SXSW 2018 Preview: 15 Must-See Films In Austin

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Director: Shana Feste
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall
Synopsis: Laura and her troubled son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack across the country after being kicked out of a nursing home.

Fast Color
Director: Julia Hart
Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney
Synopsis: In this genre-bending supernatural drama, a woman is forced to go on the run when her extraordinary abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.

Final Portrait
Director: Stanley Tucci
Cast: Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy
Synopsis: In 1964, artist Alberto Giacometti asked writer James Lord to sit for a portrait. He said it would take only one day.

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Director: Melanie Laurent
Cast: Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Beau Bridges
Synopsis: After surviving a setup by his criminal boss, a hitman rescues a young prostitute and flees with her to Galveston, Texas, where the two find strength in each other as dangerous pursuers and the shadows of their pasts follow close behind.

Isle of Dogs
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton
Synopsis: When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.