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The 2020 event was cancelled outright, quite late in the day, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We've reviewed some of the films that were scheduled to show there.
The festival had been scheduled to run from 13 to 22 March.
View Films by Strand:
- Documentary Feature Competition
- Headliners
- Narrative Feature Competition
- Narrative Spotlight
- Visions
View previous years coverage of the South by Southwest festival:
SXSW Latest Reviews
The story of Wakaliwood, the grassroots film industry born in the slums of Kampala which is all about action and entertainment and the conviction that in the movies, nothing is impossible.
A college student's day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy arrives at the shiva she's attending with his accomplished wife and crying baby.
Considers the shooter drills and security measures that have sprung up in US schools in the wake of mass shootings.
A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.
The rise of a fictional indie rock band named Stylo and the Murder Dogs.
After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market.
A former carer devastated by the loss of his mother finds relief in her painkillers and bonds with a local junkie as his former friends move away to attend college.
A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock, Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely friendship.
Seven millenials discover an obscure electronic board game and decide to test their wits against it. When it tells them they need to kill 24 people in the next 24 hours, mayhem ensues.
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