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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
SXSW Film Bash party at La Zona Rosa
Finally, a party party. One where people let down their hair, socialize with abandon and forget the stress of festival week. The SXSW Film Bash at La Zona Rosa let off a lot of steam for participants, inside with a line-up of bands and outside with a frolicky pack of very tired movie buffs, biggies and backers. It was so much fun, we skipped competing events and lingered past midnight, mostly hanging out with local critics the likes of Chris Garcia, Cole Dabney and Marjorie Baumgarten, but also actor Chris Sykes and editorial genie Shannon McGarvey.
Masashi Niwano (Austin Asian Film Festival), Jacqueline Rush Rivera (Cine las Americas)
Loren Siegel, Shannon McGarvey, Amalia Ortiz
Wyatt Cenac, Meaghan Hermann, Kristen Mohon, Greg O’Bryant
Tina Rodriguez, Elvis Mitchell (former New York Times critic, now a producer), Jess Weixler
Sam Lisenco, Val Link, Deborah McIntosh, Dannah Shinder
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SXSW Florida Fish Fry at Wave
I’ll be honest: I chose the Florida Fish Fry for my second SXSW of Monday evening because food was promised right there in the invitation. And a little fresh fried conch can help you get through an evening of rushed socializing. The event was sponsored by the Florida film industry and we talked with representatives from Orlando and St. Petersburg, both with keen senses of their markets’ strengths and weaknesses. (Privately, one representative predicted the collapse of the Louisiana film subsidy because of corruption.)
Kevin Koym, Kyle Texas, Brian Massey
We also caught up with some inveterate social connectors, including Kevin Koym of Enterprise Teaming, Kyle Texas of Bumperactive and Brian Massey of BookLobby.com, a fascinating attempt to help ordinary citizens lobby public officials by sending them copies of influential books.
Anne Toole, Daniel Tittle, Todd Cormier, Nicole Huntley, Cheri Nightingale
There was Alan Chan and Jennifer Phang, producer and director of “Half-Life,” as well as Stachy Schoolfield, director of the beloved “Jumping Off Bridges.” The first generated some buzz at SXSW Film; the second is doing well on DVD.
Alan Chan, Stacy Schoolfield, Laura Sobel, Jennifer Phang
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SXSW LimeWire party at Club DeVille
Late afternoon and early evening SXSW sometimes gets off to a slow start. Some guests are dragging in from a day of panels, speeches or workshops. Others are just beginning their SXSW days after other responsibilities (like editing entertainment copy in the newsroom).
Cameron Cooper, Kristen Ross
LimeWire is a digital music store, and its counterpart, LimeSpot, is a social networking tool that connects musicians to their fans. Naturally, the cool company’s three parties (Tuesday at Club DeVille, Thursday and Friday at the Dirty Dog) were geared to interactive and music crowds combined.
Jessica Shahan, Walter Driver
The Low Lows kicked off the evening with a strange blend of electronica and country vocals. We talked with Sara Goldstein from Sydney, Australia, who runs The Bargain Queens, a shopping site, Kristen Ross, a designer for Tribeza, David Yeu, a Web developer for New York-based Lime Wire, Walter Driver of LoveTube and others, mostly about the organic way that blogs, Web sites and other online material develop, leaving traditional marketing out to dry.
Sara Goldstein, David Yeu
Turns out, early evening is a great time to talk to folks from SXSW Interactive.
Click here for A-List photos from the Limewire party.
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