South by Southwest Film &TV Festival (SXSW)
Genre: All genreSXSW Film & TV Festival is part of SXSW Festivals which also has Music and Comedy streams running at the same time. There is also SXSW Conference which includes Film, TV and online subject tracks. South by Southwest was founded in 1987 is Austin, Texas and is mostly recognised for its convergence of tech, film, music, education and culture.
The film and TV festival runs for nine days and has diverse programming including genre in a midnight program, a feature documentary competition, a feature narrative competition, an episodic TV section, plus an Academy qualifying short film competition. It is usually very well attended by the public and the media. It can provide a good launch prior to US distribution.
Tips for Attendees
‘Take your time reading the schedule well in advance, book accommodation WELL WELL in advance, don’t try to do too much as it is not possible to do everything, you will burn out if you try, rent a bike, go to whole foods!’
Awards
2025 - Won - I'm the Most Racist Person I Know - Special Jury Award
2025 - Won - Mix Tape - TV Spotlight Audience Award
2022 - Won - Shadow - Audience Award - Visions
2021 - Won - Moogai, The - Jury Award for Midnight Shorts
2018 - Won - Upgrade - Midnighters: Audience Award
2012 - Won - Goa Hippy Tribe - Film and Television
2012 - Won - Big Stories, Small Towns - Community
2004 - Won - Naked Feminist, The - Audience Award - Emerging Visions
Screenings
2026 - Souvenir
2026 - Fox, The
2026 - Leviticus
2026 - Dead Eyes
2025 - Together
2025 - We Bury The Dead
2025 - Surfer, The
2025 - Spreadsheet Champions
2025 - Deeper
2025 - Make It Look Real
2025 - Mix Tape
2025 - Baggage
2025 - I'm the Most Racist Person I Know
2025 - Last Call
2025 - One More Shot
2024 - Audrey
2024 - Birdeater
2024 - Moogai, The
2024 - Big Wait, The
2024 - Many Worlds
2024 - Every Little Thing
2023 - Monolith
2023 - Talk to Me
2023 - Fuck Me Richard
2023 - Last Stop Larrimah
2023 - Late Night with the Devil
2022 - Seriously Red
2022 - Sissy
2022 - Clean
2022 - Shadow
2022 - Anonymous Club
2022 - Lustration VR
2022 - Gondwana
2021 - Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, The
2021 - Under the Volcano
2021 - Moogai, The
2020 - Relic
2019 - Snare
2019 - Alice
2018 - Brothers' Nest
2018 - Upgrade
2018 - Tangles and Knots
2018 - Asian Girls
2018 - Awake - First Contact
2018 - Four Worlds
2018 - Parragirls Past, Present – unlocking institutional memories of ‘care’
2018 - Rone
2018 - Summation of Force
2017 - Adult
2017 - Hounds of Love
2017 - Bill Frisell, A Portrait
2017 - Barbecue
2016 - Homebodies
2015 - Little Death, The
2015 - Followers
2015 - Happy With Bear
2015 - Cronulla Riots - The Day That Shocked the Nation
2014 - Predestination
2014 - Mule, The
2014 - Infinite Man, The
2014 - Ukraine is Not a Brothel
2014 - Video Dating Tape of Desmondo Ray, Aged 33 & 3/4, The
2014 - Violent Florence
2014 - Blood Pulls a Gun
2013 - Network, The
2012 - Maker, The
2012 - Perished
2012 - Hunter, The
2012 - Hunter, The
2012 - Scarlet Road
2012 - Iron Sky
2012 - Bear
2011 - Caught Inside
2011 - Wasted on the Young
2011 - Muscles
2011 - Attack
2011 - LBF
2010 - Loved Ones, The
2010 - Eulogy
2010 - Mystery of Flying Kicks, The
2009 - Lake Mungo
2009 - Square, The
2009 - Three Blind Mice
2009 - Rats and Cats
2009 - Intangible Asset Number 82
2009 - Horseman, The
2004 - Excursion
2004 - We Have Decided Not To Die
2004 - Naked Feminist, The
2004 - Josh Jarman
- Website:
- www.sxsw.com
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Start:
- 12/03/2026
- End:
- 18/03/2026