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now on bbc news talking movies reports from austin in texas and looks back at some of the highlights of this year s south by southwest film festival. hello from austin, in texas. i'm tom brook. in today's edition of talking movies we look back at the nine—day long south by southwest film festival which took place earlier this month. music playing. i have been coming to south by southwest for several years and i have always been struck by how eclectic it is as a film festival. it's an unusual brew of studio pictures, genre films, horror and comedy, and independent features and documentaries amid lots of hype and promotion. it's an extravaganza which falls under he 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 night picture, and a film that i most wanted to see, the world premiere of us. it's the latest creation from the oscar—winning writer and directorjordan 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, elisabeth moss, and, of course, the creative force behind the film, writer—directorjordan peele. for south by southwest, getting us as the opening—night film was a major coup. # i got5on it...# 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 their driveway. what then follows is a violent home invasion movie as the wilsons and their doppelgangers battle it out. we can get crazy.

this movie specifically came about when i asked myself, a, what...what‘s my worst fear? and i have always had this fear of seeing myself across the subway platform. when i dug deeper into what that meant, you know, i thought about the fact that we, as a society, are not very good at looking at ourselves. we, as individuals in that society, aren't very 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 were 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 which aims to bring audiences more than just horror. a film that will perhaps make people ponder what's 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 is we need 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 noted with us is that lupita nyong'o is a brilliant actress, and thatjordan peel has created a masterful horror film. us is more challenging than get out, quite baffling in places — so much so it requires a second viewing. it is a well—wrought film, resistant to simple explanations, that is going to make an impact. chuckles menacingly. us was the opening—night attraction of a 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 has earned quite a bit of respect. south by southwest has become one

of the premier film festivals now, especially in the us. and now people from all over 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, with several high—profile crowdpleasers. 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 kind of a political twist. it's like notting hill kind of thing. and it's fun, i was pleasantly surprised. it has all that kind of, tthere is a lot of raunchy humour, true to seth rogen‘s form. really nice to see you again. whoa! argh! crowd gasps. cracker down! but what made the biggest noise at south by southwest at times wasn't anything to do with cinema art, but the sea

of commercialism surrounding the film festival. do you think the presence of so many different brands can corrupt the artistic experience that's associated with a 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 the film festival itelf at south by southwest is so divided from a lot of the brand installations that it's not... it's not as corrupting, i would say, it is not as insidious 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 the san antonio police department who practice 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're not going to hurt them, and they're gonna come with us, i will take all day long. 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 is not grappling with mental health crisis and their relationship with the 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 at, i bet she's around...# she is catapulted into a whole new world, a whole new life and it has really opened up everything to her, she finally gets to do what she wants to do.

fairy tales are fables, ultimately, they're sort of 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 can't do things alone. at south by southwest, some 133 full—length films could 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 filmmaking more accessible. today if you have money in the bank you can buy the latest in video and lighting equipment and learn how to use it from tutorials online. the trade show at south by southwest offers companies pioneering these filmmaking tools a venue to demonstrate their newest products. 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 we're a motion capture company. motion capture used to be limited to animation and big films but about three, four years ago we introduced an affordable motion capture system. in this booth at south by southwest we are showing three different partner software is three applications of the same technology.

behind us, we're seeing notch, a software used for live stage performances, it is used by taylor swift and u2, all these big names. what they've done is they've integrated our motion capture system in their system, in order to render live effects so you can add a level of dimension to a presentation bya musician, a dj, anybody 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 inertia sensors, the same type of sensors as you have in your mobile phone, and we just have a really amazing algorithm that basically captures the data and re—renders it into human form. and then once that's done we stream it into another software to render the effects in real—time. so you're telling me there is no camera here? she can move anywhere she wants within the range of the signal. everything she is wearing on her is all you need. each sensor you see blinking is sending out the data to a small

little box on the computer. one of our proudest clients is a company out of nigeria making the first full— feature animation purely made all in africa, which is a really cool project. they started with one suit and now they have ten. it has really democratised motion capture the same way video cameras did. you know, a video camera used to cost $1 million back 20 years ago, and now a camera came out which allows you to shoot professional film for $5,000 and now they are a couple hundred dollars. that's 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 at the front of the room set up for virtual cinema was called eclipse. so eclipse is a 13—minute long

multiplayer interactive experience. it grabs elements from cinema and the magic of virtual reality. this multiplayer game involved solving puzzles with a teammate in order to escape a space station menaced by an unknown threat. there was a lot of entering and exiting rooms, fiddling with virtual objects and communicating with teammates. it's hot! a lot of electricity going. in order to try out the game i had to put on a backpack, hand controls, leg straps and a headset. 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 because we have full body awareness. the backpack has a tracker so we know where the torso is, the headset we know where is the head, we know where are the hands, the foot,

