In Austin, film offers global perspective

International films often challenge American viewers to look at life from different perspectives. That was obvious at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, where many films from other countries were being featured.

Movies such as the Turkish film "Zayiat," or Casualties, is the story of a son searching for his father.

Audience members watch "Big Easy," a film at the Paramount Theater during the South by Southwest festival, Austin, Texas, March, 17, 2012. ​​Staying with relatives in Istanbul and using friends as
actors, New York-based director Deniz Tortum made what he calls a no-budget film.

“The budget of the film was two thousand dollars, so it was pretty much no budget," he says, explaining that he shot in neighborhoods where...

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An aspiring young director from Turkey caught the attention of his audience at a film festival in the US. He shot the film in places he grew up in with the help and support of friends and family.