2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival

South by Southwest
Opening filmI Love Boosters
LocationAustin, Texas, U.S.
Founded1987
Hosted bySXSW, LLC.
Festival date
  • March 12 (12-03) –
  • March 18, 2026 (2026-03-18)
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.sxsw.com

The 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival is taking place from March 12–18 at several venues in Austin, Texas, as part of the larger South by Southwest annual event. The festival opened with the film I Love Boosters.[1][2]

Feature films

Headliner

English title Director(s) Production country
I Love Boosters Boots Riley United States
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice BenDavid Grabinski
Over Your Dead Body Jorma Taccone
Pretty Lethal Vicky Jewson United Kingdom, United States
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett United States
They Will Kill You Kirill Sokolov

Narrative Feature Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Brian Will Ropp United States
Edie Arnold is a Loser Megan Rico and Kade Atwood
Mallory's Ghost Arabella Oz
Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film Robb Boardman
Seahorse Aisha Evelyna Canada
Sender Russell Goldman United States
The Snake Jenna MacMillan Canada
Wishful Thinking Graham Parkes United States

Documentary Feature Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
The Ascent Edward John Drake, Scott Veltri, and Francis Cronin United States
The Last Critic Matty Wishnow
The Life We Leave JJ Gerber
My NDA Juliane Dressner and Miriam Shor
Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero Bayan Joonam
Stormbound Miko Lim
Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story Ayden Mayeri
#WhileBlack Sidney Fussell and Jennifer Holness

Narrative Spotlight

English title Director(s) Production country
Anima Brian Tetsuro Ivie United States
A Safe Distance Gloria Mercer Canada
Basic Chelsea Devantez United States
Beast Race Ernesto Solis Rodrigo Pesavento, and Fernando Meirelles Brazil
Campeón Gabacho Jonás Cuarón Mexico
Chili Finger Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad United States
Crash Land Dempsey Bryk Canada
Dead Deer High Jo Rochelle United States
Downbeat Danny Madden
DreamQuil Alex Prager United Kingdom, United States
Family Movie Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon United States
Forbidden Fruits Meredith Alloway
The Fox Dario Russo Australia
He Bled Neon Drew Kirsch United States
Kill Me Peter Warren
Love Language Joey Power
Mam Nan Feix France
Normal Ben Wheatley United States, Canada
Pizza Movie Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher United States
Poetic License Maude Apatow
Power Ballad John Carney United States, Ireland
Same Same but Different Lauren Noll United States
The Saviors Kevin Hamedani
Seekers of Infinite Love Victoria Strouse
Sparks Fergus Campbell
The Sun Never Sets Joe Swanberg
Their Town Katie Aselton
Ugly Cry Emily Robinson

Documentary Spotlight

English title Director(s) Production country
Adam's Apple Amy Jenkins United States
Amazing Live Sea Monkeys Mark Becker
Baby/Girls Alyse Walsh and Jackie Jesko
Black Zombie Maya Annik Bedward
My Brother's Killer Rachel Mason
Capturing Bigfoot Marq Evans
Ceremony Banchi Hanuse
Cornbread Mafia Evan Mascagni and Drew Morris
The Dads Luchina Fisher
Drift Deon Taylor
First They Came for My College Patrick Bresnan
I Got Bombed at Harvey's Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel
Manhood Daniel Lombroso
One Another Amber Love
Serling Jonah Tulis
Summer of '94 Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker
#Skyking Patricia Gillespie
The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson Marina Zenovich
The Way We Move Vanessa Dumont and Nicolas Davenel
Your Attention Please Sara Robin

Midnighter

English title Director(s) Production country
American Dollhouse John Valley United States
Drag Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer
Fifteen Jack Zagha and Yossy Zagha Argentina, Mexico
Grind Brea Grant, Ed Dougherty, and Chelsea Stardust United States
Hokum Damian McCarthy United States, Ireland
Imposters Caleb J. Phillips United States
Monitor Matt Black and Ryan Polly
Never After Dark Dave Boyle

Festival Favorite

English title Director(s) Production country
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell United States
American Doctor Poh Si Teng United States, State of Palestine, Malaysia, Qatar
Big Girls Don't Cry Paloma Schneideman New Zealand
Buddy Casper Kelly United States
Chasing Summer Josephine Decker
Cookie Queens Alysa Nahmias
Erupcja Pete Ohs United States, Poland
Joybubbles Rachael J. Morrison United States
Leviticus Adrian Chiarella Australia
Obsession Curry Barker United States
The Oldest Person in the World Sam Green
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story Judd Apatow and Neil Berkeley
See You When I See You Jay Duplass
The Shitheads Macon Blair
Rock Springs Vera Miao United States, Canada
Time and Water Sara Dosa United States, Iceland

