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1 6 3 2 0 1 6 S X S W F I L M P R O G R A M G U I D E E p i s o d i c EPISODIC FILM FESTIVAL Vice Principals Directors: Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride Screenwriters/Showrunners: Danny McBride, Jody Hill WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2016 | 60 MIN Created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill, who also created Eastbound & Down comes Vice Principals, a dark comedy series that tells the story of a high school and the two people who almost run it, the vice principals. McBride and Walton Goggins star as the V.P.s who are in an epic power struggle, vying for the top spot: to be school principal. The half-hour series is slated for 18 episodes over two seasons. Producers: Brandon James, J. David Brightbill , Executive Producers: Jody Hill, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Laing, Jonathan Watson , DPs: Eric Treml, Michael Simmonds , Editors: Jeff Seibenick, Todd Zelin , Music: Joey Stephens , Principal Cast: Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Georgia King, Busy Philipps, Shea Whigham, Sheaun McKinney Friday, March 11 | 8:45 PM Almo Ritz 1 Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill, David Gordon Green and Danny McBride all direct episodes of Vice Principals. The longtime collaborators met at North Carolina School of the Arts and previously produced HBO's hit series Eastbound & Down. HBO Diego Aldana (212) 512-5496 Diego.Aldana@hbo.com Search Party Directors/Created By/Pilot Written By/Co-Directed By: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers WORLD PREMIERE | USA | 2016 | 27 MIN Search Party is a dark comedy mystery that Search Party is a dark comedy mystery that Search Party centers on Dory (Alia Shawkat), her clueless boyfriend Drew (John Reynolds), and her narcissistic best friends, Elliott (John Early) and Portia (Meredith Hagner) who are not crime solvers in the least. So when Dory drags them down the rabbit hole of a bumbling pursuit to find a missing girl who they can barely remember from college, they become entangled in a sinister plot that is more than their privileged Brooklyn lifestyles ever bargained for. Executive Producers: Michael Showalter, Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, Tony Hernandez, Lilly Burns , Principal Cast: Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early, Meredith Hagner Sunday, March 13 | 1:30 PM Vimeo Theter Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers The pilot was written and directed by Sarah- Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, whose credits include the 2014 SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury Award-winning feature film Fort Tilden and Fort Tilden and Fort Tilden Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and overseen by Michael Showalter (Hello, My Name Is Doris, Wet Hot American Summer). Name Is Doris, Wet Hot American Summer). Name Is Doris, Wet Hot American Summer TBS Brad Bernstein (818) 729-7341 brad.bernstein@turner.com You Me Her Director: Nisha Ganatra Screenwriter/Showrunner: John Scott Shepherd WORLD PREMIERE | CANADA | 2016 | 58 MIN You Me Her, television's first "polyromantic You Me Her, television's first "polyromantic You Me Her comedy," infuses the grounded and relatable sensibilities of an indie rom-com with a distinctive twist. What begins as an impulsive date between suburban husband Jack and neophyte escort Izzy spins into a whirlwind three-way affair including Jack's wife Emma, who's been keeping secrets of her own. Their arrangement soon breaks free of its financial bonds to become something else entirely – a real romance with real stakes involving three real people – confronting viewers with a compelling question: what if your best, truest, happiest life looked nothing like you thought it would? Would you be brave enough to live it? Producer: Jonathan Schwartz , Executive Producers: John Scott Shepherd, Peter Jaysen, Alan Gasmer, Bart Peters, Chris Long, John Morayniss, Armand Leo, Jocelyn Hamilton , DP: Brian Johnson , Editors: Eleanor Infante (Ep. 101), Jane Abramowitz (Ep. 102) , Music: Jeff Toyne , Principal Cast: Greg Poehler, Rachel Blanchard, Priscilla Faia, Jarod Joseph, Melanie Papalia Tuesday, March 15 | 1:00 PM Vimeo Theter Nisha Ganatra Nisha Ganatra is an Independent filmmaker and is known for her TV work as the Producer/ Director of Transparent and directed Transparent and directed Transparent Mr. Robot, Red Oaks, The Mindy Project and Robot, Red Oaks, The Mindy Project and Robot, Red Oaks, The Mindy Project Brooklyn 99. She directed the first season of You Me Her, written entirely by John Scott You Me Her, written entirely by John Scott You Me Her Shepherd. Nisha is writing Pre-Madonna for Pre-Madonna for Pre-Madonna Amy Poehler and NBC Universal. Entertainment One Kara Ciccarelli kciccarelli@entonegroup.com