2024 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival

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South by Southwest
Location Austin, Texas, U.S.
Founded1987
Hosted bySXSW, LLC.
Festival date
  • March 8 (8-03) –
  • March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16)
LanguageEnglish
Website www.sxsw.com

The 2024 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival took place from March 8 to 16 at several venues in Austin, Texas, as part of the larger South by Southwest annual event. The festival opened with the film Road House and the TV series 3 Body Problem . It closed with the films Civil War and The Idea Of You . The event included screenings of 118 feature films, 80 short films, and seven TV premieres. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Feature films

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Indicates recipient of the Audience Award

Headliner

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Babes Pamela Adlon United States
Civil War Alex Garland United States, United Kingdom
The Fall Guy David Leitch United States
The Idea of You Michael Showalter
Immaculate Michael Mohan
Monkey Man † Dev Patel United States, India
Road House Doug Liman United States
Y2K Kyle Mooney

Narrative Feature Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Audrey Natalie Bailey Australia
Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts Shaun SeneviratneUnited States
The Black Sea Crystal Moselle, Derrick B. HardenUnited States, Bulgaria
Bob Trevino Likes It † Tracie Laymon United States
Mamifera Liliana TorresSpain
We Strangers Anu Valia United States
We Were Dangerous Josephine Stewart-Te WhiuNew Zealand
We're All Gonna Die Freddie Wong, Matthew Arnold United States

Documentary Feature Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
A House Is Not a Disco Brian J. Smith United States
An Army of Women Julie Lunde LillesæterGermany, Norway
Grand Theft Hamlet Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane United Kingdom
The In BetweenRobie FloresUnited States, Mexico
Resynator†Alison TavelUnited States
RoleplayKatie Mathews
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
We Can Be Heroes Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons

Narrative Spotlight

English titleDirector(s)Production country
A Nice Indian Boy Roshan Sethi United States
Arcadian Ben BrewerIreland
Cold Wallet Cutter Hodierne United States
Cuckoo Tilman Singer Germany
Desert RoadShannon TriplettUnited States
Doin' It Sara Zandieh
The Greatest Hits Ned Benson
The Gutter Yassir Lester, Isaiah Lester
High Tide Marco Calvani
I Don't Understand You Brian Crano, David Craig
I Love You Forever Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani
I Wish You All The Best Tommy Dorfman
Magpie Sam Yates United Kingdom
Música Rudy Mancuso United States
My Dead Friend Zoe † Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
Omni Loop Bernardo Britto
Switch UpTara Pirnia
Timestalker Alice Lowe United Kingdom
Turtles David Lambert Canada, Belgium
The Uninvited Nadia ConnersUnited States
Wakhri Iram Parveen Bilal Pakistan
Yasmeen's Element Amman Abbasi United States, Pakistan

Documentary Spotlight

English titleDirector(s)Production country
7 Beats per Minute Yuqi Kang Canada
A King Like MeMatthew O. HendersonUnited States
The Antisocial Network Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story Charlie Hamilton James
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion Eva Orner
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie David Bushell
Clemente†David Altrogge
DickweedJonathan Ignatius Green
Fly Shaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau
The HobbySimon EnnisCanada
How Music Got Free Alexandria StapletonUnited States
How To Build A Truth EngineFriedrich MoserAustria
Lions of MesopotamiaLucian ReadUnited States
Plastic People Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong Canada
PreconceivedSabrine Keane, Kate DumkeUnited States
Secret Mall Apartment Jeremy Workman
Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter Abby Ginzberg, Christy Carpenter
She Looks Like MeTorquil JonesUnited Kingdom
MoviePass, MovieCrash Muta'AliUnited States
Stormy Sarah Gibson
The Truth vs. Alex Jones Dan Reed
Whatever it TakesJenny CarchmanUnited Kingdom

