SXSW | South by Southwest Film Festival

  • Watch First Trailer for BEASTIE BOYS STORY, Doc on Iconic Rap Group

    Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond in “Beastie Boys Story,” premiering April 24 on Apple TV+.
    Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond in “Beastie Boys Story,” premiering April 24 on Apple TV+.

    Apple TV+ dropped the first teaser trailer for Beastie Boys Story, Spike Jonze ‘live documentary experience’ on the iconic rap group which is set to world premiere at the SXSW 2020.

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  • Watch Trailer For THE NINE LIVES OF OZZY OSBOURNE, Ozzy Osbourne Documentary at SXSW

    Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne | Director: R. Greg Johnston | Credit: Cameron Glendenning
    Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne | Director: R. Greg Johnston | Credit: Cameron Glendenning

    A&E Network’s Emmy Award-winning ‘Biography’ is set to air the two-hour documentary special exploring the many lives and decade-spanning career of rock legend Ozzy Osbourne. Featuring exclusive interviews with Ozzy as he reflects on the many phases of his journey, “The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne” will have its world premiere at SXSW in March and is set to air this summer on A&E.

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  • Guy Clark Documentary WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OR CAUGHT To Premiere at SXSW

    Songwriter Guy Clark in 1972 | Credit: Marshall Fallwell | Without Getting Killed or Caught. Director: Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield
    Songwriter Guy Clark in 1972 | Credit: Marshall Fallwell | Without Getting Killed or Caught. Director: Tamara Saviano, Paul Whitfield

    Filmmakers Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield will world premiere “Without Getting Killed or Caught,” their remarkable documentary film about the complicated relationship among legendary songwriters Guy Clark, Susanna Clark and Townes Van Zandt, and the art it inspired, at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.

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  • Judd Apatow’s THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND to Open SXSW 2020

    The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson.   Director: Judd Apatow.
    The King of Staten Island starring Pete Davidson. Director: Judd Apatow. (Credit: Mary Cybulski / Universal Pictures)

    Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island, starring Pete Davidson will open the 2020 South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals. In total, SXSW selected 102 features and episodics for the 27th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, running March 13 to 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • SXSW Film Announces 2019 Audience Awards Winners

    Saint Frances directed by Alex Thompson
    Saint Frances directed by Alex Thompson

    The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals today announced the 2019 Audience Award winners from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic Premieres, Global, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories. Also announced were the 2019 Virtual Cinema Jury Award Winners.

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  • Josephine Mackeras’ ALICE Wins First CherryPicks Female First Feature Award at 2019 SXSW

    Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras
    Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras

    ALICE, a story about a woman who finds the strength within herself despite all odds to save herself and her child, directed and produced by Josephine Mackeras, is the first winner of the CherryPicks Female First Feature Award, announced Tuesday at the 2019 SXSW Awards Ceremony. The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Film Festival and CherryPicks,® the newly launched digital brand dedicated to the female critical voice, inaugural honor and monetary prize, is presented to a 2019 film helmed by a first-time narrative feature female director and producer, also must have screened during this year’s festival.

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  • FOR SAMA and ALICE Win Top Awards at 2019 SXSW Film Festival

    Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras
    Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras

    The 2019 Jury and Special Award winners of the 26th SXSW Film Festival Awards were announced at the historic Paramount Theatre with the top awards going to Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras winning Best Narrative Feature Film and For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts winning Best Documentary Feature Film. Short films and other juried sections, including Film Design Awards, were also presented.

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  • Olivia Wilde’s Unfiltered Comedy BOOKSMART Releases Redband Trailer

    BOOKSMART by Olivia Wilde
    Beanie Feldstein stars as Molly and Kaitlyn Dever as Amy in Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, BOOKSMART, an Annapurna Pictures release. Credit: Francois Duhamel / Annapurna Pictures

    Annapurna Pictures released the redband trailer today for Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart, that premiered last night at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theater.

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  • Watch First Trailer for SXSW Dark Comedy THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Starring Jesse Eisenberg

    The Art of Self-Defense
    The Art of Self-Defense

    Bleecker Street released the first trailer for dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense, from writer/director Riley Stearns, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots. Jesse Eisenberg stars as timid bookkeeper Casey, who after he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. The Art of Self-Defense will World Premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival on Sunday, March 10.

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  • Watch Trailer for WELL GROOMED – Inside Look at the World of Competitive Dog Grooming – Premiering at SXSW

    Well Groomed
    Well Groomed

    Here is the new trailer for the documentary Well Groomed – written and directed by Rebecca Stern, making its world premiere on Sunday at 2019 SXSW Film Festival.

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  • Watch Video Clip from Emily Ting’s GO BACK TO CHINA World Premiering at 2019 SXSW

    GO BACK TO CHINA
    GO BACK TO CHINA

    Emily Ting’s Go Back To China has released the first trailer clip on the eve of the film’s world premiere at the 2019 SXSW on Saturday, March 9. The film starring Anna Akana, Richard Ng, Lynn Chen, Kelly Hu, Kendy Cheung, Aviva Wang will premiere in the Narrative Competition program.

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  • THE RIVER AND THE WALL to Premiere at SXSW, in Theaters on May 3

    THE RIVER AND THE WALL
    THE RIVER AND THE WALL

    The River and The Wall follows five friends on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico. Riding horses, bicycles, and paddling canoes, they travel along the Rio Grande and meet with landowners, border patrol agents, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, immigrants, wildlife biologists, and folks on either side of the Rio to better understand where a physical border wall would go and the impacts it would have. 

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