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now on bbc news, talking movies reports from austin in texas and looks back at some reports from austin in texas south by southwest film festival. hello from austin in texas. i am tom brook. in today's edition of talking movies we look back at the 9 day long south by southwest film festival which took place earlier this month. i've been coming to south by southwest for several years and i've always been struck by how eclectic it is as a film festival. it's an unusual brew of studio pictures and genre films, horror and comedy, and independent features and documentaries amid lots of hype and promotion.

it's an extravaganza which falls under the wider south by southwest umbrella which also includes a music and interactive media festival. going into the south by southwest film festival this year the highlight was the opening picture and the film i most wanted to see, the world premiere of us. it is the latest creation from the oscar—winning writer and director, jordan peele, whose horrorfilm and racial satire get out became a huge cultural phenomenon two years ago. the stars turned up for the premiere of us, lupita nyong'o, winston duke, elizabeth moss and of course, the creative force behind the film, writer director, jordan peele. for south by southwest getting us as the opening—night film was a major coop. that's a classic right there. us tells the story of the wilson family who take a seaside holiday only to find four doppelgangers

making a sudden ominous appearance at the end of the driveway. what then follows is a violent home invasion movie as the wilsons and the doppelgangers battle it out. we can get crazy! this movie specifically came out when i asked myself a, what's my worst fear? i have always had at this fear of seeing myself across the subway platform. when i dug deeper into what that meant, you'd know, ithought about the fact that we as society are very good at looking at ourselves. —— not very good at looking at ourselves. we as individuals and society aren't very good at looking at ourselves and our part in the evils of the world, and wouldn't that be a novel thing if the invaders that we are afraid of in this movie had ourface? what are you people? it's us.

the cast was tight—lipped when it came to discussing the plot. they had been ordered not to reveal spoilers but it can be said this is a layered film that aims to bring audiences more than just horror. a film that will perhaps make people ponder what is going on in the world. they won't stop until they kill us. we are a society who is afraid of the outsider and someone coming to take our home or ourjob or our money. and the reality of the situation, to me, it is we need to look no further than ourselves to find our worst enemy. since get out, jordan peele has become a celebrated figure in the film industry. members of the us cast were fulsome in their praise. well, what i think he does so well is that he brings his knowledge of cinema and the horror film genre and combines it with a super cool

contemporary perspective. and he also is able to employ both horror and comedy in one narrative, in very close proximity. what i'd noted about us is that lupita nyong'o is a brilliant actress and jordan peele has created a masterful horror film. us is more challenging than get out, quite baffling in places, so much so that it requires a second viewing. it is a well wrought film, resistant to simple explanation that is going to make an impact. us was the opening—night attraction of the film festival with a very broad range of offerings. over the years south by southwest has carved out a distinct place

in the constellation of international film festivals and earned quite a bit of respect. south by southwest has become one of the premier film festivals now. especially in the united states and now people from all of the world come here and check out their films. it is really impressive. film—wise it was seen as a good year for south by southwest. there were several high—profile crowd pleasers. are we going to go to school or... no! booksmart definitely impressed audiences. a teen coming of age comedy that marked actress olivia wilde's directorial debut. then there was the much liked long shot, starring charlize theron and seth rogen. it is a very interesting romantic comedy with like, kind of this political twist, like notting hill kind of thing. it is fun, i mean i was pleasantly surprised and it has all that kind of, there is a lot of raunchy humour like true to seth rogen's form. it's really nice to see you again. cracker down!

