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Saturday, March 12 OUR FILM HAPPY NEW YEAR is a highly enter- taining, yet hard-hitting, look at the perils of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder. When our military adviser Joseph Harrell informed a few friends in Texas that the movie would be playing at SXSW, word spread like wildfi re. Various veterans groups in Austin and surrounding areas began to organize, putting together a mas- sive plan to descend upon the State Theatre for our World Premiere. However, we soon learned how challenging it might be for them to get tickets without purchasing badges. Pandemonium struck. We opened dozens of emails from disappointed veterans and their families who wanted a chance to see the fi lm. Finally, we contacted Janet Pierson (SXSW Film Producer) and presented her with our dilemma. She offered us a satellite screening the day after our premiere, where we screened for 125 vet- erans and their families. Noted fi lm critic Elvis Mitchell, who was already a huge fan of the fi lm, moderated an emotion- ally-charged Q&A. It was a groundbreaking screening and a format that we've since employed at Kansas City and Sarasota. - K. Lorrel Manning and Michael Cuomo (Happy New Year) Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and director James Gunn at the premiere of Super. Director Duncan Jones and Jake Gyllenhaal prepare for their panel "Straight From The Source (Code)." Pee-wee Herman at the premiere of The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway. Majora Carter presents "You Don't Have to Move to Live Better." Shiloh Fernandez, Catherine Hardwicke and THR's Jay Fernandez contribute to Catherine Hardwicke's Director's Workshop. Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Luke Treadaway and Nick Frost at the premiere of Attack the Block. KCRW's Elvis Mitchell and director Todd Phillips. Comedy Death-Ray presents (from left) Howard Kremer, Brett Gelman, Chris Hardwick, Michael Ian Black, Scott Aukerman, Anthony Jeselnik and Dave Foley. Philip Shane, Justin Weinstein, James Miller, director Constance Marks and Kevin Clash, aka Elmo, at the premiere of Being Elmo. Jane McGonigal before her presentation "Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better." SXSW ORLD / M AY 2010 Opening Remarks: Seth Priebatsch. 21 RITA QUINN FRANKIE NORSTAD CASSIE WRIGHT ERIN FOTOS ERIN FOTOS BRIAN BIRZER ERIN FOTOS MICHAEL PAOLINI ALBERTO JIMENEZ JAY CONLON WAYTAO SHING