Yes, it’s that time of year again…the time when people pack their sandals/raincoats/winter scarves and head to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest. Here’s our schedule (we’d love to see you there), and stay tuned this week for interviews with film director Sarah Shapiro and the 2-Bit Bub creative team.
Here’s where Wieden+Kennedy will be:
SXSW Film: Sequin Raze
The world premiere of Sequin Raze, a 20 minute short film directed by our own Sarah Shapiro, is showing three times: Saturday, March 9 (11:15am-12:45pm, Topfer Theatre at ZACH), Monday, March 11 (2-3:30pm, Rollins Theatre at The Long Center) and Wednesday, March 13 (4:30-6pm, Vimeo Theater). Event listing here.
“Sequin Raze” – starring Anna Camp (Mad Men, True Blood), Ashley Williams and Frances Conroy(Six Feet Under) explores the twisted mental anguish of ‘Goldberg’, a jaded, once-feminist producer on a hit reality show, as she psychotically tortures female contestants into on-camera meltdowns, while simultaneously destroying herself. Tonight, Goldberg, egged on by wildly disoriented and lawless show psychologist (Frances Conroy), ratchets up her interrogation to CIA levels and wages mental mortal- combat against spurned beauty queen (Anna Camp) – but she may have met her match.
SXSW Interactive: Bisected Realities: ParaNorman’s 2-Bit Bub Game
The team (Dan Hon, Graeme Devine, Michelle Childs, Mike Giepert) who worked on 2-Bit Bub, the iPad game created for the LAIKA film ParaNorman, will talk about branded games, and combining the visions of an advertising agency and an expert game designer. The panel is Sunday, March 10 (5-6pm, Hyatt Regency Austin, Texas Ballroom 5-7). Event listing here.
W+K will also be hosting a small gathering on Saturday, March 9 at 5pm. Find and talk to one of our recruiters for more information.