Fest Bits | SXSWclick, Irish in LA, Japan in NY
SXSWclick, the fest's online competition of short work, has picked 15 finalists, including Becky James' animated "Snake." Other films are divied up into five categories: Old School Shorts, Really Real Shorts, Animate-It, Sound Checks, and What the F*#!?. SXSWclick.com to watch.
- The inaugural LA Irish Film Festival will run October 2-5, and they're looking for films. They're advisory board has directors Jim Sheridan, Neil Jordan, and Mary McGuckian on it. Check out lairishfilm.com.
NYC's second annual Japan Cuts will unspool 18 mostly-recent films from Japan, including Naomi Kawase's Cannes 2007 Grand Prix winner "The Mourning Forest" (pictured). Other flicks include Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django," starring Quentin Tarantino and "The Inugami Family" to commemorate the late director Kon Ichikawa. Full lineup here.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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