Film & TV Festival & Conference
March 15–21, 2027
Access
350+
Screenings
120+
World Premieres
21
Sections
1200+
Attending
9
Days
4
Events
Brands who have participated here
From Fortune 500s to breakout startups, hundreds of brands showed up to sponsor, activate, and build alongside the Innovation community.
21 sections. 1 discovery.
From Headliners to Midnighters to XR, each section is curated to surface what’s next — across feature, episodic, short, music video, and immersive work.
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Anniversaries, retrospectives, secret screenings, one-night-only programming.
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Anniversaries, retrospectives, secret screenings, one-night-only programming.
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Film & TV Conference
The conference inside the festival.
Writers’ rooms, financing, distribution, episodic, docs, AI in production — where the people who make it talk shop with the people who back it.
200 sessions across writers’ rooms, indie financing, distribution & streaming, documentary craft, AI in production, episodic development, and festival strategy.
Film & TV Clubhouse
Badge-holder home base. Programming all day, drinks at night, and the run-ins you’ll be telling stories about.
Mentor Sessions
Booked 1:1s with sales reps, distributors, financiers, festival programmers, and showrunners.
Filmmaker Meet Ups
By section, by craft, by identity. The most concentrated industry hour you’ll spend all year.
Workshops
By section, by craft, by identity. The most concentrated industry hour you’ll spend all year.
SXSW Pitch
The startup competition the industry watches
Since 2009, SXSW Pitch has launched the companies that defined the decade. 40+ startups across 8 categories pitch live in front of investors, press, and an audience that includes nearly every major VC.
7,000+
of finalists have gone on to raise funding after pitching.
Since 2009
raised by alumni
$23B+
Pitch Finals
40+ startups live on stage
8
Categories
Emerging & Frontier Technologies
Entertainment, Media, Sports & Digital Platforms
Life Sciences, Healthcare & AssistiveTech
Mobility, Manufacturing & Industrial Systems
SaaS, Enterprise & Developer Platforms
Smart Data, Security & FinTech
Student Startups
Sustainability, Energy & AgTech
15
Years running
Since 2009
SXSW Pitch®
Applications open July through November.
Participate
Breakout at SXSW.
Submit your work for 2027. Five paths in — applications open July through October.
Short Film Application
Closing AUG 22
Submit your narrative, documentary, or animated short film to submit for consideration
TV Project Application
Closing AUG 22
Submit your narrative, documentary, or animated short film to submit for consideration
XR Experience Application
Closing AUG 22
Submit your narrative, documentary, or animated short film to submit for consideration
Music Video Application
Closing AUG 22
Submit your narrative, documentary, or animated short film to submit for consideration
Festival Awards
Recognition from juries of working filmmakers, programmers, and critics — plus the SXSW Audience Award, voted on by the people who actually showed up.
Additional Information
South By Southwest dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conferences and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the innovation, film & television, and music industries.
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