Don’t have a Gold badge? Want a taste of the SXSW Film Festival? Each year Interactive badgeholders can attend a few select SXSW Film screenings for FREE! Below are three geek-related films that will have their second screenings open to all Interactive badgeholders:

BLIP FESTIVAL: REFORMAT THE PLANET
Directed by Paul Owens
A feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as ChipTunes, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using old video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results. Interactive badges can attend this screening for free on: 3/10/2008, Dobie, 12:00 PM

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SECOND SKIN
Directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro
Second Skin takes an intimate and disturbing look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging genre of computer games called Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs). World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Everquest allow millions of users to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces. Second Skin introduces us to the real people who populate these online virtual worlds. Couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose, those struggling with addiction, Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy online entrepreneurs and legendary guild leaders- all living in a world that doesn’t quite exist. Interactive badges can attend this screening for free on: 3/11/2008, ACC, 7:45 PM

NERDCORE RISING
Directed by Negin Farsad
A documentary that uncovers a new wave of hip-hop called “nerdcore.” The film follows the godfather of the genre, MC Frontalot, on his first national tour. Frontalot and band interact with fans across the country: a special breed of loyal and super smart dorks who can’t get enough of the Front, making nerdcore hip hop a fascinating and endearingly comedic sociological phenomenon. Commentary from industry notables like Weird Al Yankovic, Prince Paul, and Jello Biafra pepper the film to examine the legitimacy of nerdcore as a subgenre of hip hop, the larger rise of geek culture, and the desperation of one MC who’s trying to achieve nerd stardom. Interactive badges can attend this screening for free on: 3/11/2008, Alamo Lamar 2, 10:30 PM