Visions

English title Director(s) Production country
And Her Body Was Never Found Polaris Banks United States
Bagworm Oliver Bernsen
Beyond The Duplex Planet Beth Harrington
Daughters of the Forest: Mycelium Chronicles Otilia Portillo Padua Mexico
Dead Eyes Richard E. Williams Australia
Perfect Millicent Hailes United States
Sinner Supper Club Daisy Rosato and Nora Kaye
The Peril at Pincer Point Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine United Kingdom

24 Beats Per Second

English title Director(s) Production country
Agridulce (Bittersweet) Frank Pavich United States, Dominican Republic
A Cowboy in London Jared L. Christopher United States
Jack Johnson: SURFILMUSIC Emmett Malloy
Lainey Wilson: Keepin' Country Cool Amy Scott
Los Lobos Native Sons Doug Blush and Piero F. Giunti
The Man with the Big Hat Austin Sayre
Mile End Kicks Chandler Levack Canada
Noah Kahan: Out of Body Nick Sweeney United States
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel Ben Feldman
Stages Ryan Booth
We Are The Shaggs Ken Kwapis

Global

English title Director(s) Production country
Apolo Isis Broken and Tainá Müller Brazil
Do You Love Me Lana Daher Lebanon
Mickey Dano García Mexico
Scarlet Girls Paula Cury Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico
Thanks for Nothing Stella Marie Markert Germany

Short films

Narrative Short Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Achiever Charlie Traisman United States
Best Friends with the Devil Hugo de Sousa
Buah Jen Nee Lim Singapore
Can I Put You On Hold James Cutler United States
Copy, Save Alyssa Loh
Dua Ji YuHan Tsai
Gamberra Marine Auclair March Spain
Gender Studies Jamie Kiernan O'Brien United States
I Saw You In The Flood Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Imago Ariel Zengotita
Marga en el DF Gabriela Ortega
A Shot at Art Ilke Paddenburg Netherlands
Souvenir Renée Marie Petropoulos Australia
Stairs Riley Donigan United States
Supper Savannah Braswell
Talk Me Joecar Hanna
Them That's Not Mekhai Lee
Visitors Minnie Schedeen
Vomit Roi Cydulkin
We Were Here Pranav Bhasin India

Documentary Short Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Air Horse One Lasse Linder Belgium, Switzerland
Divorce Resort Coby Becker United States
Eructation Victoria Trow
Glacier's Requiem Saddiq Abubakar United Kingdom
He's Out There Kurt Andrew Schneider United States
How To Catch A Butterfly Kiriko Mechanicus Netherlands
I Got My Brother Victor K. Gabriel United States
In the Morning Sun Serville Poblete Canada, Philippines
A New Inferno Nita Blum-Reddick and Jonathan Pickett United States
Not Scared, Just Sad Isabelle Mecattaf Bulgaria, Lebanon
A Wolf in the Suburbs Amélie Hardy Canada
Yiyíists'ą́ą́' (Listen) Malakye Zaayin Tsosie United States

Animated Short Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Hag Anna Ginsburg United Kingdom
Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot Kiana Naghshineh Germany
In The Beginning Ala Nunu Poland, Portugal, Spain
Paper Trail Don Hertzfeldt United States
Praying Mantis Joe Hsieh Taiwan
Tell Me When You Get Home Tshay United States
What We Leave Behind Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte Canada

Midnight Short Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Jealous People Are Ugly People Theo James Krekis United Kingdom
Man Eating Pussy Emily Lawson United States
Mantis Stream! Like & Subscribe Lincoln Robisch and Sarah Maerten
The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much Eric Jackowitz
A Stable Marriage Josephine Decker
Tongue Lim Da Seul South Korea
Wax Alexandre Forgues Canada

Texas Short Competition

English title Director(s) Production country
Forcefield of Love Liz Moskowitz United States
Freedom At Stake Raeshem Nijhon and Stacey Young
A Fragile Vessel Samuel Díaz Fernández
Shut The Fuck Up When We Speak Ryan Darbonne
Stalin Boys Ora DeKornfeld and Bianca Giaever
Winter Ceremony Sidi Wang

Television

TV Premiere

English title Created by Production country
The Audacity Jonathan Glatzer United States
The Dark Wizard Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
Margo's Got Money Troubles David E. Kelley
Monsters of God Jeremy McBride

TV Spotlight

English title Created by Production country
The Comeback Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King United States
They Called Us Outlaws - The Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes and Rise of Redneck Rock Eric Geadelmann and Kelly Magelky
Woodstockers Corbin Bernsen

Independent TV Competition

English title Created by Production country
Are We Still Married? Kit Steinkellner United States
Birth is For P*ssies Hannah Shealy
Codependent Wade McElhaney and Weston McElhaney
Cold Call Emma Lenderman and Elise Kibler
In My Blood Alex Bendo
Son of a Bikram Ash T and Johnny Rey Diaz

References

  1. ^ "Announcing the Opening Night Film for the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival". South by Southwest. December 5, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
  2. ^ Zilko, Christian (January 14, 2026). "SXSW Announces First Wave of 2026 Film and TV Lineup". Indie Wire. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
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