SXSW 2026 Film & TV Festival Announces Jury and Special Award Winners

SXSW 2026 Film & TV Festival Announces Jury and Special Award Winners

South by Southwest announced the winners of its 2026 Film & TV Festival Jury and Special Awards.

SXSW 2026 Awards: ‘Wishful Thinking’ and ‘Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story’ Take Top Honors

As the SXSW Film & TV Festival winds down, its juries have handed out a raft of awards. Audience awards are to follow.

SXSW 2026: Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke's 'Wishful Thinking' Nabs Top Film Prize

The South by Southwest 2026 Film Festival grand jury awarded Graham Parkes’ “Wishful Thinking,” a sci-fi romantic comedy starring Maya Hawke and Lewis Pullman, the top Narrative Feature prize. Additionally, Susan Kent’s work in “The Snake,” a Canadian comedy film directed by Jenna MacMillan, won the Special Jury Award for Performance. Among the winners was also “Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story” directed by Ayden Mayeri, which scored the top Docum…

SXSW 2026 Winners List: ‘Wishful Thinking’ Starring Lewis Pullman & Maya Hawke Takes Narrative Feature Prize

South by Southwest today announced its Film & TV Festival Jury and Special Award winners. They recognize “superlative creativity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers and designers in the SXSW Film & TV program.” Wishful Thinking, starring Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke took the Narrative Feature prize, while Susan Kent’s work in The Snake won her the Special Jury Award for Performance. “This week reminded me, once again, why we do this,” said…

SXSW 2026: WISHFUL THINKING, SUMMER 2000: THE X-CTRA STORY, and More Jury and Special Awards

The 2026 edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival concluded yesterday and has now announced their Jury and Special Award winners. Graham Parkes' Wishful Thinking won the Narrative Feature Competition. As I noted in our curtain raiser: "Maya Hawkes and Lewis Pullman star as a couple on the verge of breaking up when they attend a couples-therapy seminar. Somehow, after that, the state of their relationship begins affecting the world around them on a…

SXSW ANNOUNCES 2026 FILM & TV FESTIVAL JURY AND SPECIAL AWARDS

March 18, 2026 | Austin, Texas — South by Southwest® (SXSW®) today announced the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Jury and Special Award winners, honoring the superlative creativity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers and designers in the SXSW Film & TV program. Film & TV projects receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Competition categories, plus all other juried sections, including Shorts, Independ…