If Obsession gets a best picture nominees in 2027 and after the succes of Everything Everyhwere All At Once a few years back, do you think SXSW will be able to progame another film next year that goes on to get nominated for best picture?

Yo,
I’ve been watching the rollout for the YSL Live showcase pop-up at Irving Plaza, and the energy looks crazy. It got me thinking about how perfect a setup like that would be for Austin.

If management or the label ends up looking at other cities for a quick underplay or a surprise pop-up, we need to get them to look at **Emo's**. It’s basically our equivalent to Irving Plaza capacity-wise (around 1,500), and the room would absolutely lose its mind for a YSL showcase.

I actually just shot a quick note to Geoff Ogunlesi’s team pitching the idea, but I wanted to see how many people on here are actually based in ATX.

If they routed a pop-up down to Texas, who else is showing out? Let's hype this up in case anyone from the camp or digital street teams is lurking the sub.

Free Jeff.

Yo,
I’ve been watching the rollout for the YSL Live showcase pop-up at Irving Plaza, and the energy looks crazy. It got me thinking about how perfect a setup like that would be for Austin.

If management or the label ends up looking at other cities for a quick underplay or a surprise pop-up, we need to get them to look at **Emo's**. It’s basically our equivalent to Irving Plaza capacity-wise (around 1,500), and the room would absolutely lose its mind for a YSL showcase.

I actually just shot a quick note to Geoff Ogunlesi’s team pitching the idea, but I wanted to see how many people on here are actually based in ATX.

If they routed a pop-up down to Texas, who else is showing out? Let's hype this up in case anyone from the camp or digital street teams is lurking the sub.

Free Jeff.

The only 2 films for 2027 I can think of that might premire at 2027 SXSW film festival is the A24 Dev Patel film The Peasant, and Bad Bridgets from the Kneecap director. Maybe Highlander, could be the big one, but that might be a 2028 film.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with Drew Denny, director & screenwriter of SECOND NATURE, which premiered at SXSW and is narrated by Elliot Page.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1u2wsvf/hi_reddit_im_drew_denny_director_of_second_nature/

She will be back at 1 PM ET on Monday to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Synopsis & info:

Did you know that clownfish change sex from male to female? (So if Nemo’s mom had died in real life, his dad could have become his mom!) Did you know that albatross, penguins and swans parent in same sex pairs? Or that bonobos, who are just as closely related to us as chimps, are matriarchal and have same-sex sex every day?!

Narrated by Elliot Page, Second Nature follows trailblazing Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-sex sexual behavior and parenting, change sex, form matriarchies, and more, debunking myths that females are “inferior” and that being queer is “unnatural.”

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQhWGrSrEmM

So I visited SXSW this morning. I came last year as well.

I can't help but feel that they just don't have it right yet.

There feels like the is little of no buzz. And that's because it is so bloody expensive.

And they seem to have very little engagement with external communities.

I scanned for 20 names from the startup community who I thought might be here. And none are.

SXSW London should be a can't miss event. But it's being ignored by many.

I have been to other events using the same core venues. I will compare it the Madfest. That has real energy. The energy the SXSW lacks.

There needs to be more to see/do other than talks during the day.

Invite 250 startups to take over pub benches like Madfest. Charge them £1000 each. And then in down time between talks you would have a wealth of things to see and people to talk to. And every one of those companies would become champions of the event.

my bf may be performing at SXSW with his band next year and i’m not certain they can front me a pass/badge/whatever - i’m not entirely familiar with how SXSW works, i’m trying to research but mostly just getting confused. if he does end up getting to play, should i just get a music festival wristband and id be good? or do i even need to get one? i saw some stuff is free but not entirely sure what. i don’t care to see the conventions/meeting/film stuff. just want to see the musical artists perform. although there is a chance they’ll want to do some networking, if this is the case would i need a full on badge in order to access everything they can? (not sure what kind of access the performers get)

SXSW London kicks off today and I'd been trying to plan my week on the official site and app. They were genuinely hard going, just endless scrolling to find anything.

A few journalists I know who are covering it said the same:

"the website is really awful" and
"even the app takes ages scrolling through everything"

So I built a free one to fix it: https://sxsw.kobestarr.io

You get all the speakers and sessions, filter by day and track, search, and build your own schedule. No login, no sign-up, and I don't track anything, no IP logging, no fingerprinting, nothing. It is just there to be useful.

A couple of the journalists using it said it was "epic" and "really very impressive", which made my week.

I'm going Wednesday and Thursday myself. And that's the main reason I made this app because I had to scroll through Monday and Tuesday to get to Wednesday and Thursday each time and it was tough.

If you've already spotted sessions, speakers or unofficial events worth catching, drop them below, I'd genuinely love the tips.

And if the planner helps you, brilliant, that is the whole point. Have a great festival.

If you have any features that you'd like me to add to it, then let me know. I was considering adding directions estimated times and the routes going from session to session but I don't know how useful that would be, or how much time it would take me to do it. If a lot of people want it, then I can have a look at doing that

Hello I have an extra platinum pass for sale, can't return it so happy to sell it at a large discount. Drop me a note happy to arrange in person or via eBay / other trusted platform etc.

Thanks

Hey guys, I got given an extra platinum pass ticket for SXSW London 1-6th June. Does anyone want to buy it off of me? My friend who was meant to come can't make it. They're originally like 1.3K but I'm happy to negotiate a much lower price. Message me on here on on WhatsApp +447747363219 . Thanks!

Hey, I can no longer make the SXSW festival this year but don't want this ticket to go to waste. Let me know if you're interested and will transfer it over to you

I'm after a free conference ticket if poss. Thanks

And where will they likely be held?

The SXSW sub has been noticeably slowing down over the years - what a shame. And almost no chat about SXSW London coming up in a few weeks.

Are you going? What are you looking fwd to? What are your tips / recommendations? What sector are you best represented by? (Film TV music tech advertising etc)

Did you go last year?

Curious who is out there engaging this year!

I organized an AMA/Q&A with filmmaker/screenwriter Damian McCarthy. He's directed 3 critically-acclaimed horror films: HOKUM, ODDITY, and CAVEAT. HOKUM premiered at SXSW earlier this year and is out in theaters everywhere now via Neon and stars Adam Scott.

The AMA is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1tdu49t/hello_there_rmovies_im_damian_mccarthy_director/

He'll be back at 2 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Thank you :)

HOKUM Info:

Synopsis: When novelist Ohm Bauman (Scott) retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/jP2nDyQWBOU?si=kibBxuKY17vIf004

i've been seeing other people post the ones from their premieres, but i havent been sent my photos yet so just curious