but what made the biggest noise at south by southwest at times wasn't anything to do with cinema art, it was the sea of commercialism surrounding the film festivals. do you think the presence of so many different brands can corrupt the artistic experience associated with the film festival? south by southwest is incredibly brand driven. i think the sheer level of brands can be a bit corrupting but at the same time, i think that the film festival itself by south by southwest is so divided from a lot of the brand installations that it is not, it is not as corrupting i would say. it is not as sort of insiduous as it may seem. i am proud to be an american. but we have to rise to that promise. there were a lot of political documentaries at the festival this year. well received, was the sundance favourite knock down the house focusing on four women running for congress and at least one documentary covered activities in the lone star state, called ernie & joe. it followed two police officers in san antonio police department who practise

a new approach to policing. recognising that many of the individuals they are dealing with from emergency calls are mentally ill, the officers are specially trained to respond, not with force but compassion. if it takes me all day long to convince them that we are not going to hurt them and they are going to come with us, i will take all day long. no, no, this is my partnerjoe. my name's ernie. it is a texas story but i think it is really a national story for us, i really do. there is not one community or town or city that isn't grappling with mental health crisis and their relationship with their local police force. # does she love you better than i can. then there were south by southwest films that were fairy tales like the british music film teen spirit, starring elle fanning. as violet, a young girl from the isle of wight who gets selected to be a talent show contestant. # i know where you're at, i bet she's around she is catapulted

into a whole new kind of world, a whole new life and its really opened up everything to her. she finally gets to do what she wants to do. fairy tales are fables, they are morality plays and this one is about a friendship between two people, two people who find each other not for the most noble reasons and then have a true kind of love and support for one another by the end of the film, and it is about how you cannot do things alone. at south by southwest some 133 full—length feature films can be viewed but there was a lot else going on at this music movie and interactive media festival, relating to the moving image. we sent tristan daley

along to find out more. in recent years the advancement of digital cinema technology has made film—making more accessible. today, if you have money in the bank you can buy the latest in video or lighting equipment and learn how to use it from tutorials online. the trade show at south by southwest offers companies pioneering these film—making tools a venue to demonstrate the newest products, and i am here to investigate what they have to offer. while roaming around the exhibition space i found one company demonstrating their hardware used for digitally recording the movements of objects and people. this is called motion capture. this group's tool for executing this common animation technique is on the cutting—edge. at the core of the motion capture company, motion capture is to be very much limited to animation and big films but about three or four years ago we introduced an affordable motion capture system.

for example, in this booth in south by southwest we are showing three different partner software and three different applications of the same technology. behind us we are seeing notch. notch is a software used for live stage performance, so it is used by taylor swift, u2, all these big names. what they have done is integrated our motion capture system in their system in order to render live effects so it can really add a whole level of dimension to a presentation as a dj, musician, anything like that. so we are seeing a demonstrator here, what she is doing now is being picked up live by your programme. it is being picked up by our enertia census so the same type of sensors you have in your cell phone and we just have a really amazing algorithm that basically captures all the data and re—renders it into a human form. once that is done we stream

into this other software to render the effects in real time. so you are telling me there is not a camera here? there is no cameras, she can move anywhere she wants within the range of the signal so everything she is wearing on her is all you need. each censor that you are seeing blinking is actually sending out the data. it is just a small box on the computer. one of our proudest clients is a company out of nigeria that is making the first full feature animation, purely made all in africa, which is a really cool project and it started with one suit, and now they have ten. it is really like democratised motion capture. the same way video cameras did, you know, video cameras used to cost $1 million 20 years ago, and now one day a camera came out allowing you to shoot professional film for like, 5000, and now they are a couple hundred dollars. that is what we're trying to do with motion capture. next i explored south by southwest's virtual cinema section, searching for a virtual reality

project i could try out myself. the installation in the very front of the room set up for virtual cinema was called eclipse. so eclipse is a 30 minutes long multiplayer interactive experience, so it grabs elements from cinema and the magic of virtual reality. this multiplayer game involved solving puzzles with a team—mate in order to escape a space station menaced by an unknown threat. there was a lot of entering and exiting of rooms, fiddling with virtual objects and communicating with team mates. it's hot, a lot of electricity going. in order to try out the game i had to put on a backpack, and controls, leg straps and a headset. i can hear, i can hear. the game involves a lot of movement so i was concerned i would be walking around blindfolded. so, when i look at the game i kind of get afraid if i play it i will bump into somebody that i am playing with, is that possible? no, no, because we have

