Feb 10, 2016

SXSW 2016: Competition Short Film, "Powerpuff Girls" to Premiere

South by Southwest has announced the short film selections for the 2016 festival, which will be held March 11-19 in Austin, Texas. Fourteen short films have been selected for the animation category, five of which were also in competition at the Sundance Film Festival last month.

The festival will also feature the world premiere of Cartoon Network's renewed "Powerpuff Girls" series. Directors Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle will appear at an outdoor screening on Monday, March 14 to introduce the new series. The event is open to the public with a free SXSW guest pass.

The full list of animated shorts in competition at SXSW 2016 is as follows:

(top image: "Deer Flower" by Kangmin Kim) [7