2025 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 7 (7-03) –
  • March 15, 2025 (2025-03-15)
LanguageEnglish
Website www.sxsw.com

The 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival will take place from March 7 to March 15 at several venues in Austin, Texas, as part of the larger South by Southwest annual event. The festival will open with the film Another Simple Favor and the debut of the comedy TV series The Studio . It will close with the U.S. premiere of the movie On Swift Horses . [1] [2]

Contents

Feature films

Headliner

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Accountant 2 Gavin O'Connor United States
Another Simple Favor Paul Feig
Ash Flying Lotus
Death of a Unicorn Alex Scharfman
Drop Christopher Landon
Holland Mimi Cave

Narrative Feature Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
BunnyBen JacobsonUnited States
Fantasy Life Matthew Shear
FucktoysAnnapurna Sriram
It EndsAlexander Ullom
My Uncle JensBrwa VahabpourNorway
OuterlandsElena OxmanUnited States
ReelingYana Alliata
Slanted Amy Wang

Documentary Feature Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
Arrest the MidwifeElaine EpsteinUnited States
Assembly Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons
Baby DoeJessica Earnshaw
The Python HuntXander Robin
Remaining NativePaige Bethmann
The Secret of MeGrace Hughes-HallettUnited Kingdom
ShuffleBenjamin FlahertyUnited States
The Spies Among UsJamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman

Narrative Spotlight

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
American Sweatshop Uta Briesewitz Germany, United States
The Astronaut Jess VarleyUnited States
The Baltimorons Jay Duplass
CaperDean Imperial
Clown in a Cornfield Eli Craig
Cotton Candy Bubble GumJ Pinder
The Dutchman Andre Gaines
For Worse Amy Landecker
ForgeJing Ai Ng
Idiotka Nastasya Popov
I Really Love My HusbandGG Hawkins
LifehackRonan CorriganUnited Kingdom
Magic Hour Katie Aselton United States
MermaidTyler Cornack
One More ShotNicholas CliffordAustralia
O'Dessa Geremy JasperUnited States
$POSITIONSBrandon Daley
SatisfactionAlex BurunovaUnited States, Ukraine, Greece, Italy
She's The HeSiobhan McCarthyUnited States
Summer of 69 Jillian Bell
Surviving EarthThea GajićUnited Kingdom
Sweetness Emma Higgins Canada
The Rivals of Amziah King Andrew Patterson United Kingdom
The Threesome Chad Hartigan United States
The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick Pete Ohs
Trash BabyJacy Mairs
We Bury the Dead Zak Hilditch Australia

Documentary Spotlight

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Age of DisclosureDan FarahUnited States
American SonsAndrew James Gonzales
Are We Good?Steven Feinartz
ASCO: Without PermissionTravis Gutiérrez Senger
Creede U.S.AKahane Corn Cooperman
Dear TomorrowKaspar Astrup SchröderDenmark, Japan, Sweden
DeeperJennifer PeedomAustralia
Deepfaking Sam AltmanAdam Bhala LoughUnited States
Flight 149: Hostage of WarJenny AshUnited Kingdom
I'm Carl Lewis!Julie Anderson, Chris Hay
Luv Ya, Bum!Sam Wainwright Douglas, David HartsteinUnited States
Make It Look RealKate BlackmoreAustralia
Mola: A Tibetan Tale of Love and LossYangzom Brauen, Martin BrauenUnited States, Switzerland
Now! More! Yes!Max HeyUnited States
Other SideHeather Hogan, Carter Oakley
Seen and HeardGiselle Bailey, Phil Bertelsen
Snow Leopard SistersBen Ayers, Sonam Choekyi Lama, Andrew LynchUnited Kingdom
Spreadsheet ChampionsKristina KraskovAustralia
StarmanRobert StoneUnited States
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorLinus O'Brien
Take No PrisonersAdam Ciralsky, Subrata De
The Tallest DwarfJulie Forrest Wyman
Uvalde MomAnayansi Prado

Midnighter

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
DescendentPeter CilellaUnited States
Good BoyBen Leonberg
Hallow Road Babak Anvari Czechia, Ireland, United Kingdom
The HomeMattias J SkoglundEstonia, Iceland, Sweden
New Jack FuryLanfia WalUnited States
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Matt Johnson Canada
Redux Redux Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus United States
The SurrenderJulia Max

Visions

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
Dead Lover Grace Glowicki Canada
Ghost Boy Rodney Ascher United States
The Infinite HuskAaron Silverstein
Night FightKhary Saeed Jones
OdysseyGerard JohnsonUnited Kingdom
We Are Storror Michael Bay United States
Your Higher Self Annie St-Pierre Canada

24 Beats Per Second

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
24 Hours of GraceSteven ZhuUnited States
42nd Street José María Cabral Dominican Republic
Boxcutter Reza DahyaCanada
Brother Verses Brother Ari Gold United States
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt Tom Stern
Forever We Are Young Grace Lee, Patty Ahn
La Salsa ViveJuan CarvajalColombia
The Makings of Curtis Mayfield H.E.R. United States
Selena y Los Dinos Isabel Castro

