SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...2024 Jury and Special Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Interactive Bytes

Game Design Competitions recap

"...Game Design Competition/Casual GamesSunday, March 15, 3:30-4:30pm, Room 6 Game..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

SXSW Film: The Audience Has Spoken

Audience Awards and tonight's reprise screenings announced

"...to fill in those TBAs on tonight's schedule, which SXSW left blank for today's announcement of reprise screenings of..."

March 16, 2013 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...So SXSW made its first announcement for film, so you've had..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March 8-17) announced that Jordan Peele's eagerly awaited..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film lineup...."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...– will all be in attendance at the festival), SXSW 09 has some big-buzz films, like Spike Lee’s Passing..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place is this..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Game of Life

An early look at Will Wright's Spore

"...shameless movie tie-ins, and Grand Theft Auto copycat clones, video-game fans scanning the shelves at their local electronics store..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Saltzman

SXSW Web Awards Announced

At Sunday's ceremony, emcee Doug Benson dished out prizes for superior web content

"...The SXSW Web Awards went down Sunday evening, emceed by Doug..."

March 14, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...The stars have aligned for South by Southwest’s latest..."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

SXSW Short and Sweet: “Sisters”

Jess Brunetto on her story of sibling rivalry and bonding

"...and Sweet, our look at short films playing at SXSW. Today our pick sees accomplished film and TV editor..."

March 17, 2021 Screens Post by Shane Pfender

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision), Ike Barinholtz (The Oath, SXSW 2018 favorite Blockers), and Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...OK, not everybody can be from Austin (though once..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...That’s how wide the tent is at the SXSW Conference, as demonstrated in today’s latest lineup announcement, where..."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...Joining a keynote roster that already includes Planned Parenthood..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Thursday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Sinking Deeper

Robin Arnott explores the outer limits of video-game immersion

"...Playing sound designer Robin Arnott's experiment in immersion, Deep Sea, is a..."

April 15, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Power up the PDA

Recommended at SXSW Interactive 2003.

"...SXSW Interactive provides plenty of things to keep any geek..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Technomancers

Computer Gaming Gurus at SXSW Interactive

"...they are now, right up front: hundreds of computer games. Of course! What else drives the sale of new..."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Upcoming Gaming Events

Not counting that SXSW thing

"...It's common knowledge: The SXSW Gaming Expo is going to be great. It's free...."

March 5, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...2. SXSW Multimedia Festival sets attendance record; attracts national sponsors...."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...software company. The Convention Center opens, becomes home to SXSW, then grows. Capital Metro tries, then stops trying, then..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...the hell is this going to end? Chicago Web designers Sean Bonner and Chris Lathrop certainly were. Figuring it..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Why Wall Street Is Betting on Austin's Multimedia That Magic Touch

"...make the buzz list this year. No single-player computer games either, which were so hot in 1997. Neither do..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Really Rad Rachel

Media darling Rachel Muir and her nonprofit Girlstart earn the Dewey Winburne Community Service Award.

"...Thursday at Girlstart, and the girls are playing a game. The game is to add an alliterative adjective to..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Film Flam

NEA awards AFS, festival news, and 'Black Metal' seeks extras

"...specific plan is "to involve the community in the design of the 'public face' of Austin Studios, which includes..."

July 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

SXSW Film front: Kevin Smith to hang around the Hilton. (No, not that Hilton.)

"...good to know the Hiltons didn't skimp on the design. And how cool is it that it's, like, 10..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Trailer Hitch, 3/10

Masters of art

"...he was Emmy awarded for his set and puppet design on Pee Wee’s Playhouse, and his art direction on..."

March 10, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones