2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival
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| Opening film | I Love Boosters |
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| Location | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Hosted by | SXSW, LLC. |
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| Language | English |
| Website | www |
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 |