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Simply put, the SXSW Film, Music and Interactive Festival is one of the biggest, most prestigious events in the media calendar. Taking place annually in Austin, Texas, it is beloved by film fans and filmmakers from all over the world, and has reached such heights by building a reputation for showcasing excellent content. This results in a high level of competition, with the Narrative Feature category alone having received 1442 submissions this year, and the documentary feature category having received 1,013.

The 2016 event looks to be particularly exciting, with many world premieres and feature debuts already announced. The Narrative Feature category will include Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens, Debra Eisenstadt’s Before The Sun Explodes, Joey Klein’s The Other Half, and Musa Syeed’s A Stray, among others, while the Headliner category will feature Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some.

The Narrative Spotlight category includes 9 Rides by Matthew A. Cherry; The Waiting...

Wednesday night's series premiere left us wondering everything but who shot J.R.

By Kara Warner

Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson in "Dallas"

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How about that highly entertaining return to "Dallas" Wednesday night (June 13)? TNT's reboot of the iconic '80s hit struck a chord with viewers, 6,863,000 of them to be exact, which made it the #1 scripted series premiere on all of cable so far this year.Now that we've seen the first extended episode and been properly introduced to the new young castmembers, it's time to throw out a few burning questions we hope to have answered over the course of season one.

Whose Side Is Marta On?

Despite the aggressive scheming set up by the male characters on the show, the biggest surprise in the series premiere was in the reveal of the bait-and-switchery by Marta Del Sol (played by Leonor Varela). She's "working" for both sides of the Ewing family,...

Wednesday night's series premiere left us wondering everything but who shot J.R.

By Kara Warner

Jesse Metcalfe and Josh Henderson in "Dallas"

Photo:

How about that highly entertaining return to "Dallas" Wednesday night (June 13)? TNT's reboot of the iconic '80s hit struck a chord with viewers, 6,863,000 of them to be exact, which made it the #1 scripted series premiere on all of cable so far this year.Now that we've seen the first extended episode and been properly introduced to the new young castmembers, it's time to throw out a few burning questions we hope to have answered over the course of season one.

Whose Side Is Marta On?

Despite the aggressive scheming set up by the male characters on the show, the biggest surprise in the series premiere was in the reveal of the bait-and-switchery by Marta Del Sol (played by Leonor Varela). She's "working" for both sides of the Ewing family,...

Skip Schoolnik is the director behind the 80's slasher Hide and Go Shriek. Hide and Go Shriek is one of those films that featured some up and coming talent along with some actors that dropped off the face of the earth. The cast included Bunky Jones, Brittain Frye (Slumber Party Massacre III), Sean Kanan (The Karate Kid Part III), Ria Pavia (Candyman), Annette Sinclair, Donna Baltron (Shallow Grave 1987), Scott Fults, and George Thomas. Hide and Go Shriek deals with a group of teenagers who sneak into a furniture store to have an after hours graduation party unaware that a killer has followed them and is picking people off one by one as they play a game of hide and seek. Here is what Skip had to say about making his first film, Hide and Go Shriek.

So who is Skip Schoolnik and what are you all about?

I'm all about doing great work.