SXSW dailies March 17, 2026
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
11:30AM – 12:43PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 1
EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER: Accidentally becoming an icon by starting a punk band with her fellow “turds,” Edie, known as a timid dork, must now deal with the hot girls, the nuns, and the horniest altar boy she somehow pissed off.
3:00PM – 4:34PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 9
BRIAN: After a meltdown during drama club auditions and hopelessly in love with his teacher, Brian decides to run for class president, in search for his new “thing” and with the hopes of getting closer to his teacher.
HEADLINER
2:00PM – 3:47PM at the ZACH THEATER
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!
9:30PM – 11:04PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE
THEY WILL KILL YOU: Unbeknownst to her, a woman takes a job as a housekeeper to a building shrouded in mystery and disappearances. Now, she must survive a demonic cult if she ever hopes to make it out alive, instead of becoming their next offering.
FESTIVAL FAVORITES
6:00PM – 7:31PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE
CHASING SUMMER: Hoping to be able to safely retreat to her small Texas hometown after losing her job and her boyfriend, Jamie’s life is turned upside down when she is faced with friends and old flings from high school.
6:00PM – 7:55PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 2
PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY: Presenting how she can transform personal vulnerability into artistic power, comedian Maria Bamford creates uplifting and humorous material out of her mental health journey.
6:00PM – 7:55PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 4
PARALYZED BY HOPE: THE MARIA BAMFORD STORY: Presenting how she can transform personal vulnerability into artistic power, comedian Maria Bamford creates uplifting and humorous material out of her mental health journey.
6:30PM – 8:18PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 4
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.
9:00PM – 10:27PM at the SATELLITE VENUE: AFS CINEMA
THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Starting as a film about longevity quickly, this ten-year worldwide exploration that attempts to track the current “oldest person alive,” soon becomes a mediation on the joy of human existence and a portrait of the unpredictability of fate.
10:00PM – 11:37PM at the STATE THEATRE
ROCK SPRINGS: Moving to a new town is hard for everyone, epically when you're grieving and your house is haunted. Silence since the death of her father and isolated by her mother, eight-year-old Gracie begins to play with the evil spirit that resides in the woods behind their house.
