Documentary series Gaycation
co-creators Ellen Page and Ian Daniel have been named as keynote
speakers at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.
According to Deadline
Hollywood, the pair “will discuss their careers, as well as
cultural attitudes toward LGBTQ people and the larger equality
movement” on Saturday, March 12.
Nelson George, Gale Anne Hurd and Joe
Swanberg are among the previously announced speakers.
Gaycation premiered this week on
new cable channel Viceland.
(Related: Ellen
Page's Gaycation
premieres first on YouTube.)
In the four-part documentary series,
Page and Daniel travel the globe in search of what it's like to be
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
The 9-day film festival kicks off
Friday, March 11 in Austin, Texas.