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March 02, 2007 Founded in 1993 by alternative weekly Austin Chronicle editor Louis Black, publisher Nick Barbaro and music promoter Roland Swenson, who also created the gigantic annual March SXSW Music Conference in 1987, the SXSW film fest has since emerged with its own identity. Even in a global cinema village more and more jammed with competing film festivals, it has managed to thrive and grow in its crowded springtime slot. That's because Dentler puts in serious time building relationships and contacts inside the film industry.

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