SXSWorld
Issue link: https://sxsw.uberflip.com/i/130442
I N T E R AC T I V E A N D F I L M S AT U R D AY, M A R C H 9 T H changed my life. It's impossible to overstate how important the festival has been and continues to be for me. Joe Swanberg (Director: Drinking Buddies) I didn't know what to expect since this was my fi rst SXSW. I was leading a panel discussion and we planned accordingly. Our panel was packed and the audience seemed really connected. One of the best things about my experience was that there was actual business that was conducted. I hadn't expected it to be such a great new-business generator." Mike Knowlton (Panelist: "Exploring Place with Cross-Platform Storytelling") -I've been to SXSW several times but never as an offi cial speaker. This year, I was lucky enough to have a session selected through the panel picker. My expectations for attendance were low, given the general craziness of the fest and that we were up against a keynote speaker in the same time slot. On my way up to the green room, I ran into a colleague who showed up about 45 minutes early to get in line. As we approached a looooong line, -- -A Haiku from Leap Motion: Ten thousand hands came Twitter blew it up. Thank you. Tacos. Drinks. No sleep. MICHAEL BUCKNER / GETTY IMAGES BOBBY LONGORIA / GETTY IMAGES As has been the case for nine years running now, I met people at SXSW who I will certainly collaborate with this year. I also saw a film that he stopped to get in it and I assumed that he was attending the keynote address. I even laughed when he said he'd see me in there. Lo and behold, it was actually the queue for what turned out to be our maxed-out-capacity-standing-room-only session! Liz Nord (Panelist: "Exploring Place with Cross-Platform Storytelling") Cast members Ti West, Anna Kendrick , Director Joe Swanberg, Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson and Ron Livingston (l-r) at the World Premiere of Drinking Buddies at the Paramount Theatre. S E A N M AT H I S / G E T T Y I M A G E S MICHAEL BUCKNER / GETTY IMAGES Harvey Levin of TMZ DUSTIN FINKELSTEIN / GETTY IMAGES Emile Hirsch, Paul Rudd and director David Gordon Green of Prince Avalanche. Yuri Milner of DST Global was interviewed by Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean 18 S X S W O R L D / M AY 2 0 1 3 Chris Anderson and Elon Musk, (founder of SpaceX, co-founder of Tesla Motors and PayPal) speak onstage during Musk's keynote interview.