference, and celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent both behind and in front of
3024-622: The film had to be made over a six-year period, whenever Lynch could afford to shoot scenes. Slacker , a 1991 comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater , was produced for $ 23,000. The film was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2012. Influenced by the success of Slacker , Clerks was written and directed by Kevin Smith for $ 27,575 in 1994 which he paid for on his credit card and grossed $ 3.2 million in theatres. Clerks launched Smith's career as
3087-627: The first year of the conference, to over 161,000 attendees in 2018. SXSW Film and SXSW Interactive events have grown every year, bringing over 32,000 registrants to Austin in March 2013. Bands must cover their own expenses for travel and lodging at the event. All performers are offered a cash payment or a wristband package that allows access to all music events. SXSW Film Conference spans five days of conference panels and sessions, and welcomes filmmakers of all levels. Programming consists of keynote speakers, panels, workshops, mentor sessions and more, with expert filmmakers and industry leaders. In 2015,
3150-550: The interactive festival, the first-ever (and so far only) "Hive Awards For the Unsung Heroes of the Internet" were held. The 2011 SXSW festival ran from March 11 to 20. The keynote presenter for SXSW Interactive was Seth Priebatsch, founder and CEO of the mobile-gaming platform SCVNGR . The 2011 Interactive festival was by far the largest it had ever been, with an estimated 20,000 attendees. Also in attendance at SXSW
3213-540: The launch of the Foursquare application, which was called "the breakout mobile app " of the event by the Mashable blog. In 2009 the first Indian classical music artists performed at SXSW: Canadians Cassius Khan and Amika Kushwaha. The 2009 SXSW Film screened 250 films, including 54 world premieres. The event was notable for having the United States premiere of the film The Hurt Locker , which went on to win
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#17327872643043276-521: The novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson . Due to budgetary constraints, the vampires in the film were zombie-like creatures instead of fast and agile monsters portrayed in the novel. This approach (and film) was not considered a success at the time, but it inspired George A. Romero 's work in his film Night of the Living Dead . Thus, The Last Man on Earth became a precursor to numerous zombie films , and fans of those films later re-discovered
3339-402: The original, making it a cult classic. A micro budget film is that which is made on an extremely low budget, sometimes as little as a few thousand dollars. An example of such would be the popular 1992 film El Mariachi , in which the director Robert Rodriguez was unable to afford second takes due to the $ 7000 budget. Despite this, it was a success both critically and commercially, and started
3402-577: The people who heard them was A&R executive Christopher Sabec , who became their manager, and would soon afterward get them signed to Mercury Records . In 1995, the SXSW Film and Multimedia Conference was split into two separate events, "SXSW Film" and "SXSW Multimedia". In 1999, SXSW Multimedia was renamed "SXSW Interactive". Singer-songwriter John Mayer 's performance at the 2000 SXSW Music festival led to his signing soon thereafter with Aware Records , his first record label . A performance by
3465-400: The science-fiction film Monsters on the night it screened, in what was the first-ever "overnight acquisition" at SXSW. Journalist Meredith Melnick of Time magazine called this purchase a turning point for SXSW, leading to a greater interest among film studio executives in attending the festival in person. That year also saw the premiere of the indie favorite Tiny Furniture , which won
3528-415: The streets of San Francisco's Chinatown, was made for $ 20,000 in 1982. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote that the budget would not have paid for the shoelaces in the film Annie . One of the most successful low-budget films was 1999's The Blair Witch Project . It had a budget of around $ 60,000 but grossed almost $ 250 million worldwide. It spawned books, a trilogy of video games, and
3591-399: The worst features ever made for many years. The most famous examples of this latter-day popularity of low-budget box-office failures include Plan 9 from Outer Space and Manos: The Hands of Fate . Additionally, some low-cost films that have had little (or modest) success upon their initial release have later been considered classics. The Last Man on Earth was the first adaptation of
3654-458: The young director's career. Some of the most critically acclaimed micro-budget films were by the Bengali film director Satyajit Ray , his most famous being The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959). The first film in the trilogy, Pather Panchali (1955), was produced on a shoestring budget of Rs. 200,000 ($ 3000) using an amateur cast and crew. The three films are now frequently listed among
3717-404: Was acquired by Magnolia Pictures shortly after its SXSW premiere. The following year. Swanberg shot Happy Christmas , starring himself, Melanie Lynskey , Lena Dunham , and Anna Kendrick. This was the first of his films to be shot on 16mm film, rather than digital. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival . His next film as director was Digging for Fire , which premiered at
3780-465: Was added to SXSW Interactive. The 2007 music festival took place from March 14 to 18, and more than 1,400 acts performed. Two of the top film premieres that year were Elvis and Anabelle and Skills Like This . The social media platform Twitter notably gained a good deal of early traction and buzz at the 2007 SXSW Interactive, though it did not launch at SXSW 2007 as is sometimes reported. The 2008 SXSW Interactive got media attention due to
3843-549: Was boxing legend Mike Tyson , promoting his new iPhone game with RockLive at the Screenburn Arcade. At least two films screened at the SXSW Film festival gained distribution deals: the documentary Undefeated (which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ) and the thriller The Divide . As a result, film critic Christopher Kelly wrote that in 2011, SXSW Film went from being "a well-regarded but fundamentally regional event" to having "joined
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#17327872643043906-468: Was released on April 7, 2017, by Netflix . Swanberg is a noted proponent of Internet-based distribution for independent films and has made his 2011 feature Marriage Material available for free on his Vimeo page. He also released his 2020 feature, Build the Wall , starring Kent Osborne and Jane Adams , on his Vimeo page. In 2021, Swanberg opened Analog Pizza and Video Store, a VHS video rental shop in
3969-450: Was the keynote speaker at the 1992 South by Southwest. She caused controversy by delivering a speech, written by her then-husband Bart Bull , criticizing white musicians for stealing music from African American artists; and then later during the same conference when she tried to kick the band Two Nice Girls off of a benefit concert, a move that some called anti-gay, due to Two Nice Girls' overtly lesbian image. In 1993, SXSW moved into
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