SXSW 2021
I attended the South by Southwest Film Festival virtually this year.
These are all of the films I have seen in chronological viewing order. Films #1-#6 were seen before the festival in other locations, then #7-#19 at SXSW itself, with #20 onwards post-SXSW elsewhere.
My favourites as of March 2021 (in viewing order): The Sparks Brothers (2021), How It Ends (2021), Alien on Stage (2020), Ninjababy (2021), The Lost Sons (2021), I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking) (2021), Subjects of Desire (2021) and Under the Volcano (2021)
See also my SXSW 2021 Interest List.
These are all of the films I have seen in chronological viewing order. Films #1-#6 were seen before the festival in other locations, then #7-#19 at SXSW itself, with #20 onwards post-SXSW elsewhere.
My favourites as of March 2021 (in viewing order): The Sparks Brothers (2021), How It Ends (2021), Alien on Stage (2020), Ninjababy (2021), The Lost Sons (2021), I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking) (2021), Subjects of Desire (2021) and Under the Volcano (2021)
See also my SXSW 2021 Interest List.
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- DirectorDusty MancinelliMadeleine Sims-FewerStarsMadeleine Sims-FewerAnna MaguireJesse LaVercombeA troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on a vicious crusade of revenge.Seen at TIFF 2020
- DirectorCarey WilliamsStarsCamaron EngelsMoe IrvinRJ CylerA modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet'.Seen at Sundance 2021
- DirectorMarion HillStarsIdella JohnsonHannah PepperLucien GuignardA surprise reunion in the South of France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.Seen at Sundance 2021
- DirectorZoe Lister-JonesDaryl WeinStarsZoe Lister-JonesCailee SpaenyWhitney CummingsIn this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.Seen at Sundance 2021
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsRon MaelRussell MaelBeckA musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.Seen at Sundance 2021
- DirectorCeleste BellPaul SngStarsCeleste BellPoly StyreneX-Ray SpexThe death of punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother's archives in this intimate documentary.Seen on UK TV
- DirectorLucy HarveyDanielle KummerStarsJason HillLydia HaywardJacqui RoeA very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring more luck than judgement.
- DirectorYngvild Sve FlikkeStarsKristine Kujath ThorpArthur BerningNader KhademiAstronaut, forest-keeper, cartoonist. Young Rakel has a whole lot of other plans than becoming a mother. She would rather party, get drunk or stoned instead of sitting hours on the toilet. But she can't ignore it. Is it her or the baby?
- DirectorKelley KaliAngelique MolinaStarsWesley MossKelley KaliDominique MolinaWhen a recently widowed mother becomes houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while working to get them off of the streets.
- DirectorUrsula MacfarlaneStarsKevin Ray BatyTobe DresnerJanet EckertA baby is kidnapped from a hospital, months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby?
- DirectorEdson JeanStarsShein MompremierAlan Myles HeymanMadelin MarchantLudi, a hardworking and exhausted nurse, battles coworkers, clients and one impatient bus driver to learn her self worth as she chases the American Dream in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood.
- DirectorDavid WexlerStarsWilliam BasinskiAs the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near, William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of "The Disintegration Loops" (his elegy to the 2001 Attacks), while quarantined in the midst of COVID-19. All of the interviews are shot on Zoom, interspersed with dramatically eerie shots of an almost empty NYC at the outset of the pandemic, and loaded with amazing archival footage of William growing up and becoming the true visionary he was always meant to be.
- DirectorIvan HerreraStarsClarisse AlbrechtEuris JavielJohnny MoralesAfter being arrested in the Dominican Republic, an Afropean woman escapes and is sheltered by 3 minors, in a dangerous district of Santo Domingo. By becoming their protégée and maternal figure, she will see her destiny change inexorably.
- DirectorJennifer HolnessStarsIndia ArieJully BlackRachel DolezalSubjects of Desire is a culturally significant, thought-provoking documentary that ultimately deconstructs what we understand about race and the power behind the beauty.
- DirectorMallory EvertonStephen MeekStarsWhitney CallMallory EvertonJulia JolleyTwo directionless sisters brave a cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing home.
- DirectorNick GillespieStarsTom MeetenKatherine ParkinsonKris MarshallA weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge. It's 1 lunch break, 5 spectacular murders.
- DirectorSteven KanterHenry LoevnerStarsBen ColemanAli VingianoDerrick Joseph DeBlasisAfter a savage breakup, two exes must continue living together when California issues its stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Now they'll try to move on without moving out.
- DirectorHannaleena HauruStarsHannaleena HauruTanja HeinänenSamuel KujalaAfter losing a film job to her nemesis Kristian, Hanna teams up with her sister and counterculture friends, to create a parody romance on Instagram between herself and young actor Ekku.
- DirectorGracie OttoStarsStingJimmy BuffettMark KnopflerOn a remote Caribbean island, under the shadow of an active volcano, the world's biggest recording artists made music and myth that defined an era.
- DirectorLissette FelicianoStarsLorenza IzzoBryan CraigChrissie FitIn 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera, sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future for herself that sets new precedents for the time.
- DirectorNatalie MoralesStarsMark DuplassNatalie MoralesDesean TerryA Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.
- DirectorJustine BatemanStarsOlivia MunnLuke BraceyJustin TherouxViolet realizes that her entire life is built on fear-based decisions, and must do everything differently to become her true self.