SXSW 2018: Narrative Feature Competition
Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,408 narrative feature submissions in 2018.
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- DirectorLaura SteinelStarsTaylor SchillingBryn ValeBrian Tyree HenryAn emotionally-stunted aunt tries to bond with her 13-year-old niece, who wants nothing more than to run away and become a Juggalo.
- DirectorOlivia NewmanStarsElvire EmanuelleYahya Abdul-Mateen IIColman DomingoHardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the boys' wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.
- DirectorNijla MuminStarsSimone MissickZoe ReneeHisham TawfiqSummer is a 17-year old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist named Jade Jennings, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity.
- DirectorCarly StoneStarsJessica BardenHayley LawBrett DierFrustrated with the lack of chivalrous guys her own age, a college senior gives up on dating for love to date an older man in exchange for gifts instead.
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsSophia Mitri SchlossMelanie LynskeyJohn Gallagher Jr.SADIE is the story of a girl who will stop at nothing to preserve her father's place on the home front. Sadie (Sophia Mitri Schloss) is the daughter of a soldier and models herself after his military example. When her mom (Melanie Lynskey) begins dating a new man (John Gallagher, Jr.), Sadie vows to drive him out by whatever means necessary. He is the enemy, and if she's learned anything from the world she inhabits, it's that the enemy deserves no mercy. The film also stars Tony Hale, Danielle Brooks, Tee Dennard and Keith L. Williams.
- DirectorHannah MarksJoey PowerStarsJeremy Allen WhiteMaika MonroeDeRon HortonA young couple's relationship develops quickly when one of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness.
- DirectorBecca GleasonStarsJoey KingPaul ScheerAndrea SavageA 16-year-old girl and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed.
- DirectorJim CummingsStarsJim CummingsKendal FarrNican RobinsonA police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
- DirectorRobert SchwartzmanStarsLauren LapkusNicholas RutherfordLucy HaleAn indecisive couple facing the fourth year of their engagement finally decides to take the next big step and have a threesome.
- DirectorStacy CochranStarsEmily MortimerFinn WittrockRachel KellerA story about money, mischief, love and entitlement, set in New York City. Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high school days, and he infiltrates her life for love and profit.