SXSW Festival News: SXSW Film & Television Feature Film Highlights
The highly anticipated 32nd edition of the festival has a very diverse lineup of films, TV projects, and XR Experiences to debut March 7-14, 2025. The 2025 Film & TV program includes 96 features (82 are World Premieres), 3 International Premieres, 3 North American Premieres, 2 U.S. Premieres, 6 Texas Premieres + 57 Short Films and 18 Music Videos. The TV Program includes 16 TV projects, 5 TV premieres, 4 TV Spotlight, and 7 Independent TV Pilots. There are 31 projects in the XR Experience Program, including 15 in XR Experience Competition and 16 in XR Experience Spotlight. All categories will be eligible for section-specific Audience Awards.
The 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival’s Opening Night TV Premiere is the eagerly anticipated Apple TV+ The Studio, starring Seth Rogen, who is also the writer, director, and executive producer alongside Emmy Award-nominee Evan Goldberg.
To read more about these films and others, visit https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/
24 Beats Per Second (Documentary Feature)
Selena y Los Dinos
Selena y Los Dinos explores the life and legacy of Selena Quintanilla, the Queen of Tejano music. Through archival footage and interviews, the film highlights her rise to stardom and her family’s commitment to preserving her enduring impact. (Texas Premiere)
Director: Isabel Castro, Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, Simran A. Singh
Film Screenings: Mar 12, 2025, 12:00 pm at Paramount Theatre, AFS Cinema, Mar 15, 2025, 6:45 pm
Narrative Spotlight:
The Astronaut
An astronaut believes something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth. Cast: Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, Macy Gray (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Jess Varley, Producers: Brad Fuller, Eric B. Fleischman, Chris Abernathy, Cameron Fuller
Film Screenings: Mar 7, 2025, 6:30 pm—8:00 pm at ZACH Theatre; Mar 11, 9:45 pm—11:15 pm at The Hyatt Regency; Mar 13, 2025, 3:00 pm—4:30 pm at Alamo Lamar 3 and Alamo Lamar 4.
Summer of 69
An awkward high school senior hires an exotic dancer to help seduce her longtime crush before graduation, leading to unexpected friendship and lessons in self-confidence, acceptance, and adulthood. Cast: Chloe Fineman, Sam Morelos, Matt Cornett, Nicole Byer, Liza Koshy, Natalie Morales, Alex Moffat, Fernando Carsa, Paula Pell, Charlie Day (World Premiere)
Director: Jillian Bell, Producers: Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps, Molle DeBartolo, Jillian Bell, Breanna Bell-Singer, Matt Skiena, Adam Goodman, Lucas Carter, Screenwriters: Jillian Bell, Liz Nico, Jules Byrne
Film Screenings: Mar 13, 2025 3:30 pm at Paramount Theatre, Mar 14, 9:15 pm The Hyatt Regency
Global Features:
Corina (Mexico)
Corina suffers from agoraphobia due to a traumatic event from her childhood. Everything will have to change if she wants to save her job. Cast: Naian González Norvind, Cristo Fernández, Carolina Politi, Mariana Gimenez, Laura de Ita, Gerardo Trejoluna (North American Premiere)
Director: Urzula Barba Hopfner, Producers: Carlos Hernández, Iván López- Barba, Urzula Barba, Screenwriters: Urzula Barba, Samuel Sosa
Film Screenings: Mar 8, 2025, 6:15 pm—7:51 pm at Violet Crown Cinema 2 and Cinema 4; Mar 10, 2025, 6:15 pm—7:51 pm Corina at Violet Crown Cinema 2 and Cinema 4; and Mar 13, 2025, 3:15 pm—4:51 pm at Alamo Lamar 2 and Alamo Lamar 7.
Fury (Spain)
Director: Gemma Blasco, Producer: Mireia Graell Vivancos, Screenwriters: Gemma Blasco, Eva Pauné
After being raped on New Year’s Eve, Alex seeks refuge in her brother. But consumed by rage, he follows an increasingly dark path. His reaction pushes them apart, and she channels her pain through theater, embodying the vengeful character of Medea. Cast: Ángela Cervantes, Àlex Monner, Carla Linares, Eli Iranzo, Salim Daprincee, Pau Escobar, Victoria Rivero (World Premiere)
Film Screenings: March 8/9th at Violet Crown Cinema and Mar 11 at Alamo South Lamar.
Documentary Spotlight:
American Sons
Director: Andrew James Gonzales, Producers: Laura Varela, Andrew James Gonzales, Elizabeth Avellan, Screenwriters: Laura Varela, Andrew James Gonzales
Haunted by a deadly deployment, a Brotherhood of Marines reunites to heal. (World Premiere)
Film Screenings: Mar 8, 2025, 5:45 pm — 6:44 pm at AFS Cinema, Mar 10, 9:15 pm The Hyatt Regency
Uvalde Mom
When a school mass shooting rocks a small town in Texas, a mom desperate to save her kids is launched into the public eye. She speaks out against a system that never protected her. The community challenges these powers and exposes those who failed to protect its most vulnerable – children. (World Premiere)
Director: Anayansi Prado, Producers: Ina Fichman, David Goldblum, Screenwriters: Anayansi Prado, Pablo Proenza
Film Screenings: Mar 10, 2025, 5:45 pm — 7:11 pm at Rollins Theatre at The Long Center; Mar 11, 2025, 5:00 pm — 6:26 pm at AFS Cinema, Mar 14, 2025, 6:00 pm — 7:26 pm at The Hyatt Regency
ASCO: Without Permission
ASCO: Without Permission profiles the extraordinary, LA-based Chicano art group ASCO. Through a genre-defying approach, it reimagines what is possible today in art and cinema while celebrating an iconoclastic group that was far ahead of its time. Featuring Harry Gamboa Jr., Patssi Valdez, Gronk, Willie Herrón, Zoe Saldaña, Michael Peña, Maria Maea, San Cha, Ruben Ulises Montoya Rodriguez (World Premiere)
Director/Screenwriter: Travis Gutiérrez Senger, Producers: Andrew Renzi, Nick Boak, Kyzza Terrazas, Santiago Maza, Sabrina Coulston, Colin Cadarette, Travis Gutiérrez Senger
Executive Producer: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Isaac Lee, Nando Vila, Carrie Lozano, Castulo de la Rocha, Barbara J. Norris, Brenda Robinson, Carlos Ibarra, Veronica Diaferia, Sara Eolin, Neil Champagne
Film Screenings: Mar 10, 6 pm at The Hyatt Regency; Mar 12, 2:45 pm Alamo Lamar 2 and 7; Mar 13, 11:45 am 0pat Alamo Lamar 2 and 7.
Headliner
Holland
Director: Mimi Cave, Producers: Kate Churchill, Peter Dealbert, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Screenwriter: Andrew Sodroski
In this unpredictable thriller, Nancy is a teacher whose life with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles into a twisted tale when she and her colleague become suspicious of a secret. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen, Jude Hill, Gael García Bernal (World Premiere)
Film Screenings: Paramount Theatre, Mar 9, 2025, 6:00pm and Mar 10, 11:00 am at Hyatt Regency
For more information, https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/
Source: SXSW