SXSW London Screen Festival
Showcasing bold new work and putting the people who made it in the room. Premieres, screenings, immersive pieces, conversations and networking.
The Festival For Bold New Storytelling
SXSW London Screen Festival is a filmmaker-forward, globally ambitious festival platforming new films, series and immersive projects.
SXSW Premieres
Everything Everywhere All At Once premiered at SXSW a year before its seven Oscars.
Lena Dunham won the SXSW jury award with Tiny Furniture in 2010. Girls premiered there two years later.
In 2026, London had 100 screenings, 13 of them world premieres
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Discover New Talent
See work from upcoming filmmakers and storytellers.
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Hear From the People Who Made It
Inspiring conversations with filmmakers, executives and showrunners.
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Meet the Industry
Meet commissioners, producers and future collaborators all in one place.
2026 Screen Keynotes
2026 Strands
Pathways to discover the SXSW London Screen Festival programme.
Competition
The future of screen storytelling starts here, hand-picked by the programming team for their innovative and bold storytelling.
Heartwarmers
A celebration of festival favourites, crowd-pleasers and joyful films. You’ll float out of the cinema.
Visionaries
Portraits of and work by artists, technologists and future-thinkers that are shaping film storytelling.
Shivers
Films living in the realm of the eerie, the uncanny and the weird. Perfect for the darkly curious.
Collisions
Stories that open our eyes, create and push conversation forward. Impossible to be left indifferent.
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Hear it First
Programme announcements, new artists and films, pass releases and ways to take part.
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