With the 2015 SXSW Film Festival beginning this week, we collected a bunch of geeky fun facts to help give you an insider's snapshot at what we think is one of the nation's coolest annual film festivals.

When did it start? How many people attend? And what's up with Fred Armisen's floating head?

Check it out below, and stay tuned to Fandango for our live reports from the festival in Austin, TX -- beginning Friday, March 13.