The 2024 SXSW Film & & Television Festival occurs from March 8 to 16 in Austin. There are a lot of tasks premiering and evaluating at the celebration. Here are 18 programs to called things begin in Texas.
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
dir. Michael Mabbott & & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Jackie Shane, the Black Toronto soul vocalist and trans leader, lastly gets her flowers in a brand-new documentary directed by Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee. Any Other Waymade in partnership with Shane’s household, records the vocalist’s impressive life through rotoscope animation and her own voice, which tells the movie through formerly unheard tape-recorded telephone call.– Eric Torres
Adrianne & & the Castle
dir. Shannon Walsh
Adrianne & & the Castle is a hybrid documentary and musical about Alan St. George, his late partner, Adrianne, and their shared home in rural Illinois, the handmade Havencrest Castle. Game Fire’s Richard Reed Parry scored Shannon Walsh’s motion picture, calling it “An effective hybrid documentary/musical movie about love, loss, sorrow, imagination and the power of creativity.”– Matthew Strauss
Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It
dir. Paris Barclay
“That’s the Way God Planned It” is the name of Billy Preston’s 1969 hit, produced by the Beatles’ George Harrison, and it’s now the subtitle of director Paris Barclay’s documentary on the late funk and gospel star. “The Billy we’ll see in this documentary was a mass of contradictions,” co-producer Stephanie Allain has stated of Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It“I’m enjoyed dig much deeper into the intricate male under the Afro, and behind the well-known smile.”– Matthew Strauss
Civil War
dir. Alex Garland
Annihilation director Alex Garland is back with a drama portraying civil war in a dystopian future. He reunites with Ben Salisbury and Portishead and Beak>>’s Geoff Barrow for ball game, along with returning star Sonoya Mizuno, who has actually appeared in all 4 of Garland’s movies, consisting of Ex Machina and 2022’s GuyKirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Nick Offerman likewise star.– Jazz Monroe
Dandelion
dir. Nicole Riegel
KiKi Layne stars as Dandelion in director, author, and co-producer Nicole Riegel’s brand-new films about a having a hard time Cincinnati singer-songwriter. Fittingly, 2 of Cincinnati’s finest authors, Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National, scored the movie.– Matthew Strauss
Diane Warren: Relentless
dir. Bess Kargman
Director Bess Kargman checks out popular author Diane Warren in her brand-new Unrelenting documentary. Appearing in the movie are Warren, Clive Davis, Common, Gloria Estefan, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jennifer Hudson, Cher, Randy Jackson, and Quincy Jones.– Matthew Strauss
Doppelgängers ³
dir. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
Doppelgängers ³ gets its opening night at SXSW. The movie, directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, is billed as a “visual, sonic experience,” and it includes music by Pussy Riot, Colin Self, and others.– Matthew Strauss
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
dir. P. Frank Williams
Freaknik: The Wildest Story Never Told informs the tale of the titular 1980s and ’90s Atlanta spring break celebration for trainees of traditionally Black institution of higher learnings. Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell and Jermaine Dupri are amongst the movie’s executive manufacturers, and Killer Mike, Lil Jon, and 21 Savage speak in the documentary. Following its SXSW best, Freaknik hits Hulu on March 21.– Matthew Strauss
I Saw the Television Glow
dir. Jane Schoenbrun
I Saw the Television Glowthe 2nd function from director Jane Schoenbrun, follows Owen (Justice Smith), a high schooler who ends up being consumed with a late-night television program called The Pink Opaque that sneaks into his waking life and modifies his sense of truth. The movie stars a number of artists, consisting of Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail and Phoebe Bridgers, plus Fred Durst (yes, that a person) in a crucial function. I Saw the Television Glow functions an initial rating by Alex G, and its soundtrack will likewise be one to enjoy, with artists like Caroline Polachek, Maria BC, L’Rain, and Jay Som appearing on the tracklist. You can take a look at Yeule’s contribution, a cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl,” in the film’s very first trailer.– Eric Torres
Kneecap
dir. Rich Peppiatt
Kneecap files the real-life increase, in post-Troubles Belfast, of the titular Irish rap trio, who ended up being symbols of hedonism and disaffection throughout their climb in the late 2010s. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh play themselves in a cast that likewise consists of Michael Fassbender and musical-theater star Josie Walker.– Jazz Monroe
Mogwai: If destiny Had a Sound
dir. Antony Crook
This career-spanning documentary on the post-rock innovators, which premieres at SXSW, integrates archival movie– going back to the band’s mid-1990s starts– with video footage from the making of the 2021 album As the Love Continues throughout the pandemicAntony Crook, a long time Mogwai partner, directs.– Jazz Monroe
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
dir. Nicolas Jack Davies
Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala satisfied when they were teens aiming to form a band in El Paso; the set would go on to helm prominent prog-rock groups At the Drive-In and the Mars Volta throughout the 1990s and 2000s. That long-lasting relationship and cooperation is the topic of the documentary Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weirdwhich utilizes self-shot video footage from for many years to portray their increase from the underground to alt-rock popularity.– Eric Torres
Ryley Walker & & Friends
dir. Mark Duplass
Mumblecore preferred Mark Duplass directs the 27-minute pilot of Ryley Walker’s brand-new television program. The very first episode of Ryley Walker & & Friends discovers the guitar player spending quality time with Bridget St. John. Walker will not be at SXSW for the best since he does not “wan na do bumps of stepped on coke w scheduling representative who lies about being pals w school child q.”– Matthew Strauss
Sing
dir. Greg Kwedar
Singdirected by Greg Kwedar, is influenced by the real-life story behind the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program at the Sing Correctional Facility in New York. Following a group of prisoners who team up on performance, the movie is led by Colman Domingo and Paul Raci, with music by the National’s Bryce Dessner.– Eric Torres
Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A.
dir. Jamila Wignot
Brooklyn-based filmmaker Jamila Wignot checks out the historical Stax Records in a documentary produced HBO and including music from Sultana Isham. For more on the Memphis label, checked out Pitchfork’s evaluation of Soul ‘d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection— Matthew Strauss
Overload Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
dir. Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson
In 2018, Minneapolis filmmaker Isaac Gale and artist Ryan Olson (of Gayngs, Poliça, Marijuana Deathsquads, and more) directed Swamp Dogg’s”I’ll Pretendvideo. The directors reunite with the cult artist for a movie about his life in rural Los Angeles with housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty. The documentary is told by Greg Grease and functions music from Swamp Dogg, Moogstar, Ryan Olson, and Alex Epton (aka XXXChange).
On May 31, Swamp Dogg will launch a brand-new album, Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th StVisitors on the Olson-produced full-length consist of Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, Margo Price, and Vernon Reid.– Matthew Strauss
This Is a Film About the Black Keys
dir. Jeff Dupre
Jeff Dupre directs a brand-new 88-minute documentary on the Black Keys, tracing drummer Patrick Carney and vocalist and guitar player Dan Auerbach’s increase to popularity and two-decade profession. The movie’s best at SXSW precedes the April 5 release of the duo’s 12th studio album, Ohio Players— Matthew Strauss
Y2K
dir. Kyle Mooney
Y2K is the directorial launching from comic and previous Saturday Night Live cast member Kyle Mooney. The funny– featuringTim Heidecker, the Kid Laroi, and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler– occurs on New Year’s Eve 1999 as high schoolers wait for the brand-new millennium and particular catastrophe.– Matthew Strauss