Global

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
CorinaUrzula Barba HopfnerMexico
Fury Gemma BlascoSpain
Glorious SummerHelena Ganjalyan, Bartosz SzpakPoland
Real FacesLeni HuygheBelgium
Trans MemoriaVictoria VerseauSweden

Festival Favorite

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths United Kingdom
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco, Davis Guggenheim United States
Friendship Andrew DeYoung
The Librarians Kim A. Snyder
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Shoshannah Stern
On Swift Horses Daniel Minahan
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
SallyCristina Costantini
The Surfer Lorcan Finnegan Australia, Ireland
Together Michael Shanks Australia
Touch MeAddison HeimannUnited States
Zodiac Killer Project Charlie Shackleton United States, United Kingdom

Short films

Narrative Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays with MorrieScott TinkhamUnited States
Baba I'm FineKarina Dandashi
Ben's SisterEmma Weinswig
Brief SomebodiesAndy ReidCanada
Entre TormentasFran ZayasUnited States
Grandma's Four Color CardsSally TranVietnam
How Was Your Weekend?Cam BanfieldUnited States
I'm The Most Racist Person I KnowLeela VargheseAustralia
Max DistanceMarissa GoldmanUnited States
Nervous EnergyEve Liu
Night BloomTiye Amenechi
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah Canada
Out For DeliveryChelsea ChristerUnited States
The SentryJake WachtelUnited States, Cambodia
The SingersSam DavisUnited States
Strangers In The Same ShirtAnthon Chase Johnson
Synthesize MeBear DamenUnited States, Netherlands
UnholyDaisy FriedmanUnited States
WassupKayleePepi GinsbergUnited States, France
Yú Cì (Fish Bones)Kevin Xian Ming YuUnited States

Documentary Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
Armed only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud Brent Renaud, Craig RenaudUnited States
Camp WidowLaura Green, Anna Moot-Levin
ExodusNimco Sheikhaden
The Goldfish ClubMax HendersonUnited Kingdom
The Long ValleyRobert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-BeckUnited States
Looking For A DonkeyJuan Vicente ManriqueMexico, Venezuela
MurewaChé Scott-Heron NewtonUnited Kingdom
Shanti Rides ShotgunCharles FrankUnited States
TigerLoren Waters
We Beg To DifferRuairi BradleyIreland, United Kingdom
Welcome Home FrecklesHuiju ParkUnited Kingdom

Animated Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
BaggageLucy DavidsonAustralia, United Kingdom
DetlevFerdinand EhrhardtGermany
The Dream MachineJimmy MarbleUnited States
HurikánJan SaskaBosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, France, Slovakia
Mambo No. 2Anne FeldmeierGermany
Mine!Lou MortonUnited States
My Wonderful LifeCalleen KohSingapore
Retirement PlanJohn KellyIreland
S The Wolf Sameh Alaa France
TV or The Disturbance on Forest Hill RoadFrederic SiegelSwitzerland
Words of HerCharlene XuUnited States, China

Midnight Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Beguilingishkwaazhe Shane McSaubyUnited States
FamiliarMarco NovoaFrance
Last CallWinnie CheungUnited States, Australia, Hong Kong
LurkMairin Hart, Josh Wallace KerriganUnited States
Stomach BugMatty CrawfordUnited Kingdom
Video BarnBianca PolettiUnited States
WhitchHoku Uchiyama

Texas Short Competition

English titleDirector(s)Production Country
An Ongoing List of Things Found in the Library Book Drop,
Usually Being Used as Bookmarks		Kayla Abuda GalangUnited States
Good Time Charlie David Black
HarvesterCharlie Schwan
NeuroWes Ellis
NewbiesKimiko Matsuda-Lawrence, Megan Trufant Tillman
Randy As HimselfMargaret Miller
Red SandsRomina Cenisio
SweetbriarDanny Rivera

Television

TV Premiere

English titleCreated byProduction Country
#1 Happy Family USA Ramy Youssef, Pam Brady United States
Government Cheese Paul Hunter, Aeysha Carr
Happy Face Jennifer Cacicio
Spy HighJody McVeigh-Schultz
The Studio Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
The Yogurt Shop Murders Margaret Brown

TV Spotlight

English titleCreated byProduction Country
Dates in Real LifeJakob RørvikNorway
Dui ShawNuhash HumayunBangladesh
Mix Tape Lucy GaffyIreland, Australia, Canada
PushLuisa HardenbergGermany

Independent TV Competition

English titleCreated byProduction Country
BulldozerJoanna LeedsUnited States
CigarettesSarah Mokh
DenimTedra Wilson
F-ckUps AnonymousJoe Tierney
Mr. CorruptionSimeon Hu, Stephen Law
R&RJJ Herz
Stars DinerMary Neely, Fidel Ruiz-Healy, Tyler Walker

Venues

Films and shows at SXSW will be screened at seven venues: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Galuppo, Mia (January 22, 2025). "SXSW Lineup: Latest Projects From Seth Rogen, Ben Affleck and Jenna Ortega Heading to Austin". The Hollywood Reporter . Eldridge Industries. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ "'Another Simple Favor,' with Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, to open SXSW". ABC News . The Walt Disney Company. Associated Press. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  3. ↑ "SXSW Film & TV Festival Venues". South by Southwest. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
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