Prime Video Presents: The SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection
by IMDb-Editors | created - 22 Apr 2020 | updated - 22 Apr 2020 | PublicAmazon Prime Video and SXSW have joined forces to create a one-time online film festival showcasing titles from the 2020 SXSW line-up for free on Prime Video in the U.S.
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1. Cat in the Wall (2019)
92 min | Drama
South-East London, in the multicultural neighborhood of Peckham, in a municipal building. A Bulgarian family goes into serious conflict with their neighbors due to abandoned cat.
Directors: Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva | Stars: Irina Atanasova, Angel Genov, Orlin Asenov, Gilda Waugh
Votes: 579
Category: Narrative Features
2. Gunpowder Heart (2019)
87 min | Drama
Two girlfriends try find a way to cope with the trauma of sexual violence.
Director: Camila Urrutia | Stars: Andrea Henry, Vanessa Hernández, Mauricio González
Votes: 140
Category: Narrative Features
3. The Shock of the Future (2019)
78 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The late 1970s arrival of electronic music to France is dealt with in the story of 24 hours in the life of a young woman composer in Paris.
Director: Marc Collin | Stars: Alma Jodorowsky, Philippe Rebbot, Geoffrey Carey, Teddy Melis
Votes: 307
Category: Narrative Features
4. Selfie (VI) (2019)
108 min | Comedy
In a world where digital technology has invaded our lives, some of us end up cracking. Addict or technophobe, with family or at school, at work or in love, SELFIE tells the comic and wild ... See full summary »
Directors: Tristan Aurouet, Thomas Bidegain, Marc Fitoussi, Cyril Gelblat, Vianney Lebasque | Stars: Blanche Gardin, Maxence Tual, Elsa Zylberstein, Max Boublil
Votes: 780
Category: Narrative Features
5. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2019)
82 min | Documentary
One man's search for self-acceptance is a journey that includes tabloid celebrity, Tupperware parties, and two coming outs - first as a straight woman, then as the gay man he was meant to be.
Director: Karen Bernstein | Stars: Brian Belovitch, Michael Musto, Jim Russell, Gloria Walker
Votes: 78
Category: Documentary Features
6. My Darling Vivian (2020)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters.
Director: Matt Riddlehoover | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Kristen Wiig, Holly Hunter
Votes: 527
Category: Documentary Features
7. TFW NO GF (2020)
R | 83 min | Documentary
A generation of disaffected young men searches for meaning in the dark corners of the internet. TFW No GF examines the subculture through the metaphor of an iconic meme.
Director: Alex Lee Moyer | Stars: Amr Abdulgalil, Kantbot, Viddy
Votes: 840
Category: Documentary Features
8. A Period Piece (2020)
12 min | Short, Drama
Geetha finally has sex with Vehd one afternoon, but things turn messy over blood stains her pristine couch.
Director: Shuchi Talati | Stars: Sonal Aggarwal, Nardeep Khurmi
Votes: 60
Category: Documentary Shorts
9. Basic (2020)
3 min | Short, Comedy
A short film exploring the insecure lil' ho in all of us.
Director: Chelsea Devantez | Stars: Chelsea Devantez, Nelson Franklin, Georgia Mischak
Votes: 137
Category: Narrative Shorts
10. Blocks (2020)
11 min | Short, Comedy
An existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit toy blocks.
Director: Bridget Moloney | Stars: Claire Coffee, Mark Webber, Phoebe Sinclair, George Sinclair
Votes: 208
Category: Narrative Shorts
11. Broken Bird (I) (2020)
10 min | Short, Drama
Birdie is a biracial girl raised by her mom in a NJ suburb. She spends a visitation day with her father, and debates inviting him back into her life as she prepares for her Bat Mitzvah and adulthood.
Director: Rachel Harrison Gordon | Stars: Bill Aiken, Chad L. Coleman, Mel House, Indigo Hubbard-Salk
Votes: 128
Category: Narrative Shorts
12. Daddio (2019)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A daughter and her eccentric father, separately struggling to cope with a tragedy, when Dad comes to visit, they will have to work together to reconcile their unorthodox approaches to grief.
