04/02/2016 - Spaceship, Dead Slow Ahead and Ghostland make the cut

The edgy Austin-based SXSW (South by Southwest, 11-19 March) returns for its 23rd edition with a raft of European selections. The Narrative Spotlight features Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah’s Ghent, Tallin and Toronto award-winner Black [+see also:
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film profile] (Belgium); Jamie Adams’ Edinburgh winner Black Mountain Poets [+see also:
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film profile] (UK); Billy O’Brien’s I am Not a Serial Killer [+see also:
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film profile]. The Documentary Spotlight has Amy Hardie’s Seven Songs for a Long Life [+see also:
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The Visions strand features Kuba Czekaj’s Venice winner Baby Bump [+see also:
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film profile] (UK); Alex Taylor’s Spaceship [+see also:
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film profile] (UK); and Vitaly Mansky’s Jihlava winner Under the Sun [+see also:
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interview: Vitaly Mansky
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The 24 Beats Per Second strand has Matthew Jones’ Artist & Repertoire (UK); Robert Budreau’s Born To Be Blue [+see also:
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film profile] (Canada/UK); Steve Read and Rob Alexander’s Gary Numan: Android In La La Land (UK); Yoon-ha Chang’s I Go Back Home - Jimmy Scott [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany/US); and Stephen Kijak’s Sundance winner We Are X [+see also:
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film profile] (UK/US). 

The SXGlobal strand includes Kaweh Modiri’s Bodkin Ras [+see also:
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interview: Mauro Herce
film profile] (Spain); Simon Stadler’s Ghostland [+see also:
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film profile] (Germany); Emma Rozanski’s Papagajka (Australia/UK); and Una Lorenzen, Þórdur Bragi Jónsson and Heather Millard’s Yarn (Iceland).

The Headliners segment features Ilya Naishuller’s Toronto winner Hardcore Henry (Russian Federation), while the Festival Favourites strand includes Athina Rachel Tsangari’s London, Sarajevo and Thessaloniki winner Chevalier [+see also:
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