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Mar 13, 2026

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SXSW DAILIES MARCH 13TH, 2026

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

10:45AM – 12:14PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 5

THE SNAKE: Jamie, the ungovernable middle-aged wild child, is left evicted and single after an explosive collision with her mother, Anne.

2:45PM – 4:08PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 5

SEAHORSE: Crashing her bike into her now unhoused estranged father; Nola, a sous chef striving for stability, must now take him in. However, as a result of this collision Nola must now face long-buried trauma, and a reckoning with forgiveness, and grief with the slight possibility that her and her father's relationship may strengthen.

6:00PM – 7:13PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 5

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.

HEADLINER

11:00AM – 12:45PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE

I LOVE BOOSTERS: A fashion icon becomes the new target of a team of professional shoplifters.

5:30PM – 7:18PM 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!

9:00PM – 10:28PM at the PARAMOUNT THEATRE

PRETTY LETHAL: After their bus breaks down, five ballerinas must utilize years of intense training to attempt to escape from an unselecting inn.

FESTIVAL FAVORITES

11:00AM – 12:11PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 3

ERUPCJA: When Nel, a florist in Warsaw, is visited by her childhood friend Bethany and her new boyfriend, the romantic lives of these two women begin to get complicated.

11:00AM – 12:11PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 1

ERUPCJA: When Nel, a florist in Warsaw, is visited by her childhood friend Bethany and her new boyfriend, the romantic lives of these two women begin to get complicated.

11:15AM – 12:53PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 8

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

11:15AM – 12:46PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 4

COOKIE QUEENS: For these girls ages 5-12 selling cookies is no joke. Striving to be the “cookie queen,” four ambitious girls must be the top-selling girl scout if they wish to win that title.

11:30AM – 1:11PM at the ZACH THEATER

SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU: Battling PTSD after the death of his sister, a comedy writer discovers healing and laughter with the help of his family.

11:45AM – 1:18PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 9

AMERICAN DOCTOR: Caught between medicine and politics, three prominent doctors with different backgrounds (Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian) fight and risk everything to expose the truth.

3:15PM – 4:58PM at the STATE THEATRE

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.

3:15PM – 4:34PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 4

JOYBUBBLES: Discovering the power to control phones by whistling a special tone, Joybubbles, a blind and lonely boy soon becomes an essential component for the future of technology and hacking culture.

3:15PM – 4:34PM at the VIOLET CROWN CINEMA / VIOLET CROWN 2

6:15PM – 7:42PM at the ALAMO LAMAR / ALAMO LAMAR 9

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.

12:00PM – 1:49PM at the STATE THEATRE

MONSTERS OF GOD: Spanning six continents and over 50 years, this criminal empire is built on “the fever.” What is “the fever” you may ask; it is an undying urge that some collectors have which makes them chase bigger, rarer and even deadlier reptiles. Resulting in a billion-dollar underground reptile smuggling market.