Overview
- The festival’s 40th edition is underway in Austin with a 119-feature slate, as Filmmaker Magazine begins on-the-ground coverage.
- Deadline reports Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters opened the festival, featuring Keke Palmer alongside a star-studded ensemble.
- Filmmaker highlights a genre-forward lineup with world premieres including Damian McCarthy’s Hokum and Jorma Taccone’s Over Your Dead Body.
- Neon plans to release Hokum roughly two and a half weeks after its SXSW debut, underscoring the event’s launchpad function for new titles.
- Additional spotlights include Meredith Alloway’s Forbidden Fruits, Daniel Lambroso’s Manhood, Joe Swanberg’s The Sun Never Sets, and the return of The Comeback with AI in its writers’ room.