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This year's edition of the South by Southwest film festival is marked by a mixture of big name movies and intriguing indies. There's a sizeable dose of genre and a small but powerful line-up of documentaries.
The festival runs from 12 to 18 March.
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A horror anthology tackling the modern work landscape through four timely perspectives – the hustle culture of an MLM, the endless repetitiveness of a food delivery driver, the online horrors of a content moderator, and the unionisation of a coffee shop.
A lazy sound designer is sent to the remote island where a film was shot to capture a sound powerful enough to elevate its finale. Once there, eerie local fables surface: for years, ambitious and headstrong youth have lost their souls to a ghostly sea captain for his spectral crew.
A woman abandoned in the woods by her boyfriend after she turns down his marriage proposal is taken in by a mysterious couple.
When a past-his-prime wedding singer meets a fading boy-band star during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session, but then the former star turns one of the wedding singer’s songs into the hit that reignites his career.
A desperate wish for love goes terribly wrong.
When an ungovernable fortysomething wild child collides with her venomous mother, her life blows up spectacularly, leaving her evicted and single.
Three friends have spent their childhoods drinking, wreaking havoc, and filming crude stunts in their small town. Everyone hates them. Wanting to finally prove their lives have meaning, they decide to make a 'real movie'.
A reimagining of the quinceañera as a chaotic mix of comedy and creature horror.
It’s a Friday night and two college students plan to do drugs and order pizza. But when the home-made drug they ingest turns out to be wilder than expected, the simple journey down two flights of stairs becomes a mind-bogglingly transformative quest.
Documentary about a woman's attempts to break the world record for the loudest burp.
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