SXSW 2021 Schedule

10:00AM

4 Feet High

Directed by

Maria Belen Poncio (Director), Rosario Perazolo Masjoan (Co-Director)

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Art and Entrepreneurship in a Time of Crisis

Connection in Disconnection

Professional Development

Session

Dale's House

Directed by

Kat Whalen, Matt Kirsch & Julie Lake - Writer/Creators

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Film Programmer AMA Live Chat

Meet Up

Networking

For the Record

Directed by

Lisa Baylin, Julian De Zotti

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Fucking with Nobody

Directed by

Hannaleena Hauru

Global

Narrative Feature

Screening

I'm Fine (Thanks For Asking)

Directed by

Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

I'm Fine (Thanks For Asking)

Directed by

Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

Leading Safely + Motivating Empathetically

The Rebirth of Business

Featured Session

Session

Made for Love

Directed by

Christina Lee - Showrunner, Co-Creator, Executive Producer, Alissa Nutting - Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Stephanie Laing - Director

Episodic Premieres

Episodic

Screening

Mentor Session Information

Mentor Session

Session

Parked in America

Directed by

Luke Salin, Kayla Yumi Lewis

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Pitch-Smart Cities, Transportation & Logistics

Pitch Event

Session

Pivot to Growth: The Business of Experience

Presented by

Accenture

The Rebirth of Business

Presentation

Session

The Position

Directed by

Matthew Lessner, Breeda Wool & Michael Kaleda, Executive Producers

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Pretend Partners

Directed by

Ron Najor

Episodic Pilot Competition

Episodic

Screening

Soy Cubana

Directed by

Jeremy Ungar, Ivaylo Getov

24 Beats Per Second

Documentary Feature

Screening

Soy Cubana

Directed by

Jeremy Ungar, Ivaylo Getov

24 Beats Per Second

Documentary Feature

Screening

Subjects of Desire

Directed by

Jennifer Holness

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

Subjects of Desire

Directed by

Jennifer Holness

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

Ted Lasso: Emotion in the Edit

Cultural Resilience in the Arts

Featured Session

Session

WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

Directed by

Jed Rothstein

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

Directed by

Jed Rothstein

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

The Thrilling Potential of SexTech

Connection in Disconnection

Featured Session

Session

11:00AM

Reimagining Audio for an Electric Vehicle Future

Presented by

LucidxDolby

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Panel

Session

We Want Live Shows Again! Concerts in a Post-COVID World

An Uncharted Future

Featured Session

Session

A Conversation with Desus Nice and The Kid Mero

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Featured Session

Session

Creativity that Leads to Change

Presented by

P&G

The Rebirth of Business

Panel

Session

Design for our Changing Times

An Uncharted Future

Featured Session

Session

Making Emotional Connections With Volumetric Video

Connection in Disconnection

Featured Session

Session

12:00PM

The Avalanches - 'Running Red Lights'

Directed by

Greg Brunkalla

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Bob Moses Featuring ZHU - 'Desire'

Directed by

Owen Brown

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Clerk

Directed by

Malcolm Ingram

2020 Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Clerk

Directed by

Malcolm Ingram

2020 Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

C.Tangana - 'Demasiadas Mujeres'

Directed by

Santos Bacana

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

The Daily Show News Team: Content from Their Couches

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Featured Session

Session

Dirty Projectors - 'Overlord'

Directed by

Dave Longstreth

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Fan & Band Interaction in Livestream & XR

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Featured Session

Session

Finding Balance: From O-Line to Pandemic Frontline

A New Urgency

Featured Session

Session

Finding Pandora X Performance 1

Directed by

Kiira Benzing

Virtual Cinema Spotlight

Virtual Cinema

Screening

FKA twigs - 'sad day'

Directed by

Hiro Murai

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

The Girlfriend Experience

Directed by

Anja Marquardt

Episodic Premieres

Episodic

Screening

Hedgehog - 'Bat'

Directed by

Haonan Wang

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Here Before

Directed by

Stacey Gregg

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

Here Before

Directed by

Stacey Gregg

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

Jeremy Ivey - 'Someone Else's Problem'

Directed by

Kimberly Stuckwisch

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Julia Stone - 'Break'

Directed by

Jessie Hill

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Kuricorder Quartet - 'Southpaw'

Directed by

Sawako Kabuki

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Luchadoras

Directed by

Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim

Global

Documentary Feature

Screening

Luchadoras

Directed by

Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim

Global

Documentary Feature

Screening

Madame Gandhi - 'Waiting for Me'

Directed by

Misha Ghose

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Makeup and Vanity Set - 'Algorithm'

