**LINK OPENS IN NEW WINDOW** - As Nils is driving Flora to his parents in Provence for the first time they get ambushed by a band of women on horseback. While he flees, she’s made prisoner and during a night in the woods, she's forced face her doubts about their relationship.
As Gwen, an 11 year old girl, starts to discover her sexuality, she catches her dog laughing.
The night before an important interview, young tomboy Alice meets the glamorous but troubled Lola.
She Always Wins captures all the complicated moves in the dance of dominance, deference and self-diminishment that takes place when a young woman brings her new boyfriend to his first family visit.
The nominations are in! An interesting crop of films this year, especially because there are a few we're unfamiliar with. Though, it's great to see Short of the Week fav Anders Walter finally get his due this go-around.
With more than 21 S/W alums featured in the 2025 SXSW lineup, let’s dive into their films and see what they have in store!
A giant blue man wanders an alien planet, his actions controlled by the chickens in his mind
A friendly tennis match between Alice and Andy takes an abrupt turn when Alice goes to retrieve a stray tennis ball.
After flying a Mohel in for his son's Brit Milah – the circumcision - James is forced to confront the transactional nature of religion, and the realities of maintaining old traditions in a modern world.
