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The humorously named “Assholes” will have its world premiere this Saturday at SXSW. The explicit dark comedy marks the feature directorial debut for Amazon Video’s “Mozart in the Jungle” actor Peter Vack, who previously directed the 2014 short film “Send.”

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Set in New York City, “Assholes” follows the story of Adam and Adah, two young recovering drug addicts who meet at their psychoanalyst’s office. The two fall in love and suffer a relapse…becoming complete assholes in the process.

Vack, who also stars in the film, cast his real-life family to star in the comedy. Younger sister Betsey Brown plays the lead role of Adah, while his parents, Jane and Ron Brown, play Adah’s folks. The cast also includes Jack Dunphy in the role of Adam, Eileen Dietz (“General Hospital,...

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“Send” is a story about the digital age of social media that is told without the use of digital conventions. “I was interested in finding a way to represent online communications in a way that didn’t deal with texts on a screen or thought bubbles, or even images of a computer screen,” director Peter Vack told TheWrap. “All the conventions that exist didn’t appeal to me aesthetically.” Instead, the short film — one of the finalists in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival — uses a stage with audience members to convey the concept of posting on sites like Facebook and Twitter.

Editor's Note: Every Friday, Indiewire's new Springboard column will profile an up-and-comer in the indie world who made a mark that deserves your attention. Select profiles will include photography by Daniel Bergeron, exclusive to Indiewire. Up first is actor/filmmaker Peter Vack. Before Peter Vack came to SXSW Film Festival, he was best known for the now-defunct MTV comedy-drama "I Just Want My Pants Back." By the time he left, he'd seen the premiere of his first short film "Send," which he wrote and directed (it stars indie 'it girl' Julia Garner); starred in the coming-of-age drama "I Believe in Unicorns;" and appeared in the Grand Jury Prize winner "Fort Tilden." And, minutes before his Indiewire interview, he learned that his Amazon Prime show, "Mozart in the Jungle," was picked up for a full season. Read on for his takes on sex on film, getting his start on CBS's soap opera "As the World Turns,...