Midnighter

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Azrael E. L. Katz United States
FamilyBenjamin Finkel
Hood WitchSaïd BelktibiaFrance
Hunting Daze Annick Blanc Canada
It's What's Inside Greg JardinUnited States
Kryptic Kourtney RoyCanada, United Kingdom
Oddity † Damian McCarthy Ireland
Things Will Be Different Michael FelkerUnited States

Visions

English titleDirector(s)Production country
7 Keys Joy Wilkinson United Kingdom
Adrianne and the Castle Shannon Walsh Canada
Birdeater Jack Clark, Jim WeirAustralia
Dead MailKyle McConaghy, Joe DeBoerUnited States
Doppelgängers3 Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian United States, Algeria, Armenia, France, United Kingdom
Dory Previn: On My Way To WhereJulia Greenberg, Dianna Dilworth United States
Sew Torn Freddy Macdonald United States, Switzerland
Songs from the Hole†Contessa GaylesUnited States
The Trouble With Mr DoodleEd Perkins, Jaimie D'Cruz United Kingdom

24 Beats Per Second

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Canada
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It Paris Barclay United States
Dandelion Nicole Riegel
Diane Warren: Relentless Bess Kargman
Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience†David Hartstein, Sam Wainwright Douglas
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never ToldP. Frank Williams
Mogwai: If The Stars Had A SoundAntony CrookUnited Kingdom
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets WeirdNicolas Jack DaviesGermany
This is a Film About The Black KeysJeff DupreUnited States
The World According to Allee WillisAlexis Spraic

Global

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Bionico's Bachata†Yoel MoralesDominican Republic
Krzyk - Losing ControlEwa WikielGermany
MaltaNatalia SantaArgentina, Colombia, Norway
My Sextortion DiaryPatricia FranquesaSpain
NatatoriumHelena StefánsdóttirIceland

Festival Favorite

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Backspot D. W. Waterson Canada
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō United States, Japan, United Kingdom
Dìdi (弟弟) Sean Wang Taiwan
Every Little Thing Sally Aitken Australia
Gasoline Rainbow Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross United States
Ghostlight Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson
Girls Will Be Girls Shuchi Talati India
I Saw the TV Glow Jane Schoenbrun United States
Kneecap Rich Peppiatt Ireland, United Kingdom
Love MachinaPeter SillenUnited States
The Moogai Jon BellAustralia
Never Look Away Lucy Lawless New Zealand
Pet Shop Days Olmo SchnabelItaly, United Kingdom, United States
The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza Canada
Sasquatch Sunset David Zellner, Nathan ZellnerUnited States
Sing Sing † Greg Kwedar
Smugglers Ryoo Seung-wan South Korea
Toll Carolina Markowicz Brazil

Short films

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Indicates recipient of the Audience Award

Narrative Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
A Rotten Woman (Die Verdorbene)Niamh Sauter-CookeGermany
Beach Logs KillHaley Z. BostonUnited States
BitsLilliya Scarlett Reid
Caller Number Nine!Sandy HonigUnited Kingdom
Can†Kailee McGeeUnited States
DissolutionAnthony SaxeUnited States, Australia
If I Die in AmericaWard KamelUnited States, Puerto Rico
The Last BrunchJim CummingsUnited States
Learning EnglishJean LiuUnited States, United Kingdom
LetAlyssa LohUnited States
Los MosquitosNicole ChiUnited States, Costa Rica
My Tomato HeartBenoît Le Rouzès MénardCanada
The Rainbow BridgeDimitri SimakisUnited States
The RobbersIsa SchiecheAustria
Say Hi After You DieKate Jean HollowellUnited States
See It Say ItNez KhammalUnited Kingdom
Shé (Snake) Renee ZhanUnited Kingdom
Sound and ColourEmma FoleyIreland
TrappedSam Cutler-Kreutz, David Cutler-KreutzUnited States
We Are Not AloneAdebukola BodunrinCanada, United States
Your Ears (À toi les oreilles)Alexandre IsabelleCanada