Director: Casey Wilson | Stars: Michael McKean, Casey Wilson, Blair Beeken, Adam Pally
Votes: 57
Category: Narrative Shorts
13. Dirty (2020)
11 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.
Director: Matthew Puccini | Stars: Manny Dunn, Morgan Sullivan, Sean Patrick Higgins, Ethan River Cohen
Votes: 237
Category: Narrative Shorts
14. Face to Face Time (2020)
7 min | Short, Comedy
Claire takes the bold step of initiating a FaceTime call, only to discover Danny's flaccid enthusiasm for her.
Director: Isabel Shill | Stars: Isabel Shill, Patrick McGowan
Votes: 99
Category: Narrative Shorts
15. Father of the Bride (2020)
15 min | Short, Drama
The best man attempts to keep face and deliver his speech at his brother's wedding, following an encounter in the hotel bathroom with the father of the bride.
Director: Rhys Marc Jones | Stars: Jay Lycurgo, Dominic Mafham, Isabelle Connolly, Ruby Hemingway
Votes: 63
Category: Narrative Shorts
16. Figurant (2019)
14 min | Short, Action, Drama
A man follows a group of workers coming for daywork in an industrial area. Soon, he's stripped from his clothes and identity, dressed in a military uniform and armed. His determination not ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Vejnar | Stars: Denis Lavant, Michal Kern, Jirí Kocman, Michael Drahos
Votes: 69
Category: Narrative Shorts
17. Reminiscences of the Green Revolution (2019)
16 min | Short, Romance
A ghost story about love and eco-terrorism in the Philippines circa 2001.
Director: Dean Colin Marcial
Votes: 39
Category: Narrative Shorts
18. Run/On (2020)
13 min | Short
All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he's assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why of it - ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Newell Kaufman | Stars: Luke Visagie, Erin Markey, Wolfgang Douglas
Votes: 51
Category: Narrative Shorts
19. Single (2020)
15 min | Short, Romance
A girl born with one arm gets set up with a guy who has one hand - and she is pissed.
Director: Ashley Eakin | Stars: Delaney Feener, Jordan Wiseley, Malia A. Dawkins, Rosemary Stevens
Votes: 97
Category: Narrative Shorts
20. Soft (II) (2020)
7 min | Short, Drama
Sam - 16, queer, and falling in love - struggles to untangle himself from his abusive martial arts coach.
Director: Daniel Antebi | Stars: Jael Scott, Benicio Franqui, Alex Kramer, Griffin Santopietro
Votes: 58
Category: Narrative Shorts
21. Still Wylde (2020)
11 min | Short, Drama
Gertie and her sometimes boyfriend, Sam, are faced with a major life decision only to realize that even when they know what they want, life has other plans.
Director: Ingrid Haas | Stars: Ingrid Haas, Juzo Yoshida, Barry Rothbart, Sabrina Jalees
Votes: 92
Category: Narrative Shorts
22. Summer Hit (2019)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Laia and Emil are enjoying their semester abroad in Munich. While Laia feels perfectly fine just having sex with Emil, his profession of deeper feelings puts her on the defensive.
Director: Berthold Wahjudi | Stars: Martina Roura, Atli Benedikt, Lukas Becker, Yannik Carstensen
Votes: 164
Category: Narrative Shorts
23. The Voice in Your Head (2020)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Dan spends his every waking hour tortured by the negative voice in his head, until he learns something shocking that allows him to break free.
Director: Graham Parkes | Stars: Lewis Pullman, Mat Wright, Trian Long Smith, Jacquie Barnbrook
Votes: 178
Category: Narrative Shorts
24. Vert (2019)
13 min | Short, Drama
When Jeff and Emelia are gifted a virtual reality set that shows one's "ideal self" for their wedding anniversary, they discover a secret that could shift their relationship indelibly.
Director: Kate Cox | Stars: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Nick Frost, Olivia Vinall
Votes: 114
Category: Narrative Shorts
25. Waffle (I) (2020)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Kerry is at a sleepover with the socially awkward, mysteriously orphaned heiress Katie. Friendship--in a society that grows ever isolating--is explored as Kerry learns the hard way that Katie always gets what she wants.
