South by Southwest Announces Its Midnight and Shorts Programs Renegade priests, faceless ghouls, futuristic Nazis and feral children will invade South by Southwest as part of the festival's Midnighters section this year. While South by Southwest often celebrates genre films in its main slate, this section allows for some slightly more extreme (or sometimes just plain bizarre) fare. The section will include the world premiere of the third installment in the "[REC]" franchise, "[REC] 3 Genesis," probably featuring more virus victims and blood. Also on tap is the first genre outing from the indie director Austin Chick ("XX/XY"), "Girls Against Boys," about two girls on a killing spree. The Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who made sequel to "28 Days Later," is back with "Intruders," about a faceless being trying to take possession of two children. The series was put together by the SXSW senior programmer Jarod Neece. "I wanted a mix of things with distribution and things without distribution, and I wanted a mix from different countries that included new voices and also movies fans were looking forward to," he said by phone from Austin. It's a little something for everyone. Everyone with a taste for the darker side of movies, that is. One film anticipated by genre fans is the science-fiction comedy "Iron Sky," which will play at the Berlin International Film Festival before having its North American premiere in Austin. That movie, which involves Nazis, outer space and flying saucers, was directed by Timo Vuorensola and is a co-production of Finland, Germany and Australia. "V/H/S," a found-footage anthology that was picked up for distribution at Sundance, will also play in Midnighters and includes segments from SXSW alumni like Ti West, Adam Wingard and Joe Swanberg, among others. In addition to the 11 films in the Midnighters series, the festival announced 135 short films that will be playing in various programs during the festival. The full slate of Midnighters, shorts and other films at this year's SXSW can be found here.