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Director/screenwriter Shana Feste presented her engaging and robust feature world premiere 'Boundaries' at SXSW Film Festival.

Even though there was technically one last night of South by Southwest 2018, it still seemed as if Saturday was the festival's one true finale.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is the band credited with popularizing Southern Rock during the 1970s. Their hits such as "Sweet Home Alabama," "That Smell," and "Gimme Three Steps" are known to many people who probably couldn’t identify the band. 'If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd' was a revealing and touching portrait of artists gone too soon.

In 'Isle of Dogs', Wes Anderson’s stop motion/animated film, he gives us the dog’s-eye-view of a corrupt city boss who exiles all the dogs of Megasaki City to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island. The film premiered to a sold-out crowd in Austin’s classic Paramount Theatre at the SXSW Conference. After the film, Anderson and cast members Bill Murray and Jeff Goldblum answered questions.

Premiering at SXSW,  A Vigilante directed, written by Sarah Daggar-Nickson, and starring Olivia Wilde, highlights the plight of an abused wife who seeks freedom from her abuser. During the arc of the film as a vigilante, the protagonist gradually empowers herself. Working through her rage she evolves and learns why she …

Headlining at SXSW, 'Final Portrait,' starring Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush, examines eighteen days the zany, brilliant artist attempts to paint his American friend, writer, art aficionado and collector James Lord.

The producers talk about the making of first Finnish comedy to premiere at SXSW.

In Bill Hader’s new eight-part series, 'Barry', which premiered at the 2018 SXSW Conference in Austin. he stars as a depressed hitman who wants out of his profession. He works for a friend of his dad, and gets guilted and pressured into continuing. He’s sent from his midwestern home to Hollywood to conduct a hit on an actor. He unintentionally follows him into an acting class where he finds acceptance and support. Can he change his profession?

The SXSW Conference includes much more than music and movies. Its Convergence Festival includes government. At SXSW 2018 Authoritarian Playbook session, three highly experienced speakers discussed the common indicators that suggest a country is moving toward authoritarianism.

Caroline Rose, Lucy Rose, and Soccer Mommy were among the Friday highlights at SXSW Music Festival 2018 on March 16 in Austin, Texas.