SXSW Dailies March 14th, 2026

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

11:30AM – 1:08PM at the ZACH THEATER

PLANTMAN & BLONDIE: A DRESS UP GANG FILM After a run-in with the rogue vigilante known as Plantman, Cory’s world turns upside down. The socially isolated thirty-something year old must now decide how far he’ll go within in this floral underground network he has been thrust in to. 

3:30PM – 5:04PM at the STATE THEATRE

BRIAN: After a meltdown during drama club auditions and hopelessly in love with his teacher, Brian decides to run for class president, in search of his new “thing” and with the hopes of getting closer to his teacher. 

6:00PM – 7:34PM at the ZACH THEATER 

SENDER: Receiving a mysterious series of packages, all of which contain items that eerily relate to her past, Julia, a recently fired and sober woman begins to fall down a rabbit hole in the hopes of finding the identity behind who’s sending her these packages. 

7:15PM – 8:42PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 4 

MALLORY'S GHOST: After joining her boyfriend on a retreat to Maine, Mallory becomes convinced she’s haunted by the ghost of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend. What started as something harmless soon becomes a trip that jumps between the past and present, rivalry and affection, melancholy and creativity. 

HEADLINER

11:00AM – 12:48PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME: After surviving the Le Domas family’s brutal attack from the first instalment in the Ready or Not series, Grace must now keep her estranged sister Faith alive, outrun four rival families, and win the High Seat of the Council, gaining the control of the world! 

5:30PM – 7:15PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE 

OVER YOUR DEAD BODY: Secretly planning on killing each other, a dysfunctional couple travel to a secluded cabin under the guise of supposedly reconnecting 

9:00PM – 10:47PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE 

MIKE & NICK & NICK & ALICE: If trying to survive the most dangerous night of their lives wasn’t enough, two gangsters and the woman they love must now deal with... a time mache! 

FESTIVAL FAVORITES 

11:00AM – 12:30PM at the SATELLITE VENUE: AFS CINEMA 

TIME AND WATER: Converting loss into a time capsule, Icelandic poet and writer, Andri Snær Magnason is inspired by the melting glacial ice in his homeland to use his grandparents’ photographs, films and his own collected archives to create a cinematic time capsule. 

2:45PM – 4:28PM at the SATELLITE VENUE: AFS CINEMA 

THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST: With a child on the way, this father-to-be attempts to understand the AI insanity that’s consumed the world. 

6:15PM – 7:53PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 4 

BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY: Delving deep into rebellion, all 14-year-old Sid wants to do is gain the acceptance from an older group of girls, all while discovering desire, identity and the internet

6:15PM – 7:53PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 2 

BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY: Delving deep into rebellion, all 14-year-old Sid wants to do is gain the acceptance from an older group of girls, all while discovering desire, identity and the internet 

7:00PM – 8:48PM at the STATE THEATRE 

OBSESSION: Before discovering that some wishes come at an unforeseen and frightening price, a hopeless romantic breaks the “One Wish Willow” with the hope of winning his crush’s heart. 

TV

12:00PM – 2:00PM at the STATE THEATRE 

THE AUDACITY: An audacious wannabe tech titan, fueled by power and profit forms an unconventional relationship with his therapist. 

2:00PM – 2:48PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 3 

WOODSTOCKERS: Never returning home after attending Woodstock back in the summer of ‘69, Lenny and his best friend Calvin started a new life in upstate New York. However, after many years of living freely, Lenny must come to terms with his life after his wife left him and his best friend died. 

2:00PM – 2:48PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 1 

WOODSTOCKERS: Never returning home after attending Woodstock back in the summer of ‘69, Lenny and his best friend Calvin started a new life in upstate New York. However, after many years of living freely, Lenny must come to terms with his life after his wife left him and his best friend died. 

3:00PM – 4:42PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 4 
INDEPENDENT TV PILOT PROGRAM: Screenings of pilot episodes from new independent talent.