The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival in its 16th year is thrilled to announce its "Call for Entries" for the 2010 event, taking place March 12-20 in Austin, Texas. And this year, SxSW, one of the world's top film events, is expecting a strong series of showings from the AustralAsian region.
 
The Australian film community are invited to submit new works to the annual festival, which has become an international destination for cinematic discovery.  Submissions can only be entered via the official SXSW Web site: http://sxsw.com/film. Complete submission rules and regulations are available on that site.
 
The early deadline for submissions is November 5, 2009 and the final deadline is December 11, 2009. SXSW considers any and all categories of filmmaking, from Narrative to Documentary, Experimental to Music Video, Short to Feature. Submission criteria is outlined at http://www.sxsw.com/film/screenings/submit
 
Films screen in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animated Short, Experimental Short, and Music Video.
Film Submissions:
Early Deadline November 5 -- Shorts US$25 -- Features US$40  Late Deadline December 3 -- Shorts US$40 -- Features US$60Last Minute Deadline December 11 -- Shorts US$50 -- Features US$100