Complete event listing for
Documentary Shorts Competition
Saturday, March 9
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg F38235](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg)
"After" is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and activities of a world fascina…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg F39110](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg)
A short-film about the events in our lives that we choose to remember and episodes we conveniently ignore. The documentarian uses a box of mementos left behind from a failed relationship to explore the feelings of nostal…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg F42940](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg)
For most people, sleep comes naturally, but for others, the night turns into an ongoing struggle to drift off into oblivion. This film explores what it’s like to be awake involuntarily and the feelings that accompany the…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg F42944](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg)
"In Hanford" is artist Chris Mars's fantastic exploration of real incidents in Hanford, Washington, where the local environment was poisoned as a result of cold war era nuclear arms manufacture.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg F37941](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg)
A short documentary film contrasting the northern lights of Canada's north with the harsh landscapes and decaying manmade debris littered around Churchill Manitoba. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature an…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg F40700](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg)
"The Other Dave" tells the story of David Manning, whose life was changed the day he was struck by lightning. Now fully disabled, the story centers on the changes in Dave after the lightning strike, primarily his new alt…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg F40926](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg)
A community of tsunami survivors holds onto its existence through pictures recovered from the debris.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg F38910](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg)
Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which sheltered 1,454 people and has more than 70 years of existence remains with on…
Sunday, March 10
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg F38625](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg)
"Flutter" shares the life of John Bedford, 70's, who has been collecting butterflies his whole life. Extending beyond the exotic and gorgeous butterflies, this is the reflective and meditative portrait of a lonely man se…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg F38213](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg)
The kindest slaughter: a short documentary about one man's bloody job.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg F41297](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg)
A character portrait of a debt-ridden man with a violent past who auditions for a reality television show in pursuit of the American Dream.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg F38615](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg)
Writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg F38986](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg)
"KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx" introduces the life and teachings of the legendary emcee, KRS ONE. On the road to becoming a Hip Hop pioneer, "KRS ONE" tells the story of his life as a young man living homeless on the s…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg F39365](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg)
Kendrick is a young, black calf roper grafting through the local, all-white rodeo circuits of the southern United States. Soft spoken and gentlemanly, roping is Kendrick’s singular focus, his ‘good addiction’. He practic…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg F41806](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg)
Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into "SLOMO", trading his lab coat for a pair of roll…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg F42845](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg)
Tuesday, March 12
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg F38235](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg)
"After" is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and activities of a world fascina…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg F39110](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg)
A short-film about the events in our lives that we choose to remember and episodes we conveniently ignore. The documentarian uses a box of mementos left behind from a failed relationship to explore the feelings of nostal…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg F42940](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg)
For most people, sleep comes naturally, but for others, the night turns into an ongoing struggle to drift off into oblivion. This film explores what it’s like to be awake involuntarily and the feelings that accompany the…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg F42944](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg)
"In Hanford" is artist Chris Mars's fantastic exploration of real incidents in Hanford, Washington, where the local environment was poisoned as a result of cold war era nuclear arms manufacture.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg F37941](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg)
A short documentary film contrasting the northern lights of Canada's north with the harsh landscapes and decaying manmade debris littered around Churchill Manitoba. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature an…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg F40700](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg)
"The Other Dave" tells the story of David Manning, whose life was changed the day he was struck by lightning. Now fully disabled, the story centers on the changes in Dave after the lightning strike, primarily his new alt…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg F40926](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg)
A community of tsunami survivors holds onto its existence through pictures recovered from the debris.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg F38910](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg)
Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which sheltered 1,454 people and has more than 70 years of existence remains with on…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg F38625](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg)
"Flutter" shares the life of John Bedford, 70's, who has been collecting butterflies his whole life. Extending beyond the exotic and gorgeous butterflies, this is the reflective and meditative portrait of a lonely man se…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg F38213](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg)
The kindest slaughter: a short documentary about one man's bloody job.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg F41297](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg)
A character portrait of a debt-ridden man with a violent past who auditions for a reality television show in pursuit of the American Dream.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg F38615](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg)
Writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg F38986](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg)
"KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx" introduces the life and teachings of the legendary emcee, KRS ONE. On the road to becoming a Hip Hop pioneer, "KRS ONE" tells the story of his life as a young man living homeless on the s…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg F39365](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg)
Kendrick is a young, black calf roper grafting through the local, all-white rodeo circuits of the southern United States. Soft spoken and gentlemanly, roping is Kendrick’s singular focus, his ‘good addiction’. He practic…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg F41806](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg)
Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into "SLOMO", trading his lab coat for a pair of roll…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg F42845](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg)
Thursday, March 14
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg F38625](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38625.jpg)
"Flutter" shares the life of John Bedford, 70's, who has been collecting butterflies his whole life. Extending beyond the exotic and gorgeous butterflies, this is the reflective and meditative portrait of a lonely man se…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg F38213](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38213.jpg)
The kindest slaughter: a short documentary about one man's bloody job.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg F41297](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41297.jpg)
A character portrait of a debt-ridden man with a violent past who auditions for a reality television show in pursuit of the American Dream.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg F38615](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38615.jpg)
Writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg F38986](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38986.jpg)
"KRS ONE: Brooklyn to the Bronx" introduces the life and teachings of the legendary emcee, KRS ONE. On the road to becoming a Hip Hop pioneer, "KRS ONE" tells the story of his life as a young man living homeless on the s…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg F39365](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39365.jpg)
Kendrick is a young, black calf roper grafting through the local, all-white rodeo circuits of the southern United States. Soft spoken and gentlemanly, roping is Kendrick’s singular focus, his ‘good addiction’. He practic…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg F41806](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F41806.jpg)
Depressed and frustrated with his life, Dr. John Kitchin abandons his career as a neurologist and moves to Pacific Beach. There, he undergoes a radical transformation into "SLOMO", trading his lab coat for a pair of roll…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg F42845](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42845.jpg)
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg F38235](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38235.jpg)
"After" is a film about contemporary life in Auschwitz. In an observation from dusk till dawn, it portrays the theatre of everyday life around the grim confines and captures the energies and activities of a world fascina…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg F39110](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F39110.jpg)
A short-film about the events in our lives that we choose to remember and episodes we conveniently ignore. The documentarian uses a box of mementos left behind from a failed relationship to explore the feelings of nostal…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg F42940](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42940.jpg)
For most people, sleep comes naturally, but for others, the night turns into an ongoing struggle to drift off into oblivion. This film explores what it’s like to be awake involuntarily and the feelings that accompany the…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg F42944](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F42944.jpg)
"In Hanford" is artist Chris Mars's fantastic exploration of real incidents in Hanford, Washington, where the local environment was poisoned as a result of cold war era nuclear arms manufacture.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg F37941](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F37941.jpg)
A short documentary film contrasting the northern lights of Canada's north with the harsh landscapes and decaying manmade debris littered around Churchill Manitoba. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature an…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg F40700](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40700.jpg)
"The Other Dave" tells the story of David Manning, whose life was changed the day he was struck by lightning. Now fully disabled, the story centers on the changes in Dave after the lightning strike, primarily his new alt…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg F40926](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F40926.jpg)
A community of tsunami survivors holds onto its existence through pictures recovered from the debris.…
![http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg F38910](http://img.sxsw.com/2013/films/F38910.jpg)
Far away from any other urban centers, Itapuã is a small community with the characteristics and rituals of everyday life. The location, which sheltered 1,454 people and has more than 70 years of existence remains with on…