Award-winning filmmaker Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) took to the SXSW Sydney 2025 stage to talk laughter, leadership and lifting women up in comedy. In an inspiring keynote, Feig opened up on why Hollywood must keep championing female-driven storytelling…

As South by Southwest launches outside of its Austin, Texas home for the first time ever, Popcorn Podcast has the seven must-see highlights from the SXSW Sydney Film Festival, including The Royal Hotel and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn…

There’s a comedic female filmmaker on the rise you need to pay attention to. Ally Pankiw speaks to Popcorn Podcast about her feature directorial debut, I Used To Be Funny, which premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival this week, pummelling audiences with a refreshing look at the toll of trauma and the road to recovery…

SXSW 2022 Film Festival did not disappoint. Critics are raving and audiences are revelling in the wealth of new contributions to cinema. Popcorn Podcast has the narrative feature highlights that need to be on your film radar…

Seriously Red stars Krew Boylan and Daniel Webber talk to Popcorn Podcast about their new film, getting Dolly-fit and pouring out a cup of ambition to create your own opportunities…

It Is In Us All is a provoking, yet overly-ambiguous, feature directorial debut from writer-director Antonia Campbell-Hughes that poses a haunting question: what is ‘it’ that sits inside us, waiting to be unleashed?

I Love My Dad manages to make you simultaneously cringe and cry with its painful situational comedy and family drama. It leaves you feeling deeply disturbed yet optimistic for these characters and their attempts at reconciliation…

A Lot of Nothing – actor-turned-filmmaker Mo McRae’s exploration of what people do in extreme moments of conflict – had its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival on March 13 as part of the Narrative Feature competition. Popcorn Podcast has everything you need to know about McRae’s feature directorial debut…

Sitting down to watch Self-Portrait, described as a “portrait of humanity as captured by its surveillance cameras”, brings with it preconceived notions. A film made up entirely of footage from low-quality surveillance cameras could be boring…

Founded in 1987, South by Southwest (SXSW) has been supporting ambitious artists and creative dreamers for 35 years, and Popcorn Podcast is proud to cover the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Among the groundbreaking world premieres, daring documentaries and experimental features is a handful of must-see Australian gems you won’t want to miss, including these top picks…