SXSW

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe hosted an event during SXSW where he dished on the 'Collapse Into Now Film Project,' a selection of films created to accompany each song on their new album by artists personally selected by Stipe. [Photo by Brian Brooks]

SXSW co-founder Louis Black and SXSW Film Festival producer Janet Pierson after chatting with indieWIRE at Next Stage last week. [Photo by Brian Brooks]

"Natural Selection"'s Matt O'Leary (actor), Robbie Pickering (director), Brian Hambal (producer), Paul Jensen (producer) at the Austin Convention Center basking in their big win for best narrative feature at the SXSW Film Festival Tuesday night. Their film follows Linda White, a barren housewife who leads a sheltered life in suburban Texas. As a SXSW description elaborates: Her world is turned upside-down when she discovers that her dying husband, Abe, has a 23-year old illegitimate son named Raymond living in Florida. Somewhere on the edge of guilt and loneliness, Linda grants Abe's final wish and sets off on a quixotic journey to find Raymond and bring him back before her husband passes away. Along the way, Linda's wonderfully bizarre relationship with Raymond will teach her more about herself than she ever imagined possible and force her to come to terms with her troubled past. [Photo by Eric Kohn]

Cinematographer Urszula Pontikos, director Andrew Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher celebrate their win Tuesday night in Austin of the SXSW Film Festival's Emerging Visions prize. Their film, "Weekend" has received tremendous word of mouth here at the festival and was the "Buzz Screening" later that night. The film centers around Russell, who heads to a straight club on a Friday night after hanging out with straight friends. As a SXSW description continues: "Just before closing time he picks up Glen and that weekend, in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex, the two men get to know each other. It is an encounter that will resonate throughout their lives." [Photo by Eric Kohn]

Cinematographer Urszula Pontikos, director Andrew Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher celebrate their win Tuesday night in Austin of the SXSW Film Festival's Emerging Visions prize. Their film, "Weekend" has received tremendous word of mouth here at the festival and was the "Buzz Screening" later that night. The film centers around Russell, who heads to a straight club on a Friday night after hanging out with straight friends. As a SXSW description continues: "Just before closing time he picks up Glen and that weekend, in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex, the two men get to know each other. It is an encounter that will resonate throughout their lives."

Director Alison Bagnall and stars Greta Gerwig and Olly Alexander hosted a delightful afternoon party to celebrate their SXSW Emerging Visions feature, "The Dish & The Spoon." In the film, Rose (played by Gerwig), is reeling from her husband's affair, and forms an unexpected bond with a marooned teenager from the U.K., played by newcomer Alexander, in a boarded-up Delaware beach town.

Talk show host Conan O'Brien took to the stage for a rousing Q&A following the world premiere of the doc in which he's "the star," Rodman Flender's "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop." Conan jumped up and down and ran a few circles around Flender who was joined on stage by SXSW Film Festival Producer Janet Grillo. For more on the film, read iW's interview with the director.

"The FP" co-director Jason Trost and his sister, costume designer Sarah Trost, strike an appropriately goofy pose during the Highball afterparty following the film's SXSW premiere last night. The feature, a maniacal genre spoof about Dance Dance Revolution competitors, is playing in the festival's SXFantastic section.

Alamo Drafthouse co-founder Tim League and horror director Ti West offered vastly different reactions to cuisine at a crawfish bake hosted by League at his house on Saturday afternoon. West's latest feature, "The Innkeepers," premieres at SXSW on Saturday night, and he also stars in Joe Swanberg's "Silver Bullets." Other attendees at the packed outdoor gathering included "Bellflower" director Evan Glodell and "Kill List" director Ben Wheatley, whose film premieres in the SXFantastic section of the festival.

Morgan Spurlock takes in a pre-screening chat with sales company Submarine's Josh Braun at SXSW Saturday afternoon. Crowds filed in for directors Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's Documentary Competition film, rumblin' & tumblin' and delightfully bloody "Fightville." Spurlock is attending the festival with "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" and "The Other F Word," in which he is an executive producer.