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Filmmaker Dasha Kelly discusses Makin' Cake, a documentary exploring race, access, and privilege through storytelling and the history of cake.

Director Paulina Lule discusses Sherman Park, a Milwaukee-based short film and proof of concept exploring incarceration, identity, and community through a zombie allegory.

Cinematographer John Carlo Rosillo discusses the visual style behind Aromavision, blending horror influences and cinematic lighting at the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Director Annapurna Sriram discusses F*CKTOYS, a bold indie film built over nearly a decade and inspired by personal heartbreak and surreal storytelling.

Director Katie Camosy discusses Gaslit, a documentary exposing oil and gas industry deception and highlighting communities fighting environmental injustice.

Directors Steve Farr and Michael T. Vollmann discuss Ueck, a documentary honoring Milwaukee legend Bob Uecker and his lasting cultural impact.

Director Sara Robin and writer Jack Lemay discuss Your Attention Please, a satirical film exploring media culture and the modern attention economy at the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Director Benny Kaplan discusses Bright Beautiful World: The Infectious Joy of Pat McCurdy, a documentary celebrating Milwaukee music icon Pat McCurdy and the community built around his performances.

Zimbabwean-born, London-based musician Zola Marchelle discusses ancestry, jazz improvisation, and representing “the soil and the bloodline” through music in this SXSW conversation.

Filmmakers Hannah Shealy and Celine Sutter discuss their SXSW pilot Birth Is for Pussies, a comedy inspired by real-life doula experiences and the unpredictable world of childbirth.

Director Mekhai Lee discusses his SXSW short film Them That’s Not, a powerful story about deaf identity, family reconciliation, and grief inspired by Billie Holiday’s God Bless the Child.

XR creator Amit Palgi discusses Cycle, an immersive VR experience premiering at SXSW that uses dance and motion capture to explore the repeating patterns of life.

Deepa Mann-Kler discusses her SXSW XR experience The Baby Factory Is Closed, an immersive virtual reality project exploring menopause, embodiment, and women’s power through innovative storytelling.

Director James McCall discusses creating Doechii’s ambitious “Anxiety” music video, featured in the SXSW Music Video Competition. The cinematic project visualizes the looping experience of anxiety through choreography, set design, and precise camera movement.

Kiana Naghshineh discusses her SXSW animated short IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT, a personal film about grief, memory, and confronting mortality through animation.

Co-director Sidney Fussell discusses #WHILEBLACK at SXSW, a documentary examining how viral videos of police brutality impact witnesses, communities, and the social media platforms that circulate them.

Houston artist SunnithaRapper talks about her journey from group performer to solo rapper and the lessons she learned navigating the music industry at South by Southwest.

At SXSW 2026, Australian writer and director Renee Marie Petropolis joins actor Emily Grant to discuss Souvenir, a nostalgic yet unsettling short set during the summer of 2008. Shot at a resort frozen in time, the film explores queer identity, blurred consent, and the power dynamics behind image control in the early days of digital cameras and social media. Together, they unpack how teenage memory, vulnerability, and control collide in a story about recognizing and reclaiming

Director Chloé Rochereuil discusses Crafting Crimes: The Mona Lisa Heist at SXSW, an immersive mixed reality experience that lets audiences reconstruct one of history’s most famous art thefts through miniature crime scenes and interactive storytelling.

Director Ryan Darbonne discusses Shut the F**k Up! When We Speak, his SXSW documentary exploring Black punk musicians reclaiming space in a genre rooted in rebellion.