we get full motion capture. every move you make is replicated in real time. you can see where the other player is and you won't bump into them. yeah, you see... so is this the type of game someone can take home with them and play in their living room? that is impossible. you can't do it at home, you don't have the setup necessary to do it. we specialise in location—based entertainment and we can do 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 technical difficulties with the internet connection on the day i played. even though there were some bugs and glitches, i could see that 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 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 tracy edwards and her all—female crew. emma jones reports. the whitbread was the race. 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 tracy edwards and her all—female crew were openly mocked as girls doing a man's job when they took part in the whitbread round the world challenge. maiden, the film named after their racing boat, is the story of that voyage. painstakingly pieced together from archive footage, but it traces the personaljourney of the boat's skipper, a young woman working on yachts who yearned to race. why did you decide to put

together an all—female crew? for any woman going on a boat she could 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 have neverfelt that i had to encourage my son to be more ambitious, but i still felt like i still had to encourage my daughter to do that. and that was a shock to me, that that prejudice and those expectations were still present in the world we live in today. a very well— known yachting journalist referred to us as a tin full of tarts. the further we got the nasty

of this stuff would get. but maiden is notjust a narrative on a sporting underdog, it is a powerful commentary on how until recently the media depicted and interviewed sportswomen. 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 and the tactics and training, and the fitness and... we were a truly professional ocean racing team, still getting asked questions like "how do you go to the toilet? do you have your period at the same time? where do you put your makeup and your handbag?" and of course the one that used to drive me nuts more than any other, "girls don't get on". and i thought, where does that come from, "girls don't get on"? it is notjust the film industry that has had to ask itself painful questions about how it treats women in light of events of the last 18 months.

perhaps this film would have never found an audience, never mind a release, if the story had not still resonated. i think it is sad that maiden resonates for reasons of the fact that we have not reached equality, that we don't have gender parity, we have this ridiculous gender pay gap. unfortunately we have not moved on from the message of 30 years ago. when it was really foggy you did need a sacrificial victim at the front of the boat that would just hit the iceberg first. they strapped her, with 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 audacious enough to try something first. often they have been he's, the beauty of maiden is it is the story of many she's. it isjust something i had to do.

artists who are visually impaired and the creative ways in which they respond to their disability was the subject of a moving and compelling documentary shown at south by southwest. called vision portraits, it was put together by filmmaker 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. the focus spotlights visually impaired artists living very full lives. the focus is on him as a filmmaker, 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 blind or visually impaired, and still manage to create art. it is just like no longer tenable. i wanted to make the film

because i was really afraid that i would not 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 films. the prize—winning picture brother to brother is among his credits. he manages to direct despite his vision problems. cheering and applause. it actually is helpful for me to not think about lighting and all of the other things that go into filmmaking, that really aren't the job of the director.

and 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 from 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 and we have thoughts and ideas and feelings and emotions like everyone else. i feel like it shows determination, grit, perseverance, new ways of doing things — i know my art has changed, my dancing has changed by my visual impairment, and i am creating new ways of doing that maybe other people are not, and i'd have never considered if i was not visually impaired. i found vision portraits are very constructive and honest film.

it made me think differently about blindness and what it represents. there is something on the other side, it is a different way of living, it is a different point of view. i feel like with all the discussions about diversity and inclusion, there are 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? and 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 isjust a win—win for everyone involved. well, that brings our special south by southwest edition of talking movies to a close. we hope you 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 falling, overhead and, ooohh. ..#

hello. the weather is set to stay dry for most of us through the week ahead with spells of sunshine coming and going. it will turn milder as we get towards the end of the week. we could see temperatures at 18 degrees. the warmest weather always towards england and wales. less of a change in temperatures for northern ireland and scotland. the temperatures edging up a little bit. the satellite picture shows we have seen plenty of sunshine across england and wales but for scotland and northern ireland, plenty of showers here and there showers have been drifting south. a few into northern england and north wales as well. with those passing showers, this is how the skies looked earlier on. it shows the scene in highland scotland. through the rest of the day we will continue to see patchy cloud and a few showers into north—western areas. but overnight the cloud keeps the temperatures from falling too far, too fast. across more eastern areas it is here

where we will keep the clearest of the skies and temperatures will take a tumble. temperatures down to one 01’ a tumble. temperatures down to one or two a tumble. temperatures down to one ortwo in a tumble. temperatures down to one or two in newcastle and edinburgh. cold with patches of frost to start the day in the countryside. on monday, high pressure is in charge but this warm front will seep into the rest of the uk. after a fine, sunny but chilly start to the day cloud will increase from the north—west. the winds will change direction coming in from a more northerly. it will fill chilly iran eastern coast of scotland and england were temperatures of nine in aberdeen and ten in norwich. however the winds change direction on tuesday with more of a north—westerly wind. we will start to see the temperatures rising along the eastern shores. after a distin start to the davidson shed the weather will cloud over but still it is mainly dry and temperatures 11 to 14 is mainly dry and temperatures 11 to 1a degrees. high pressure stays with

us on 1a degrees. high pressure stays with us on wednesday. always towards the north of the uk, northern scotland will see thicker cloud and the threat of a little bit of rain. but away from that, it is dry with further spells of sunshine and temperatures beginning to edge upwards. it is a trend we see in the week with high pressure in charge. we will see the winds coming round from northern europe and that means the weather will heat up across england and wales and temperatures could reach 18 in london as we head through friday. that's your weather.