B-Side and Austinist Help You Figure Out SXSW Film Festival

In our effort to help you sort through all of the excellent screenings at SXSW Film Festival, we've partnered up with Austin-based B-Side Entertainment, who create nifty online program guides for film festivals all around the world. Locally, they're responsible for the interactive schedules you might have encountered at Austin Film Festival, the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest.

Here are just some of the things you do over at the "(Unofficial) SXSW Other Side Guide":

• Browse through all 236 films to be screened, either by categories (Documentary Features, Narrative Shorts, Music Videos, Late Night Screenings and the like), day. or venue.
• Create your own customized calendar of screenings that you'd like to attend
• Rate and review films during the festival, for your chance to win a 2008 SXSW Silver Film Badge
• Read film synopses, learn about cast and crew, access official film websites, and view trailers

As we ramp up for more SXSW film coverage next week, we'll be linking back to the relevant pages on the Other Side Guide. For now, we invite you to check it out for yourself below:

[B-Side and Austinist Present the (Unofficial) SXSW Film Other Side Guide]

Screen capture from synopsis page of I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK: "A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls."