The SXSW Film Festival (that’s South By Southwest) wrapped up yesterday, and it was the showcase for some truly independent cinematic talent. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/9AGRm
While the films at Sundance and other festivals may have bigger names and wider mainstream appeal, here are our favorite five films that premiered at SXSW, where the newcomers and the unknowns still have the chance to shine.
Did you have the chance to go to SXSW? What did you think of this year’s offerings? Did we leave any great films off this week’s list? Any other indie films you’re hoping to see in 2014? Let us know in the comments below!
THE LIST
Before I Disappear
Synopsis: At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Faults
Synopsis: Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire’s parents hire Ansel Roth (Orser), one of the world’s foremost authorities on cults and mind control, to kidnap and deprogram their daughter.
Fort Tilden
Synopsis: A comedy about Allie and Harper and their needlessly difficult journey to the beach.
Neighbors
Synopsis: A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
The Heart Machine
Synopsis: A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend whom he met on the Internet has been living in the same city as him, and he sets out looking for her.
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