The initial Film and TV lineup for SXSW 2025 is out. Check out the lineup of films in the “Narrative Short Competition” section below, presented by Vimeo. The section features “Exceptional storytelling that captivates, surprises, and excites.”

24 Hours After Reading Tuesdays with Morrie
Director/Screenwriter: Scott Tinkham, Producers: Michael Woloson, Scott Tinkham
A guy has an existential awakening after reading the hit book Tuesdays with Morrie. (World Premiere)

Baba I’m Fine
Director/Screenwriter: Karina Dandashi, Producers: Stephen Turselli, Dan Duthie
A teen navigates heartbreak through social media while spending Friday out with her father. (World Premiere)

Ben’s Sister
Director/Screenwriter: Emma Weinswig, Producers: Will Noyce, Emma Weinswig, Shane Bagwell, Chelsea Eisen
Ben, a charismatic fuckboy, must wrestle with his own toxic masculine tendencies when his Freshman sister becomes a pawn in his friend’s scheme to win their high school Senior Scavenger Hunt. (World Premiere)

Brief Somebodies (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Andy Reid, Producer: Alessandra Sconza
While rehearsing a sexual assault scene, a pair of actors form a connection they’ll be forced to reconfigure once filming begins. (World Premiere)

Entre Tormentas
Director/Screenwriter: Fran Zayas, Producers: José Vélez, Fran Zayas, Surhail Navarro
After a hurricane ravaged his hometown, a grieving man breaks into an off-limits cemetery to rescue the lost remains of his brother in order to, alongside his mother, give him a proper burial. (World Premiere)

Grandma’s Four Color Cards (Vietnam)
Director: Sally Tran, Producers: Ngân Lê, Kiều Vy
From her tiny home in Saigon’s bustling District 4, 101-year-old Ngoai runs an underground card game. With her loyal cat and the kindness of her neighbors, she faces poverty with unwavering resilience and quiet strength. (World Premiere)

How Was Your Weekend?
Director/Screenwriter: Cam Banfield, Producers: Greg Cohen, Lucas Ford
A corporate employee finds himself in a fight to survive Monday morning after breaking the most sacred of office rules: If you don’t have a good weekend, we can’t have a good week. (World Premiere)

I’m The Most Racist Person I Know (Australia)
Director/Screenwriter: Leela Varghese, Producer: Suriyna Sivashanker
When Lali unexpectedly ends up on a date with another woman of color for the first time, it unravels prejudices she has long ignored. (World Premiere)

Max Distance
Director/Screenwriter: Marissa Goldman, Producers: Rachel Moss, Jack Fatheree
Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love. (World Premiere)

Nervous Energy
Director/Screenwriter: Eve Liu, Producers: Gregory Barnes, Elias Putnam, Alex Bendo
On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends and for once, make a bold decision with their lives. (World Premiere)

Night Bloom
Director/Screenwriter: Tiye Amenechi, Producers: Satchel Lee, Cameron Debe
Riddled with insomnia and restlessness, a father and daughter duo go on a late night joyride through the streets of New York City during the height of the pandemic. (World Premiere)

One Day This Kid (Canada)
Director/Screenwriter: Alexander Farah, Producer: Joaquin Cardoner
One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn’t mathematical. One day this kid will talk. (Texas Premiere)

Out for Delivery
Director/Screenwriter: Chelsea Christer, Producers: Clinton Trucks, Alexa Rocero, David B. Lyons
When terminally ill Joanna makes the difficult decision to pursue end of life options through the Death With Dignity law, the systems set up to make her death peaceful and dignified become the opposite. (Texas Premiere)

The Sentry (U.S., Cambodia)
Director/Screenwriter: Jake Wachtel, Producers: Visal Sok, Alan Milligan, Jake Wachtel
On assignment in Cambodia, a suave superspy has a haunting encounter with a garrulous guard and must come to terms with the damage he’s inflicted on the local community. (World Premiere)

The Singers
Director: Sam Davis, Producers: Jack Piatt, David Breschel, Charlie Cohen
An impromptu sing-off will decide the best singer in the bar tonight. (World Premiere)

Strangers in the Same Shirt
Director/Screenwriter: Anthon Chase Johnson, Producers: Lauralee Gonzalez, Andrew Scott James, Clay Connor Dean
Estranged siblings reluctantly reunite at their father’s third wedding, where unresolved tensions flare. As they confront relationship and familial discord, an unexpected act of compassion offers the siblings a new hope for their relationship. (World Premiere)

Synthesize Me (U.S., Netherlands)
Director/Screenwriter: Bear Damen, Producers: Salim El Arja, Po Wei Su
In 1989 a young teenager finds a way to bring her mother’s synthesizers back to life with disastrous consequences for her and her father. (World Premiere)

Unholy
Director/Screenwriter: Daisy Friedman, Producers: Arielle Friedman, Isaak Popkin, Camila Grimaldi
A girl with a gastrointestinal disorder attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube. There, she’s confronted by pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room of food she can’t eat. (Texas Premiere)

WassupKaylee (U.S., France)
Director: Pepi Ginsberg, Producers: Stéphane Marchal, Nelson Ghrénassia, Karen Madar, Pepi Ginsberg
Kaylee Hord, a 17-year-old prank video influencer, is the newest member of a popular TikTok content house where she struggles to fit in and pay the rent. (World Premiere)

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)
Director/Screenwriter: Kevin Xian Ming Yu, Producers: Shayan Ajmal Farooq, Camila Grimaldi, Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite. (World Premiere)