Directed by

Saman Kesh, Justin Daashuur Hopkins

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Not Going Quietly

Directed by

Nicholas Bruckman

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

Not Going Quietly

Directed by

Nicholas Bruckman

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

Pinterest x SXSW Session: Launching Your Next Idea

Challenging Tech’s Path Forward

Professional Development

Session

Pitch-Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Voice

Pitch Event

Session

Recovery

Directed by

Mallory Everton, Stephen Meek

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Recovery

Directed by

Mallory Everton, Stephen Meek

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Round Tables: Publicity and Marketing

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Round Table

Session

Run The Jewels ft. Pharrell Williams and Zack de la Rocha - 'JU$T'

Directed by

Winston Hacking

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Wax Tailor - 'Misery (ft. Rosemary Standley)'

Directed by

Berkay Türk

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige & Tommy Theo - 'Always'

Directed by

Nelson de Castro

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

Witch Prophet - 'Tesfay'

Directed by

Leah Vlemmiks

Music Video Competition

Music Video

Screening

F*ck The Spark And Other Ways To Not Die Alone

Connection in Disconnection

Featured Session

Session

How a Video Game Changed How We Talk to Patients

Presented by

Real Chemistry

An Uncharted Future

Panel

Session

1:00PM

Keynote: Willie Nelson in Conversation with Andy Langer

Keynote

Session

2:00PM

Beyond the Model

Directed by

Jessica Lin

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

Climate Change Meet Up

Meet Up

Networking

Comeuppance

Directed by

Meredith Smith

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

A Conversation with Icons Queen Latifah and LL COOL J

Cultural Resilience in the Arts

Featured Session

Session

The Good Wife's Guide

Directed by

Chloe Merriman

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

The Great Belgian Beer Tasting & Giveaway!

Presented by

Flanders Investment & Trade

Special Event

Hemp Forward: Regulation and Free Market Collide

Presented by

High Grade Hemp Seed

An Uncharted Future

Panel

Session

Holographic Dreams

Directed by

Satvik Shankar

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

Immunized: COVID 19 and the Race for a Vaccine

A New Urgency

Featured Session

Session

In Time

Directed by

Gaelila McKaughan

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

Language Lessons

Directed by

Natalie Morales

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Language Lessons

Directed by

Natalie Morales

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Making of Reeducated: A VR New Yorker Documentary

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Panel

Session

Metamorphism

Directed by

Kate Saltel

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

Our Father

Directed by

Bradley Grant Smith

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

Our Father

Directed by

Bradley Grant Smith

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

Pitch-Innovative World Technology

Pitch Event

Session

A Really Dark Comedy

Directed by

Manasi Ughadmathe

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

The Return: Life After ISIS

Directed by

Alba Sotorra Clua

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

The Return: Life After ISIS

Directed by

Alba Sotorra Clua

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

Round Tables: Filmmakers

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Round Table

Session

Spring Valley

Directed by

Garrett Zevgetis

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Spring Valley

Directed by

Garrett Zevgetis

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Twyla Moves

Directed by

Steven Cantor

Visions

Documentary Feature

Screening

Twyla Moves

Directed by

Steven Cantor

Visions

Documentary Feature

Screening

When Claude Got Shot

Directed by

Brad Lichtenstein

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

When Claude Got Shot

Directed by

Brad Lichtenstein

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Why The Music Biz is Buzzing About the Metaverse

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Featured Session

Session

Wired Shut.

Directed by

Alex O. Martinez

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Texas High School

Screening

The Future of Music and Gaming Partnerships

An Uncharted Future

Featured Session

Session

Laurieann Gibson on Tapping Into Your Creative Vision

Cultural Resilience in the Arts

Featured Session

Session

3:00PM

Alexi Pappas & Bill Hader on Being a Bravey

Cultural Resilience in the Arts

Featured Session

Session

COVID-19: The New Reality

A New Urgency

Featured Session

Session

How to Get Twice as Much Done in Half the Time

The Rebirth of Business

Professional Development

Session

Tiny Airplanes Can Solve Big Problems

Presented by

Wing

An Uncharted Future

Presentation

Session

Why Do We Fear Innovation?

