South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
United States
All genres
SXSW Film is part of SXSW Festivals which also has Interactive, Music and Comedy streams running at the same time. There is also SXSW Conference which includes Film, TV and online subject tracks.
The film festival runs for nine days and has a diverse programming including genre in a midnight program, a feature doc 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 or the place to attract attention to a feature documentary.
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
2021
- Won
- Moogai, The
- Jury Award for Midnight Shorts
2018
- Won
- Upgrade
- Midnighters: Audience Award
2012
- Won
- Goa Hippy Tribe
- Film and Television
- Interactive Awards
2012
- Won
- Big Stories, Small Towns
- Community
- Interactive Awards
2004
- Won
- Naked Feminist, The
- Audience Award - Emerging Visions
- Documentary
Screenings
2022
- Narrative Feature Competition
- Seriously Red
2022
- Midnighters
- Sissy
2022
- Documentary Feature Competition
- Clean
2022
- 24 Beats Per Second
- Anonymous Club
2022
- XR Experience Competition
- Lustration VR
2022
- XR Experience Spotlight
- Gondwana
2021
- Narrative Spotlight
- Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, The
2021
- 24 Beats per Second
- Under the Volcano
2021
- Midnight Shorts
- Moogai, The
2020
- Midnighters
- Relic
2019
- Narrative Feature Competition
- Alice
2018
- Narrative Spotlight
- Brothers' Nest
2018
- Midnighters
- Upgrade
2018
- Narrative Shorts
- Tangles and Knots
2018
- Virtual Cinema
- Awake - First Contact
2018
- Virtual Cinema
- Rone
2018
- Virtual Cinema
- Summation of Force
2017
- Narrative Shorts Competition
- Adult
2017
- Narrative Spotlight
- Hounds of Love
2017
- Documentary Feature Competition
- Bill Frisell, A Portrait
2017
- Documentary Spotlight
- Barbecue
2016
- Narrative Shorts Competition
- Homebodies
2015
- Narrative Spotlight
- Little Death, The
2015
- Narrative Shorts Competition
- Followers
2015
- Narrative Shorts Competition
- Happy With Bear
2015
- South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
- Cronulla Riots - The Day That Shocked the Nation
2014
- Headliners
- Predestination
2014
- Narrative Spotlight
- Mule, The
2014
- Visions
- Infinite Man, The
2014
- SXGlobal
- Ukraine is Not a Brothel
2014
- Midnight Shorts Competition
- Violent Florence
2013
- Documentary Spotlight
- Network, The
2012
- Animated Short
- Maker, The
2012
- Midnight Short
- Perished
2012
- Animated Short
- Hunter, The
2012
- Headliners
- Hunter, The
2012
- Documentary Spotlight
- Scarlet Road
2012
- Midnighters
- Iron Sky
2012
- Narrative Shorts
- Bear
2011
- Narrative Shorts 2
- Muscles
2011
- Midnight Shorts
- Attack
2011
- Spotlight Premieres
- LBF
2011
- Emerging Visions
- Caught Inside
2011
- Festival Favourites
- Wasted on the Young
2010
- Midnighters
- Loved Ones, The
2010
- Experimental Shorts
- Eulogy
2010
- SX Global Shorts
- Mystery of Flying Kicks, The
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Lake Mungo
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Square, The
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Three Blind Mice
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Rats and Cats
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Intangible Asset Number 82
2009
- Discoveries from Down Under
- Horseman, The
2004
- South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
- We Have Decided Not To Die
2004
- South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)
- Excursion
2004
- Documentary
- Naked Feminist, The