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To commemorate the 25th edition of the SXSW Film Festival<\/a><\/strong>, we will spotlight careers launched, artists discovered, powerful performances, and more from our alumni with this week’s featured artist, actress, writer, and director Greta Gerwig<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Gerwig appeared in seven narrative feature films at SXSW. She frequently collaborated with previous #SXSWFilm25 featured artist Joe Swanberg<\/a><\/strong>, first appearing in LOL<\/em> (2006), then Hannah Takes the Stairs<\/em> (2007), followed by co-directing and starring in Nights and Weekends<\/em> (2008).<\/p>\n Having appeared in over 30 films, Gerwig aslo wrote Frances Ha<\/em> and Mistress America<\/em>, two celebrated and popular films. Recently, Gerwig made her feature directorial debut, with Lady Bird<\/em>, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to rave reviews. Lady Bird<\/em> will be released theatrically in November via A24.<\/p>\n We are privileged to share her #SXSWFilm25 story with you.<\/p>\n “I would not have a career in film without SXSW. I first came to the festival during my senior year in college, 2006, and spent five days watching movies and realizing that there was a true community being formed in independent cinema. Over the course of four different festivals I met Joe Swanberg<\/strong>, Ti West<\/strong>, Ry Russo-Young<\/strong>, Aaron Katz<\/strong>, Josh Safdie<\/strong>, Todd Rohal<\/strong>, Amy Seimetz<\/strong>, Allison Bagnall<\/strong>, Mark<\/strong> and Jay Duplass<\/strong>, Andrew Bujalski<\/strong>, Lena Dunham<\/strong>, Craig Zobel<\/strong>, and so many more people who inspired me and became my collaborators and friends.<\/p>\n What SXSW gave me, as a young actor\/writer\/director\/producer, was a sense of belonging and a place to be heard. That is more valuable than anything else for a young artist, the knowledge that you are not doing it alone or in a void. The commitment that SXSW had to showcasing the work of people who were truly unique allowed me to trust in my own vision and path, and I will be forever grateful.”<\/p>\n Stay tuned to SXSW each Thursday for more 25th edition stories.<\/p>\n Grab your Film Badge<\/a> today for primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops, and parties. Register to attend<\/a> by Friday, October 20<\/strong> and save before prices go up in November. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel<\/a> for the best available rates. 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 World Premiere of The Dish & The Spoon – Photo by Erin Fotos<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n The post #TBT: 25 Years of SXSW Film Festival – Greta Gerwig<\/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 will spotlight careers launched, artists discovered, powerful performances, and more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":2086,"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-2085","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\/09\/DishSpoon_RedCarpet-2-4-640x360.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-xD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","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=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Join Us For SXSW 2018<\/h3>\n