Presented by

Leaps by Bayer and Tech Open Air

An Uncharted Future

Featured Session

Session

Digital Access: A New Social Determinant of Health

Presented by

Texas Children's Hospital

A New Urgency

Panel

Session

Incorporating Choreography and Verse Into Blindspotting

Special Events

Session

Round Tables: Producers/Production

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Round Table

Session

4:00PM

The 100 Title Sequence

Directed by

Dustin Reno, Evan Jackson

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Aleph Title Sequence

Directed by

Ugur Baltepe, Ethem Cem

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Birds Of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Title Sequence

Directed by

Michael Riley (Creative Director & Illustrator), Bob Swensen (Producer)

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

The Botanist Title Sequence

Directed by

Michael Rosen

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Dichos Title Sequence

Directed by

Gwenaëlle Gobé

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

The Fallout

Directed by

Megan Park

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

The Fallout

Directed by

Megan Park

Narrative Feature Competition

Narrative Feature

Screening

LGBTQIA+ Meet Up

Meet Up

Networking

Lust Title Sequence

Directed by

Rudy Schultz

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Ma Belle, My Beauty

Directed by

Marion Hill

Festival Favorites

Narrative Feature

Screening

Ma Belle, My Beauty

Directed by

Marion Hill

Festival Favorites

Narrative Feature

Screening

Never Forget Tibet Title Sequence

Directed by

Chris Caswell

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

Directed by

Nick Gillespie

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break

Directed by

Nick Gillespie

Narrative Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

The Queen's Gambit Title Sequence

Directed by

Saskia Marka

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Saygı Title Sequence

Directed by

Ethem Cem, Uğur Baltepe

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story Title Sequence

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Scoob! Title Sequence

Directed by

Jon Berkowitz, Brad Colwell

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Sonic the Hedgehog Title Sequence

Directed by

William Lebeda, Cecilia De Jesus

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Strangled Title Sequence

Directed by

András Derzsy, Sándor Takó

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Swamp Thing Title Sequence

Directed by

Aaron Becker (Title Designer & Creative Director)

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

Under the Influence Title Sequence

Directed by

Nicco Quiñones

Title Design Competition

Title Sequence

Screening

United States vs. Reality Winner

Directed by

Sonia Kennebeck

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

United States vs. Reality Winner

Directed by

Sonia Kennebeck

Documentary Feature Competition

Documentary Feature

Screening

We Are As Gods

Directed by

Jason Sussberg, David Alvardo

2020 Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

We Are As Gods

Directed by

Jason Sussberg, David Alvardo

2020 Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Directed by

Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Directed by

Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

Documentary Spotlight

Documentary Feature

Screening

XR Industry Meet Up

Meet Up

Networking

5:00PM

A Conversation with Kenan Thompson and Chance the Rapper

Transforming the Entertainment Landscape

Featured Session

Session

Plastic is Not the Problem

Presented by

BogoBrush

A New Urgency

Panel

Session

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story: Scenes from the Rough Cut

Special Events

Session

SXSW Film with RSVP

Directed by

fdsaf

Festival Favorites

Narrative Feature

Screening

6:00PM

Exploring Diversity in Surf Culture

Presented by

White Claw

A New Urgency

Panel

Session

HBO Max's Made for Love: Panel with Stars and Executive Producers

Special Events

Session

MusiCares Safe Harbor Meeting

Special Event

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Directed by

Mary Wharton

Headliners

Documentary Feature

Screening

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free

Directed by

Mary Wharton

Headliners

Documentary Feature

Screening

Welcome To The Other Side - SXSW Special

Directed by

Jean-Michel Jarre

Virtual Cinema Special Event

Virtual Cinema

Screening

7:00PM

Backstage Tours of Mount Olympus

Special Events

Session

Beyond the Black Square: Brands’ Racial Reckoning

Presented by

Edelman

A New Urgency

Panel

Session

A Conversation with the Filmmakers Behind Hulu's WEWORK: or THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF A $47 BILLION UNICORN

Special Events

Session

Scoring my first Feature Film, a conversation with Finneas O’Connell

Special Events

Session

8:00PM

A Black Wall Street for Education

Presented by

EdChoice

The Rebirth of Business

Panel

Session

The Feast

Directed by

Lee Haven Jones

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

The Feast

Directed by

Lee Haven Jones

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

Jakob's Wife

Directed by

Travis Stevens

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

Jakob's Wife

Directed by

Travis Stevens

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

Offseason

Directed by

Mickey Keating

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

Offseason

Directed by

Mickey Keating

Midnighters

Narrative Feature

Screening

Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: 2021 SXSW Filmmakers Panel

Special Events

Session

Witch Hunt

Directed by

Elle Callahan

2020 Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Witch Hunt

Directed by

Elle Callahan

2020 Spotlight

Narrative Feature

Screening

Clerk and Twerk with Kevin Smith and Malcolm Ingram

Special Events

Session

9:00PM

Health and Our Built Environment After Covid

Presented by

Michigan House

An Uncharted Future

Panel

Session

A Q&A with Kier-La Janisse of Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched

Special Events

Session

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