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South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival announced the 2026 Jury and Special Award winners, with Wishful Thinking, directed by Graham Parkes, winning in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story, directed by Ayden Mayeri, winning in the Documentary Feature Competition.
The eerie atmosphere of Irish folk horror takes center stage in Hokum, the latest supernatural thriller from filmmaker Damian McCarthy.
Following its world premiere in competition for the Dox Award at Danish film festival CPH:DOX, director Otilia Portillo Padua’s vibrant new sci-fi documentary, Daughters of the Forest (Hijas del Bosque), will have its North American premiere in the Visions section at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
Steven Spielberg will appear as a Keynote speaker at the 2026 SXSW (South by Southwest) for a live episode of Sean Fennessey’s The Big Picture.
SXSW (South by Southwest) has added 13 more projects to the lineup for 33rd edition of its Film & TV Festival lineup, taking place March 12–18, 2026.
Los Lobos Native Sons, a new authorized documentary chronicling the 50-year journey of the East L.A. rock band Los Lobos, will make its world premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival 2026.
The 33rd South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival has added new films to the lineup, including the world premiere of Vicky Jewson’s Pretty Lethal.
The 33rd edition of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival, taking place March 12–18, 2026, revealed its slate of Feature Films, TV projects, and XR projects, opening with the TV premiere of the Apple TV series Margo’s Got Money Troubles from Emmy-winning producer David E. Kelley.