Documentary Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
Been ThereCorina Schwingruber IlićSwitzerland
The Big WaitYannick JameyAustralia
Christmas, Every DayFaye TsakasUnited States
Frank†David Gauvey Herbert
Hello Stranger Amélie Hardy Canada
Leonie, Skeet & de biggen (Leonie, Skeet & the piglets)Jip HeijengaBelgium
PamilyaMiles BlacketUnited Kingdom
The Puzzle PalaceJenny Schweitzer Bell, Brian BellUnited States
Remember, Broken Crayons Colour TooShannet Clemmings, Urša KastelicSwitzerland
SandcastlesCarin Jin-Yi LeongUnited States
The School of Canine MassageEmma D. Miller
ShotplayerSam Shainberg
We Ride for HerPrairie Rose Seminole, Katrina Lillian Sorrentino
Wouldn't Make It Any Other WayHao Zhou

Animated Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
A Crab in the Pool † Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel Canada
Au 8ème JourAgathe Sénéchal, Alicia MassezFrance
Beautiful MenNicolas KeppensBelgium, France, Netherlands
Bug DinerPhoebe Jane HartUnited States
La PerraCarla Melo GampertColombia, France
Matta and MattoBianca Caderas, Kerstin ZempSwitzerland
SweetmeatsGeorge MetaxasUnited States, Australia
Tennis, OrangesSean PecknoldUnited States
This is TMISubarna Dash, Vidushi GuptaIndia
Wander to WonderNina GantzBelgium, France, Netherlands

Midnight Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
ApotemnofiliaJano PitaSpain
The BleacherNicole Daddona, Adam WilderUnited States
Dream CreepCarlos A.F. Lopez
Inner DemonsJasmine J. Johnson
LullabyChi ThaiUnited Kingdom
Make Me a PizzaTalia Shea LevinUnited States
Meat Puppet†Eros VUnited Kingdom
TightJessica BarrUnited States
TransylvanieRodrigue HuartFrance

Texas Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production country
BeepsKirk JohnsonUnited States
Hair CareFatima Wardy
Jedo's DeadSara NimehUnited States
Live From the CloudsMackie MallisonUnited States
The PassingIvete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
The Queen vs TexasEmil Lozada, Raemonn James
Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta†Edna Diaz, Arturo R. JiménezMexico

Television

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TV Premiere

English titleCreated byProduction country
3 Body ProblemDavid Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Alexander WooUnited States
Black Twitter: A People's HistoryPrentice Penny
Jerrod Carmichael Reality ShowAri Katcher
Photographer: Dan WintersPagan Danielle Harleman
Ren FaireLance Oppenheim
STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.†Jamila Wignot
Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi StoryGotham Chopra

TV Spotlight

English titleCreated byProduction country
Hacks†Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Jen StatskyUnited States
Long Time SunJoanna Forscher, Chloe Chapman
The BroadcastNatalie Palamides, Courtney Pauroso
The Long Long NightBarret O'Brien
PenelopeMel Eslyn
Ryley Walker & FriendsMark Duplass
Magic City: An American FantasyBayan Joonam
Star Trek: DiscoveryAlex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise

Independent TV Competition

English titleCreated byProduction country
Bettendorf TalksDavid Pasquesi, T.J. JagodowskiUnited States
Halfrican AmericanZeke Nicholson
Lucy & SaraSusan Park
Marvin Is SorryBrett Morrow, Alex Gehrlein, Jack GacekUnited States
Neo-Dome†Bonnie DiscepoloUnited States
TossersChase Block, Bryce Van Leuven

Venues

Films and shows at SXSW were screened at eight venues: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Cruz, Olivia (April 9, 2024). "2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival Rewind". South by Southwest. SXSW, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ Olsen, Mark (March 7, 2024). "For big-screen thrills and maybe some controversy, another South by Southwest beckons" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ Jacobs, Matthew (March 21, 2024). "The 12 Best Movies We Saw This Year at SXSW". Vulture. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "SXSW Film & TV Festival Venues". South by Southwest. SXSW, LLC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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