Known for its creative content and diverse programming, South By Southwest serves as an ever-growing outlet for emerging filmmakers. Cinereach is proud to announce that three films supported through various Cinereach initiatives will be showcased at this year’s festival, which runs March 11-19.

Dragonslayer
Winter 2010 & Summer 2010 Grantee
Documentary Feature Competition
World Premiere

Director: Tristan Patterson
Producer: John Baker
Killer Films presents the transmissions of a lost kid falling in love in the suburbs of Fullerton, California. Featuring skateboarding, the usual drugs, and stray glimpses of unusual beauty.
SXSW Screening Details

Love Lockdown
Supported through the 2010 Reach Film Fellowship
Documentary Short
World Premiere

Director: Nadia Hallgren
Producer: Jamie-James Medina
Love Lockdown is a short documentary inspired by the impassioned phone calls and shout-outs made to prisoners on “Lockdown Love,” a popular late night radio show in New York City. The film tells the story of Shoshana, a young mother from the Bronx, as she eagerly awaits the fate of Felix, the father of her children, who is incarcerated and on trial facing a ten-year jail sentence. Dialing tirelessly and waiting for hours on hold, Shoshana’s phone calls tell an unconventional story of love and commitment. Will their love remain locked down or will the family be reunited?
SXSW Screening Details

Yelling to the Sky
Supported through The Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute 2010
Spotlight Premiere
North American Premiere

Writer/Director: Victoria Mahoney
Producer: Victoria Mahoney, Billy Mulligan, Ged Dickersin
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O’Hara’s future feels uncertain. At the abusive hands of her father, her mother and sister take off, leaving Sweetness to fend for herself. Determined to correct the mistakes of the past, Sweetness takes control of her life.
SXSW Screening Details