AUSTIN, Texas — Good news, movie lovers: SXSW has announced the film feature and episode premieres fest-goers can expect to see this year!
This year, 102 feature and episodic premieres will be shown across SXSW, from March 13 to March 22. According to SXSW, this year's program was selected from 2,315 feature-length film submissions, with a total of 8,362 films submitted.
"Every year we pore through thousands of submissions for the best films to present to the SXSW audience," Director of Film Janet Pierson said. "We are astounded by the talent at every level, from the emerging micro-budget artist to those at the peak of their careers, and can't wait to share their risk-taking, passion and achievements in March."
This year's Opening Night Film will be Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," starring Pete Davidson. It is Apatow's first film as a director since 2015's "Trainwreck."
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Feature highlights for this year include:
- The King of Staten Island (Dir. Judd Apatow)
- Bad Trip (Dir. Kitao Sakurai)
- The Lovebirds (Dir. Michael Showalter)
- In & Of Itself (Dir. Frank Oz)
- The 24th (Dir. Kevin Willmott)
- She Dies Tomorrow (Dir. Amy Seimetz
- Zappa (Dir. Alex Winter)
- Critical Thinking (Dir. John Leguizamo)
- Clerk (Dir. Malcolm Ingram)
- A Secret Love (Dir. Chris Bolan)
- The Show (Dir. Mitch Jenkins)
- I Used to Go Here (Dir. Kris Rey)
- Uncorked (Dir. Prentice Penny)
- Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne (Dir. R. Greg Johnston)
- We Are the Thousand (Dir. Anita Rivaroli)
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette (Dir. David Darg and Price James)
Episodic highlights include:
- Central Park (Showrunner: Loren Bouchard)
- Chad (Showrunner: Nasim Pedrad)
- Outcry (Showrunner: Pat Kondelis)
- Snowpiercer (Showrunner: Graeme Manson)
- Upload (Showrunner: Greg Daniels)
The Narrative Feature Competition includes:
- Holler (Dir. Nicole Riegel)
- I'll Meet You There (Dir. Iram Parveen Bilal)
- Lapsis (Dir. Noah Hutton)
- Pink Skies Ahead (Dir. Kelly Oxford)
- Really Love (Dir. Angel Kristi Williams)
- S---house (Dir. Cooper Raiff)
- Shiva Baby (Dir. Emma Seligman)
- Teenage Bada-- (Dir. Grant McCord)
- Topside (Dir. Celine Held and Logan George)
- Violet (Dir. Justine Bateman)
And the Documentary Feature Competition includes:
- The Boy Who Sold the World (Dir. Adam Barton)
- Bulletproof (Dir. Todd Chandler)
- The Donut King (Dir. Alice Gu)
- An Elephant in the Room (Dir. Katrine Philp)
- Finding Yingying (Dir. Jiayan "Jenny" Shi)
- For Madmen Only (Dir. Heather Ross)
- Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide (Dir. Malia Scharf and Max Basch)
- Lights Camera Uganda (Dir. Cathryne Czubek and Hugo Perez)
- Red Heaven (Dir. Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe)
- We Don't Deserve Dogs (Dir. Matthew Salleh)
To see the rest of the films in the 2020 lineup, visit the SXSW Film Festival website.
SXSW said more titles will be announced on Feb. 5, including selections for the Festival Favorites, Midnighters, Shorts, Virtual Cinema, Episodic Competition, Title Design Competition, Music Videos and Special Events categories, as well as any late-breaking Features.
According to SXSW, the film festival typically includes more than 250 total projects.
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