2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival

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Opening filmI Love Boosters
LocationAustin, Texas, U.S.
Founded1987
Hosted bySXSW, LLC.
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 took 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]

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

Television

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