SXSW Sydney presents
SXSW Sydney
Screen Festival
Where Bold Cinema Starts
For Films. For Filmmakers.
The SXSW Sydney Screen Festival returns to showcase the bold, the weird, and the innovative with a fresh slate of genre-defying feature films, shorts, music clips and episodic content from around the world.
Discover your next favourite movie, dive into groundbreaking filmmaking and celebrate the creative vision shaping the future of screen storytelling.
Beyond the screenings, the festival is a hub for industry professionals, offering thought provoking panels, seamless networking, impactful mentorships and unforgettable events.
Connect with filmmakers, media, and industry leaders to expand your network and tap into inspiring new possibilities. This isn’t just a film festival!
Edgar Wright will appear live from New York for a virtual in-conversation.
SXSW Sydney audiences will be among the first in the world to experience exclusive footage from The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s upcoming adaptation of the dystopian action thriller based on the novel by Stephen King. The film will be released in cinemas on November 13 through Paramount Pictures.
Set in a near-future society where a deadly game show dominates the airwaves, The Running Man follows working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell), who volunteers for the televised competition in a desperate bid to save his sick daughter. As he’s hunted by professional assassins for the entertainment of a bloodthirsty public, his defiance and instinct make him both a hero and a threat to the system.
Following the first look, acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho) will join a live in-conversation, beaming in remotely, moderated by Australian director Nash Edgerton (Gringo, Mr Inbetween).
Starring Glen Powell and Josh Brolin, The Running Man is directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Michael Bacall, and produced by Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, Nira Park, and Wright.
Showing Monday 13 October at 4pm
A gripping biopic on Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album, starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, exploring a young artist’s struggle with fame, family, and the ghosts of his past.
Showing Monday 13 October at 7pm
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen.
Showing Tuesday 14 October at 7:30pm
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol swore this was going to be about their band. Instead it turned into a movie packed with impossible schemes, dodgy pranks, and delirious fourth-wall tricks.
Showing Wednesday 15 October at 7:30pm
Jennifer Lawrence plays a writer and young mother slowly slipping into madness. Isolated in an old Montana house, she grows increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion Jackson (Robert Pattinson) helpless.
Showing Thursday 16 October at 7:30pm
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons deliver unforgettable performances in this delirious tale of chaos that sees two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap a CEO they’re convinced is an alien.
Showing Friday 17 October at 7:30pm
| Single Rush Ticket | $25 |
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Tickets for this event are managed by SXSW Sydney. Transaction fees may apply.
The only authorised ticket seller for this event is SXSW Sydney. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Seymour Centre is an accessible venue.
Edgar Wright will appear live from New York for a virtual in-conversation.
SXSW Sydney audiences will be among the first in the world to experience exclusive footage from The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s upcoming adaptation of the dystopian action thriller based on the novel by Stephen King. The film will be released in cinemas on November 13 through Paramount Pictures.
Set in a near-future society where a deadly game show dominates the airwaves, The Running Man follows working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell), who volunteers for the televised competition in a desperate bid to save his sick daughter. As he’s hunted by professional assassins for the entertainment of a bloodthirsty public, his defiance and instinct make him both a hero and a threat to the system.
Following the first look, acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho) will join a live in-conversation, beaming in remotely, moderated by Australian director Nash Edgerton (Gringo, Mr Inbetween).
Starring Glen Powell and Josh Brolin, The Running Man is directed by Edgar Wright, written by Wright and Michael Bacall, and produced by Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, Nira Park, and Wright.
Showing Monday 13 October at 4pm
A gripping biopic on Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album, starring Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong, exploring a young artist’s struggle with fame, family, and the ghosts of his past.
Showing Monday 13 October at 7pm
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn from beyond the grave by menacing Finn’s younger sister, Gwen.
Showing Tuesday 14 October at 7:30pm
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol swore this was going to be about their band. Instead it turned into a movie packed with impossible schemes, dodgy pranks, and delirious fourth-wall tricks.
Showing Wednesday 15 October at 7:30pm
Jennifer Lawrence plays a writer and young mother slowly slipping into madness. Isolated in an old Montana house, she grows increasingly agitated and erratic, leaving her companion Jackson (Robert Pattinson) helpless.
Showing Thursday 16 October at 7:30pm
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons deliver unforgettable performances in this delirious tale of chaos that sees two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap a CEO they’re convinced is an alien.
Showing Friday 17 October at 7:30pm
| Single Rush Ticket | $25 |
|---|
Tickets for this event are managed by SXSW Sydney. Transaction fees may apply.
The only authorised ticket seller for this event is SXSW Sydney. If you purchase from an unauthorised seller, you risk that your tickets may be fake or invalid.
Seymour Centre is an accessible venue.