SXSW Lineup: ‘Miles Ahead’, Gary Numan Docu & More Flesh Out Feature Film Slate The 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival has announced the feature films screening in its Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, and SXGlobal categories. Among the films on tap for the Austin-based SXSW that runs March 11-19 are Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead; the narco-wars thriller Transpecos; the documentary Gary Numan: Android In La La Land, about the English electronic music pioneer; and entries from India, South Korea andIsrael among others. Additional films include the James Caan-starring The Waiting, In A Valley of Violence starring Ethan Hawk, and the Keegan-Michael Key comedy about a struggling sketch troupe Don’t Think Twice. As previously announced, Richard Linklater’s comedy Everybody Wants Some will open the fest March 11 ahead of Paramount’s wide release April 15. The full SXSW lineup will include 52 films from first-time filmmakers, 89 world premieres, 13 North American premieres and 8 U.S. premieres selected from 2,456 submissions. All total, 139 features will be screened in 12 sections, with Midnighters, Festival Favorites and Special Events to be announced next week along with the Short Film Program, with the complete conference lineup and schedule unveiled after that. All feature categories except for Special Events will be eligible for fest-end Audience Awards. Along with nine days of film screenings, SXSW 2016 will also feature 200 keynotes, conversations, panels, workshops, roundtables and mentor sessions, along with more than 400 South By Southwest Convergence sessions co-curated by SXSW Music, Film and Interactive. New to the festival this year, all badgeholders will be able to see an an expansive VR/AR Track, as well as attend Episodic screenings, and access other SouthBites, SXsports and SXstyle Convergence-designated screenings. In addition, Music badgeholders will again be able to attend any of the 24 Beats Per Second screenings. Feature screenings announced today are: NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,443 narrative
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