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Its the springiest of any film festival.
SXSW has managed to launch aBest Picture winner, though, so you never know what might happen.
Whatever fate the next week brings, there are a lot of promising titles on SXSWs roster.
Heres what were most looking forward to at the festival, which kicks off Friday.
In fact, its the second installment in aplanned trilogy.
Affleck lit up SXSW a couple of years ago whenAirpremiered here.
This is him… now, but were expecting a lot of fanfare around his presence in Austin.
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Its also a Christmas comedy premiering at a festival where the temperatures will reach nearly 80 degrees.
SXSW has booked its two biggest theaters forStrange Journeys screenings, a treatment that few documentaries get.
Its also going to be turned into a scripted Hulu series calledThe Envoy.
