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To commemorate the 25th edition of the SXSW Film Festival<\/a><\/strong>, we continue our spotlight on the careers launched, artists discovered, powerful performances, and more from our alumni with this week\u2019s featured artist, Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Larson had a stellar year at the film festival in 2013 with three very different, but equally exciting projects. She played the lead in Destin Daniel Cretton<\/strong>\u2018s complex and moving Short Term 12<\/em>, which won both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition category. Larson wrote and directed the short Weighting<\/em>, and she had a supporting role in Joseph Gordon-Levitt<\/strong>\u2018s feature, Don Jon<\/em>.<\/p>\n We are thrilled to share Larson\u2019s #SXSWFilm25 story with you:<\/p>\n “SXSW changed my life by pretty much launching my career! My first experience with this incredible festival was in 2013. Not only were Short Term 12<\/em> and Don Jon<\/em> (two films I acted in) there, but a short I had written\/directed with my pal Dustin Bowser<\/strong> was also part of the programming. I remember almost passing out from the fear of Short Term 12<\/em> premiering, and the warm reception after. I’ll never forget doing a Q and A after my short Weighting<\/em> played. The top two rows were filled with my Short Term 12 <\/em>family. Joe Swanberg<\/strong> was waiting in the wings. We got a beer afterwards and talked about our dreams. There’s such camaraderie at SXSW. I began to realize my voice at that festival and made so many new friends\/collaborators that are still important in my life. I’m forever grateful to you SXSW! I love watching all the lives you change.”<\/p>\n Larson has a busy year ahead of her, she reteamed with Cretton in the newly released The Glass Castle<\/em>, adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jeannette Walls<\/strong>. Her feature directorial debut, Unicorn Store<\/em> is set to premiere in September and she has a role in the highly anticipated Captain Marvel<\/em>. You can watch Larson in 2017 SXSW Film Festival Headliner,<\/strong> Free Fire<\/em> directed by Ben Wheatley<\/strong>. The action-packed, comedic film is now available for home viewing.<\/p>\n Stay tuned to SXSW each Thursday for more 25th anniversary stories.<\/p>\n Learn how to successfully enter your film to the 2018 SXSW Film Festival with our How to Submit Your Film video <\/a> and find out more information about deadlines and fees here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join us for SXSW 2018 \u2013 register to attend by Friday, September 8<\/strong> for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel<\/a> for the best available rates. A film badge remains your best bet with primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops and parties. We hope to see you in March!<\/p>\n Follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and SXSW News<\/a> for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.<\/p>\n Brie Larson at the premiere for Short Term 12 – Photo by Rick Kern<\/em><\/p>\n The post #TBT: 25 Years of SXSW Film – Brie Larson<\/a> appeared first on SXSW<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: SxSW Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To commemorate the 25th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, we continue our spotlight on the careers launched, artists discovered, powerful…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":1852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2017\/08\/163319592AP00018_Short_Term-640x360.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-tR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Join Us For SXSW 2018<\/h3>\n