full body awareness. the backpack has a tracker so we know where the torso is, the headset, we know where the head is, we know where the hands and the foot are so we are getting full motion capture with this. so, every move you make is replicated in real time. you can see where the other player is and won't bump into them. push what? to the top. 0h. so, is this type of game that somebody would be able to take home with them and play in the living room? no, that is impossible. you can't do it at home, we do not have the setup. we specialise in location—based entertainment and we are doing stuff that is only possible in special areas. my left leg is stuck on the floor. unfortunately in the special area south by southwest designated for the game creators experienced simple difficulties with the internet connection on the day i played. even though there were some bugs and glitches i could see this project is a step towards immersive

games that engage the whole body rather than just thumbs on a joystick. 30 years ago in 1989 a group of women to set sail for britain amid negative headlines and ridicule as they attempted to become the first all—female sailing crew to participate in the whitbread round the world race. now in 2019, at south by southwest, the documentary maiden brought audiences a portrait of british sailor tracey edwards and her all—female crew. emma jones reports. that i made the decision to put an all—female crew into the race. we were absolutely determined. setting sail into a storm of sexism. in 1989 tracey edwards and her all—female crew were openly mocked as girls doing a man'sjob, when they took part in the whitbread round the world challenge. maiden, the film is named after their racing boat, is a story of that voyage.

painstakingly pieced together from archive footage but most of all, it traces the personaljourney of the boat's skipper. a young woman working on yachts ywho earned to race. why did you decide to put together an all—female crew? for any woman going onto a boat, she would never be good enough unless we could prove that a project put together by women, for women, to sail around the world with an all—female crew, would be the only way to prove once and for all. the triumph of maiden as a sporting first, might have gone undocumented were it not for tracy edwards giving a talk in london which director alex holmes attended with his daughter. the story she told, seemed to me, listening to it in the presence of my 11—year—old daughter to be as relevant today as it was all those years ago in 1989. i had never felt i had to encourage my son to be more ambitious but i still felt i had to encourage my daughter to do that. that was a shock to me, that prejudice and those expectations were still present

in the world we live in today. a very well known journalist referred to us as a tinful of tarts. the further we got the nastier the stuff would get. but maiden isn'tjust a narrative on a sporting underdog, it's a powerful commentary on how until recently, media depicted and interviewed sportswoman. waves of chauvinism battered the crew from all sides. i think what i found most frustrating was that we were putting our heart and soul into it and the navigation, tactics and training, and the fitness, and you know, we were a truly professional racing team, still getting asked the questions like, how do you go to the toilet, do you all had your periods at the same time, where do you put your make—up, where do you put your handbag? i mean, of course, and the one which used to drive me nuts more than any other, but girls don't get on. and i think, where does that come from? girls don't get on. it's not just the film industry that

has had to ask itself painful questions about how it treats women in the light of events in the last 18 months. perhaps it would never have found an audience, never mind a release had a story not still resonated. i think it is sad that maiden resonates for reasons of the fact we haven't reached equality, that we do not have gender parity, that we have ridiculous gender pay gaps. unfortunately, we have not moved on from the message of 30 years ago. when it was really foggy you did need the sacrificial victim at the front of the boat that would just hit the iceberg first. you would be strapped on, you would have about three facemasks on. not many documentaries combine both intrigue and financial success. those that do such as man on wire by the same producer as maiden, or the recent oscar winner,

free solo, often explore the mindset of those who have been audacious enough to try something first. often, they have been he's. the beauty of maiden is that it is the story of many she's. it was just something i had to do. artists who are visually impaired have created ways in which they respond to their disability, was a subject of a moving and compelling documentary shown at south by southwest. called vision portraits it has been put together by film—maker rodney evans who himself, has limited vision. rodney evans is partially blind. he describes it as like having tunnel vision as if looking through a telescope. his film spotlights visually impaired artists living very full lives. the focus is on him as a film—maker as well as three others, a photographer, a writer and a dancer. the film is really an exploration of our different creative paths. how we deal with the obstacles that are created by being either blind or visually impaired,

