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.
What Is the SXSW London Screen Festival? Where storytelling meets everything else.
Films, documentaries, series, immersive work and new formats from around the world, on the same campus as music, technology and business.
For audiences, it is a chance to see what is next before everyone else. For the industry, it is a place to find new voices, partners and work.
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 Future Talent
Work from emerging film-makers and creators.
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Hear From the People Who Made It
Film-makers, producers, studios and creators in conversation.
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Meet the Industry
Commissioners, buyers and collaborators on one campus
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.
Hear it First
Programme announcements, new artists and films, pass releases and ways to take part.
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