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The 2017 lineup of the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) has been announced! Twenty-eight Bruins, including 23 UCLA TFT alumni, a Professional Programs alumna, two current students, one lecturer and one executive board member have involvement in 18 projects that will be shown in 10 festival sections. They include:

MIDNIGHTERS

68 Kill
Sheila Vand (B.A., ’06), actress

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: 10th anniversary screening
Nathan Basel (B.A. ’98), actor

HEADLINERS

The Disaster Artist
James Franco (lecturer), director, actor

Free Fire
Martin Scorsese (Executive Board), executive producer

SHORTS

Narrative Shorts
DeKalb Elementary
Reed Van Dyk, (M.F.A. student) director/screenwriter

Documentary Shorts
Perfectly Normal
Marieke Oudejans (M.F.A. ’06), producer
David Weiner (M.B.A. ’06), executive producer

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Becoming Bond
Kelly Lester (B.A. ’81), actor

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Drib
Clara Baker (M.A. student), miscellaneous crew, production intern

Lucky
Tom Skerritt, actor

Dara Ju
Justin Begnaud (M.F.A. ’10), producer
Anthony Onah (M.F.A. ’13), writer, director, producer
Alexandra Cuerdo (B.A. ’11), second assistant director

EPISODIC

American Gods
Michael Green (B.A. ’79), creator, executive producer, writer
Corbin Bernsen (M.F.A. ’79), actor
Loretta Ramos (M.F.A. ’08), associate producer
Jessica Smith (M.F.A. ’14), VFX production manager

Dear White People
Erich Lane (B.A. ’06) actor
Stephanie Allain (Professional Programs, ’13), executive producer

I’m Dying Up Here
Justine Hillian (M.F.A. ’13), writer
Jean Kauffman (B.A. ’06), actress
Robert Komatsu (B.A. ’92), series film editing

FESTIVAL FAVORITES

The Big Sick
Amanda Glaze (B.A. ’08), co-producer

24 BEATS PER SECOND

Long Strange Trip
Martin Scorsese (Executive Board), executive producer

SPECIAL EVENTS

Alien
Tom Skerritt, actor

Hype!: 20th Anniversary Screening
Doug Pray (M.F.A. ’91), director and editor
Albert Malvaez (Dept. of FTVDM staff), first assistant camera
Steven Helvey (M.F.A. ’94), producer
Earl Ghaffari (B.A. ’84), supervising editor and music editor
Chien-Ei Yu (M.F.A ’94), assistant editor

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT

Mr. Roosevelt
Dagmar Weaver-Madsen (M.F.A. ’12), cinematographer

The 24th SXSW Film Festival takes place in Austin, Texas, March 10-18, 2017.

Posted: March 8, 2017