The screening comes ahead of the pics wide release May 3 to help kick off the summer box office.
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Stephanie Hsu.
(World Premiere)
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
World premieres showcasing the art of storytelling by emerging voices.
(L-R) ‘The Fall Guy’ and ‘3-Body Problem’Courtesy of SXSW
Cast: Derrick B.
Inspired by a true story.
Amidst her reluctance to embrace motherhood, her boyfriend Brunos desire adds a surprising twist in their expectations.
While working, she tells one small lie that spins out of control.
The trio rail against the system, finding strength in their friendship.
But this is challenged when the schools matron divides them.
Together, they navigate life in the tumultuous music industry.
Anette is left at home with the baby, pushed to her emotional limits and psychologically on the brink.
They start to drift away from each other a little more each day.
But Thom will do anything to save his relationship and rekindle their love.
Rose confronts her past, leaving everyone questioning their existence and desires.
The result is a true-life tale of fame and friendship stranger (and funnier) than fiction.
One man lost his dick.
No one got any money.
This heist-gone-horribly-wrong led one Newport Beach detective on an international manhunt for the most twisted criminal hes ever hunted.
The team, the sons of sworn enemies battling in war, united their country in its darkest hour.
The secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants.
(World Premiere)
MIDNIGHTER
Exciting after-dark features for genre lovers and the terminally curious.
Watching her sick father decline, 11-year-old Johanna makes a call for a good spirit to save him.
But something else comes instead.
In the midst of this tough, yet endearing, male microsociety, she feels like she finally belongs.
A mysterious strangers arrival disrupts her newfound haven.
There they reckon with a mysterious force that pushes their familial bonds to unnatural breaking points.
This is a Film About The Black Keys.
A raw vision of love in a hostile Caribbean city.
Malta is her destination.
Cast: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Paul Raci, Sean San Jose (U.S.
Cast: Maeve Jinkings, Kauan Alvarenga, Thomas Aquino, Aline Marta Maia, Isac Graca (U.S. 3 Body Problem
Showrunners/Producers: David Benioff, D.B.
The upcoming fifth season is also the final season and conclusion to the epic adventures of theU.S.S.
(World Premiere)
Caller Number Nine!
A surprising night carries her, and a stranger, into new territory.
Together they will come to terms with the family bonds they are forced to create.
Except that her job is her whole life; her colleagues, her only family.
The quinquagenarian spends her last days of work fighting to save what is near and dear to her heart.
Two sinister doctors uncover an otherworldly bond between them that transcends time and space.
They might be the key to something greater…but at what cost?
But what starts as a routine journey quickly morphs into a Kafkaesque nightmare of terror and prejudice.
(World Premiere)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT COMPETITION
Authentic storytelling that captivates, surprises, and excites.
Hes now preparing for his final criminal trial.
A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror.
Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
As tensions rise and desires reach their boiling point, this isolated restaurant becomes a hotbed.
A group of women, over a drink, discusses who has it worse.
After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio.
With their slowly decaying costumes.
(Texas Premiere)
Dream Creep
Director/Screenwriter: Carlos A.F.
Shes an odd, lonely child and for good reason: shes convinced of being a vampire.
This short documentary interweaves three powerful narratives, shedding light on the motivations behind feminist activism in Mexico.
These projects emphasize ingenuity and storytelling across diverse industries.
XR Experience Competition
World premieres of mind bending immersive art.
A rare portrait of gifted leaders who walk in many worlds.
(World Premiere)
Eclipsing
Directors/Producers/Screenwriters: Andrew Schneider, Annie Saunders
Site-specific audio AR walk for headphones.
Just another day and then suddenly, extraordinarily synchronous.
designed to surveille your every thought.
To survive she must deal with the pirates captain and her cruel husband.
An exhibition of multiverse cubes.
(World Premiere)
XR Experience Spotlight
Masterful immersive art from around the world.
Blending cyberpunk aesthetics with intimate, audio-reactive explorations of pre and post-treatment emotions.
Join Marion Deichmann as she recounts her story of survival during the Holocaust.
(International Premiere)
Tadpole
Director: Diane Catsburrow Linnet
Its a day like any other.
How do you break the cycle?
(Texas Premiere)
XR Experience Special Event
Radical experimentations with emerging tech.
Presented by Synthesis Gallery from Berlin, Germany.
Unveil a mesmerizing world of rhizomes and particles, igniting shimmering elements via light beams.