Director: Carlyn Hudson | Stars: Kerry Barker, Raphael Chestang, Katie Marovitch
Votes: 168
Category: Narrative Shorts
26. Affurmative Action (2019)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
An exploration of workplace diversity through "meet the team" pages.
Director: Travis Wood
Votes: 63
Category: Documentary Shorts
27. Betye Saar: Taking Care of Business (2020)
8 min | Short, Documentary
There's no stopping the legendary artist Betye Saar, even at age 93. Pushing boundaries for 70 years, this portrait of artist Betye Saar shows she isn't done fighting inequality in her ... See full summary »
Director: Christine Turner | Star: Betye Saar
Votes: 65
Category: Documentary Shorts
28. Broken Orchestra (2019)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary short about the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra where over 1500 left-for-dead instruments were repaired and returned to Philadelphia public schools.
Director: Charlie Tyrell | Stars: Dan Blacksberg, Robert Blackson, Colin Chen, Joseph Conyers
Votes: 73
Category: Documentary Shorts
29. Call Center Blues (2020)
TV-14 | 25 min | Documentary, Short
Call Center Blues is a lyrical portrait of an unlikely community of US deportees and their loved ones struggling to rebuild their lives in Tijuana, Mexico.
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Votes: 94
Category: Documentary Shorts
30. Dieorama (2019)
TV-14 | 10 min | Documentary, Short
By day, she visits morgues and studies pictures of crime scenes. By night, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures.
Director: Kevin Staake
Votes: 93
Category: Documentary Shorts
31. Hiplet: Because We Can (2019)
8 min | Documentary, Short
The combination of Classical Ballet and Hip Hop, We call it Hiplet.
Director: Addison Wright | Stars: Homer Bryant, Alexandria Franklin, Alana Larry, Nia Parker
Votes: 38
Category: Documentary Shorts
32. Lions in the Corner (2020)
9 min | Short
In Virginia, Scarface started Streetbeefs in his backyard to combat gun and knife violence in the area. Soon it turned into something much more for the men involved.
Director: Paul Hairston | Star: Chris Wilmore
Votes: 56
Category: Documentary Shorts
33. Mizuko (2019)
15 min | Documentary, Short
In Japan there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, Mizuko is a look of how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates drawing 'the line' in abortion ethics when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo | Stars: Michael James Fry, Kerriane Lieb, Jorge Otero, Jorge Otero
Votes: 53
Category: Documentary Shorts
34. Modern Whore (2020)
11 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Former escort Andrea Werhun shares the ins and outs of escort review board culture to expose deeper complexities of sexual power and social stigma in a post #metoo world.
Director: Nicole Bazuin | Stars: Andrea Werhun, Patrick Orr, Michael Cuddy, John Marcucci
Votes: 89
Category: Documentary Shorts
35. No Crying at the Dinner Table (2019)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A collection of family secrets, confessions and confrontation.
Director: Carol Nguyen | Star: Thao Nguyen-Duong
Votes: 170
Category: Documentary Shorts
36. Quilt Fever (2020)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Every year, thousands of quilters descend upon Paducah, Kentucky for its annual quilt competition, doubling the town's population. "The Academy Awards of quilting" is a weeklong spectacle ... See full summary »
Director: Olivia Merrion
Votes: 56
Category: Documentary Shorts
37. Cursed Films (2020–2022)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Horror
Cursed Films is a five part documentary series which explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood's notoriously cursed horror film productions.
Stars: Mitch Horowitz, Phil Nobile Jr., Ryan Turek, April Wolfe
Votes: 1,689
Category: Episodic
38. Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A trio of witches are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.
Stars: Taylor Hickson, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney, Jessica Sutton
Votes: 18,750
Category: Episodic
39. Tales from the Loop (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The townspeople who live above "The Loop," a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe, experience things previously consigned to the realm of science fiction.
Stars: Daniel Zolghadri, Paul Schneider, Rebecca Hall, Robert Nahum
Votes: 22,750
Category: Episodic
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