Virginia Woolf Night and Daystarring Haley Bennett, Jack Whitehall, Lily Allen, Timothy Spall, Jennifer Saunders, Sally Phillips, Misia Butler and Elias Mebarak, will open SXSW London’s 2026 film lineup, organizers revealed Monday.
This romantic comedy from director Tina Gaffari and screenwriter Justine Waddell is based on Virginia Woolf’s novel. Night and day. The talent confirmed so far for the film’s world premiere at SXSW London, which runs from June 1 to 6, are Bennett, Whitehall, Phillips, Butler, Ghavari Waddell.
The event is also set to be darkly satirical Savage housewhose cast includes Richard E. Grant, Claire Foy, Bel Powley, and Jack Farthing.
These films will be joined by an exclusive first look at Warner Bros.’ Adult Swim animated series. Animation, Get a gyrobased on the DC/Vertigo graphic novel by Anthony Bourdain. Executive produced by Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka, Jordan Blum, Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, and Sam Register, the show stars Brian Tee (Dynamite house). The film is set in Los Angeles in the not-so-distant future, where top chefs rule the city and people are literally killing people in order to get a seat at the best restaurants.
SXSW London on Monday also revealed six films, all of which are premiering in the UK, have been selected for this year’s official competition. they The other side of the sunDirected by Tawfiq Sabouni, Juan Pablo Salato Red barn, vision Directed by Mahnaz Mohammadi, Memory of Vladelina Sandu, remake From director Ross McElwee, and Only revolutionaries win Directed by Danielle Arbid.
“The films in our official competition embody what excites us most about contemporary cinema: uninhibited, deeply human and formally bold films that provoke and challenge us to think broader, deeper and more empathetically,” said Anna Bogotskaya, Head of Screen at SXSW London.
SXSW also added to its industry speakers and panel lineup on Monday. New sessions include “Game Meets Technology: New Technologies for Toy Story 5“With Thomas Jordan (Toy Story 5 VFX Supervisor), “BookTok to Screen: Make Hits Out of Views” with Tara Erer, Head of UK & European Originals at Prime Video, and Hannah Griffiths, Head of Edits at Banjay, “The Beyond the Audition: Casting Directors” with Casting Directors Sophie Holland (The witcher, Wednesday) and BAFTA Award winner Lucy Pardee (afternoon, My love dies), “The Responsibilities of Creative Leadership” with Mia Baez from the BFI Film Fund and Nadia Fall from The Young Vic, and “Big Stories, No Borders” with Samuel Kissos from Pernel Media and Claire Mundell from Synchronicity Films.
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