SXSW (South by Southwest)
A-
/ Festival · 86/100 · Excellent
Austin-based festival, the dominant American genre/midnight platform and tech-industry crossover venue. Strong narrative competition and audience favorability metrics.
/ 01 / Subscore Breakdown
How the grade decomposes.
Filmmaker Treatment/ 25% weight
85
Theatrical Reach/ 22% weight
78
Curatorial Reputation/ 20% weight
86
Library Stewardship/ 18% weight
88
Rights Posture/ 15% weight
84
/ 02 / Filmmaker Notes
Best for / Watch out for.
/ Best for
Genre films, comedies, horror, and audience-skewing indies seeking U.S. distribution + audience-favorite trajectory.
/ Watch out for
Less prestige-driven than Sundance. Awards-season carry is limited for narrative features outside of audience-favorite categories.
/ 03 / Public-Record Timeline
What's on the record.
2024
Civil War — Alex Garland; The Fall Guy premiere
2023
Talk to Me audience-favorite trajectory; A24 acquisition
1987
SXSW founded; film festival 1994