SXSW - South by Southwest Film Festival
FFL's Festival Validation
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
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SXSW Film Festival
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music video, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Short
Mission / description
The SXSW Film Conference and Festival is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery an…d interactivity, the event offers invaluable networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film. full text
Festival website sxsw.com/film
Rating Summary
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Austin is a great town and the festival staff are incredibly helpful and hospitable. The main issue is that the fest takes place during the busiest week of the year in Austin, when South by Southwest Music and Interactive conferences are going on. This makes accommodations expensive and the city less laid back than usual. It can also seriously distract you if you have any interest in the other events.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
SXSW Film Festival
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Music video, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Short
Mission / description The SXSW Film Conference and Festival is a uniquely creative environment featuring the dynamic convergence of talent, smart audiences and industry heavyweights. A hotbed of discovery an…d interactivity, the event offers invaluable networking opportunities and immersion into the art and business of the rapidly evolving world of independent film. full text
Festival website sxsw.com/film
Rating Summary
One-on-One
Austin is a great town and the festival staff are incredibly helpful and hospitable. The main issue is that the fest takes place during the busiest week of the year in Austin, when South by Southwest Music and Interactive conferences are going on. This makes accommodations expensive and the city less laid back than usual. It can also seriously distract you if you have any interest in the other events.