News in Brief: Three Australian films for SXSW, ACMI opens, and conferences get set to go

Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife will world premiere at SXSW, along with Gracie Otto's music doc Under the Volcano. There are festivals, conferences, tributes and more in our snappy fortnightly wrap.
Rochelle Siemienowicz
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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a journalist for Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the the co-host of Australia's longest running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk Instagram: Rochelle_Rochelle