I wasn’t there personally, but I hear that Robert Rodriguez casually dropped that he shared the Machete webfilm with J.J. Abrams and “Quentin”…which…the fanboy in me is pretty much blown away by how great that is.

The panel, with the filmmaker noted above, Danny Trejo, Mek’s Ian Kovalik and PepsiCo Brand manager Jamal Henderson went swimmingly. Thanks so much to all who attended, we really appreciated it. Below are some great shots from the event.

Director Michael Langan’s short, “Heliotropes” is at SXSW this year. I’m going to cut and paste Michael’s elevator pitch for it, because he’s smarter than me.

“It’s a short based on a non-fiction poem by a friend of mine, Brian Christian. The poem is a scientific/philosophical look at the relationship between sunflowers, airlines, migratory birds and human beings at large; namely, how they all follow the sun in elegant and sometimes incredibly elaborate ways. The film takes this idea and runs with it in a series of crisp, surreal vignettes reminiscent of my SXSW ’08 film, “Doxology.” Pair that with the Voice of God, and you’ve got ‘Heliotropes.’”

WHERE: Alamo Lamar A

WHEN: Thu 3/17 1:30 pm

More info here at the official site.

Hope we see you there.

Are you going to SXSW next week?

Are you actually attending things and not just drinking or checking in places on foursquare to get badges to out-nerd your friends who didn’t get to go to SXSW next week?

Great. Then we’d love for you to attend our panel.

Jason Harris and Ian Kovalik will be hanging out with Danny Trejo (that guy from Machete) and Robert Rodriguez (that guy who directed Machete who’s also friends with Quentin Tarantino, which is fairly cool) talking about Creativity, Celebrity and Brand Strategy. And the whole thing is sponsored by our friends over at Pepsi.

Come Join us. All the details are below.