Film Threat 2008 SXSW Guide

Based on the true story of a group of MIT students who, under the guidance of a cryptic professor, take Vegas casinos for millions through the mathematical art of counting cards.

A tour of the Patina V Mannequin Factory, in Industry City, outside of LA.

An animated short that chronicles the adventures of Baxter & McGuire - the closest of friends who just happen to be testicles.

A year in the life of Andre Williams, one of the unsung heroes of the American R&B community, who walks us through the hard life he's led over five decades of making music.

Raquela is looking for a way out of her tireless job as a "ladyboy" prostitute, which brings her to Iceland with some unexpected outcomes.

A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town, and their various cliques.

Ideation An ancient allegory for our modern times. Fish, But No Cigar An animated movie about a woman who has bigger fish to fry. Literally. Tower of Grantville A boxy old man wreaks havoc on some furry critters, but learns his anger will only make him less happy. Rock in a Hard Place Testing the limits of household object cinema, this film tells the tale of three mortal enemies and a perfect plan that goes horribly wrong. Jeu The filmmaker sets the viewer down in a landscape whose scenery constantly morphs and mutates. This helter-skelter world evokes the chaos of modern life. I Hate You Don't Touch Me or Bad and Hat A lyrical and monstrous meditation on when the mundane becomes gruesome. Blissful Blissful is a collaborative, psychological landscape that describes the internal struggle of a heartless individual. My Biodegradable Heart A story about puppy love and how long it would take said puppy to decompose. For You, My People A senator’s compassionate public persona clashes with his secret deeds of corruption and dishonor. My First Crush Using interviews with people about their first encounters with love, this film deals with the humor and heartache that goes hand in hand with these early experiences. Paradise Paradise is a in stop-motion animated short that is told using tin toys from the 1950s that move around on metal posts inside an "automated" world. Office Buddies Office Buddies is a series of ongoing shorts about two mortal enemies cruelly imprisoned in adjoining cubicles. Blindspot An animated interpretation of the particular agonies of being a child and being oneself. Drawn on paper. Shut Eye Hotel Shut Eye Hotel is a film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become victims of this evil force. What Jaws did to swimming, Shut Eye Hotel will do for sleeping. Madame Tult-PultI Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down by all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past.

An impossible romance between Molly, a 21 year-old American, and Diego, a Mexican in the throes of puberty.