and still managed to create art. it isjust like no longer tenable. i wanted to make the film because i was really afraid that i wouldn't be able to continue making films if i lost the remainder of my vision and so, i really wanted to get advice and guidance from blind artists that were continuing to create art in spite of being fully blind. rodney evans has an established track record as a director of both documentary and narrative film. the prize—winning picture brother to brother is among his credits. he manages to direct despite his vision problem. it actually is helpful for me to not think about lighting

and all of the other things that go into film—making. that really aren't the job of director so for me, it is like i have a laser focus on the actors because i only see the actors. nearly sighted is a dance piece by partially sighted kayla hamilton who is one of the subjects in vision portraits. she believes her dancing as a visually impaired person conveys a message to audiences. we are alive and well, we have thoughts and ideas and feelings and emotions like everyone else. i mean i feel like it shows determination, grit, perseverance, new ways of doing things. i know my art and my dancing has changed by my visual impairment and i am creating new ways of doing that may be other people are not, and i would never have considered

if i was not visually impaired. i found vision portraits a very constructive and honest film. it made me feel differently about blindness and what it represents. there is something on the other side, it isjust a different way of living, a different point of view. i feel like with all of the discussions about diversity and inclusion, there is so few films and documentaries that represent what it is to live with a disability in a frank and honest way, how does it affect how you go about your day to day living? if i can do that honestly and put that out there, and make other people feel less fear and less shame around their own disability then i think that is just a win win for everyone involved.

well, that brings a special south by southwest edition of talking movies to a close. we hope you have enjoyed the show. please remember you can always reach us online at bbc.com/talkingmovies and you can find us on facebook too. so, from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies production team, here in austin, texas, it is goodbye as we leave you with a music video presented at the festival. # catch me as i'm following overhead. ooh. catch me, as i'm following overhead. ooh.#

hello, we are looking at a lot of dry weather to take us through the rest of the afternoon but the amount of cloud we see from place to place is going to vary significantly. it is going to vary significantly. it isa dry is going to vary significantly. it is a dry day for many of us that we have blustery showers across scotla nd have blustery showers across scotland and over the weekend some chilly nights. this is the satellite picture, there is a stripe of cloud across southern england. cloudy but bright conditions and further north is more sunshine but plenty of sunshine, especially across north—west scotland, some sneaking into the central belt and northern ireland. showers are driven by strong winds across the fight night. this was one of our weather watcher‘s pictures. the scenes look rough in the north of highland scotland. in shetland we have gusts

of wind around 60 miles an hour. we have some sunshine and any showers are not lasting long on account of strong winds but we could see it you for the central belt and northern ireland. and southern scotland. further south, across much of england and wales it is dry but cloudy across southern areas. overnight at the showers were feed in and the cloud will tend to thicken for a south—west england where that could be a little rain. otherwise skies clear overnight and that will allow temperatures to file a way that we are looking at a chilly night with temperatures down to one or two celsius but cold in the countryside with a couple of patches of frost on sunday. sunday, there is more sunshine in england and wales but across northern parts of the uk we have got showers and those showers for the northern isles and across northern scotland will be heavy and frequent with winching us over the higher grounds. they

showers push into northern england and northern ireland, and may reach northern parts of wales. to the south might sunshine so feeling more pleasa nt south might sunshine so feeling more pleasant in london. next week there will be high pressure loitering to the south of the uk keeping atlantic weather front at bay out to the west. that means a lot of dry weather to come in the week ahead. there will be cloud around but spells of sunshine and there is a trend for the weather to get warmer with highs of up to 17 degrees in london and the vast majority of the uk will enjoy quiet, settled weather conditions but there will be cold nights and cold stouts to the weather. that is your latest weather, find out more by going onto the website or at the smart app on your phone. that is your weather.