The SXSW Film Festival, the most relevant independent film gathering in the United States alongside the Sundance Film Festival, is ready to get under way today, 9 March. The event will unspool until 18 March and has once again invited a clutch of films from Europe to be screened in its various sections.

While the Narrative Feature and the Documentary Feature Competition, as well as the Headliners section, are mostly dedicated to US productions (save for Stanley Tucci’s UK-US production Final Portrait [+lee también:
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The first feature by French filmmaker Jérémie Guez, the French-Belgian co-production A Bluebird in My Heart [+lee también:
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As for the Documentary Spotlight section, the European contingent will be led by Time Trial [+lee también:
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One of the most original offerings is probably Elizabeth Harvest, which is touted as a science-fiction reimagining of the French folktale of Bluebeard. The UK-US co-production, directed by Sebastian Gutierrez and starring Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds and Carla Gugino, will have its world premiere at the festival.

Lastly, the parallel Global and Festival Favorites sections will welcome titles such as Annika Berg’s Team Hurricane [+lee también:
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