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2nd SXSW London1 - 6 Jun 2026 in Shoreditch, London Opening film: VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY NB. Sadly I'm out of London for the festival this year, but will post reviews as I catch up with films. | 2 0 2 6 F I L M S |
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ALL NIGHT WRONG (James, Can)AMERICAN ZOO (Hawkins, UK) AMOEBA (Siyou, Fr) BARRIO Triste (Stillz, Col) BAYAAN (Mishra, Ind) BECOMING (Alshanova, Fr) THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES (Neofotistos, Cro) LA CARN (Porcel, Sp) EMBERS (Sun, Chn) FATHER (Nvotova, Cz) FEAST OR FAMINE (Choa/Boccalini, UK) FUNKY FREAKY FREAKS (Han, Kor) GAZA'S TWINS, COME BACK TO ME (Sawwaf, Pal) GET JIRO (Ameen, Egy) INTELLIGENCE RISING (Andreicheva, UK) THE INVITE (Wilde, US) IRKALLA: GILGAMESH'S DREAM (Al-Daradji, Irq) IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS (Rondon/Ugas, Mex) JAMES: GETTING AWAY WITH IT (Atkins, US) LEVITICUS (Chiarella, Aus) MADDIE'S SECRET (Early, US) |
MADE IN EU (Komandarev, Bul)MARC BY SOFIA (Coppola, US) MEMORY (Sandu, Fr) THE NIGHT (Alijo, Sp) ON THE ROAD (Pablos, Mex) ONLY REBELS WIN (Arbid, Leb) THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN (Sabouni, Bel) THE PLAYOFFS (Safadi/Reymond, Br) PRETTY DIRTY (Rudick/Benchley, US) THE RED HANGAR (Sallato, Arg) REMAKE (McElwee, US) THE REMEDY (Kahuam, US) RIVALS (Hegarty/Johnson/O'Leary, UK) ROYA (Mohammadi, Irn) SAVAGE HOUSE (Glanz, UK) SICKO (Zholdaskali, Kaz) TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (Schoenbrun, Can) TEST (McConnell, US) VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NIGHT & DAY (Gharavi, Ger) THE WHISPER (Ibanez, Arg) WHISTLE (Nelius, Aus) WINTER OF THE CROW (Adamik, Lux) | ||
1st SXSW London2 - 7 Jun 2025 in Shoreditch, London Opening film: STANS Closing film: THE LIFE OF CHUCK Centrepiece film: DEEP COVER Headliner film: LOVE & RAGE: MUNROE BERGDORF Grand Jury Prize: CACTUS PEARS
REPORTS FROM THE FESTIVAL: | 2 0 2 5 F I L M S | ||
ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE (Mosese, Fr)BEE WILD (Tickell/Tickell, US) BEEF (Santos, Sp) 
CACTUS PEARS (Kanawade, Ind)CADET (Yerzhanov, Kaz)
CIELO (Sciamma, Bol)DEAD BY DAWN (Torrone, Pol) DEAL AT THE BORDER (Ryskeld, Kyr) 
DEEP COVER (Kingsley, UK)DOPPELGANGERS3 (Hayoun-Stepanian, UK) DUELS (Akerlund, Swe) EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY (McKenzie, US) FORTE (Kim, Kor) FURY (Blasco, Sp) GANGSTAS (Arbi/Fallah, Bel) LA GUITARRA FLAMENCA DE YERAI CORTES (Alvarez, Sp)
THE INSTITUTE (Bender, US)
LATE SHIFT (Volpe, Swi)
LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS (Hobbs/Varghese, Aus)
THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Flanagan, US)LONDON BOYS (Nangla/Pavone, UK)
LOVE & RAGE: MUNROE BERGDORF (Cappuccini, UK)LUNA ROSA: THE SEVENTH ASCENSION OF ATABEY (Rodriguez-Lopez, US) MISAN HARRIMAN: SHOOT THE PEOPLE (Mundy-Castle, UK) A MISSING PART (Senez, Fr) MOTHER'S BABY (Moder, Aut) |
MY UNCLE JENS (Vahabpour, Nor)THE NATURE OF INVISIBLE THINGS (Camelo, Br) NIGHT SILENCE (Kowalski, Pol) THE OCCUPANT (Keijzer, Ned)
THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE (Min, Kor)
PALESTINE COMEDY CLUB (Aliabdallah, Pal)
PLAINCLOTHES (Emmi, US)QUEER AS PUNK (Chen, Mys) SECRET SCREENING (tbc) SILENT OBSERVERS (Petkova, Bul) SILENT STORMS (Reymond-Boughenou, Fr) SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE (Bernstein/Dolin, US) THE SQUARE (Kim, Kor)
STANS (Leckart, US)SUNSHINE EXPRESS (Navaee, Irn) THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT (Mkrtichian, US) THE THINGS YOU KILL (Khatami, Tur)
THE THINKING GAME (Kohs, US)TIMESTAMP (Gornostai, Ukr)
TORO (Di Mento, Ger)UNBOUND (Pxkrw, UK) WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL (Welsh, UK) WINTER IN SOKCHO (Kamura, Fr) * review to come | ||
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