Less than a week after the 2025 Oscars, many of Hollywood’s best and brightest were back on the prestige content clock. The SXSW Film & TV Festival started the 2026 awards conversation Friday with the premiere of The Studio, the Seth Rogen satire about the film biz, then kept going with the hotly-anticipated launch of Another Simple Favor, with stars including Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, and Henry Golding on stage for its maiden voyage.
Other SXSW attendees spotted on various stages, red carpets, and portrait studios across Austin, Texas: Ben Affleck was joined by Matt Damon (bearded!) and Jon Bernthal (bald!) for the inaugural screening of The Accountant 2, while Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd ushered in their latest, Death of a Unicorn. Meanwhile, Pedro Pascal and the rest of the The Last of Us gang sat down to talk about the show’s pending second season, while Kevin Bacon submitted to an onstage retrospective of his career.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg at this year’s SXSW, which runs until March 15. Scroll on to see more of the action on the red carpet and beyond.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck attend the world premiere of “The Accountant 2” at the Paramount Theatre during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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(L-R) Andrew Rannells, Blake Lively, Michele Marrone, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick, Henry Golding, Bashir Salahuddin, Elizabeth Perkins and Alex Newell from “Another Simple Favor” pose in the Getty Images Portrait Studio at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Chase Sui Wonders attends the world premiere for “The Studio” at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
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Matthew Rhys and Babak Anvari pose in the Getty Images Portrait Studio at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Katie Aselton, Daveed Diggs, Sarah Whelden at the “Magic Hour” premiere at the Rollins Theatre at The Long Center during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Zazie Beetz (L) and David Rysdahl attend the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival for the premiere of “The Dutchman” on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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(L-R) Delmar Stevens, Misty Stevens, Kutoven “Ku” Stevens, Paige Bethmann, Jessica Epstein, Lupe Cabada and Tracy Rector pose in the Getty Images Portrait Studio at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Anna Kendrick at the “Another Simple Favor” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Kelvin Harrison Jr., Regina Hall, and Sadie Sink at the “O’Dessa” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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James Cusati-Moyer, Callie Hernandez, Pete Ohs, Zoe Chao, Jeremy O. Harris at the “The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet at the “Fantasy Life” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Jenna Ortega at the “Death of a Unicorn” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Fidel Ruiz-Healy poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Pedro Pascal at the Featured Session “The Last of Us: Cast and Creators on Season 2” during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn at “The Studio” premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Allison Robertson, Ben Affleck, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Jon Bernthal at the “The Accountant 2” Premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Kevin Bacon speaks during the “Kevin Bacon: A Career Retrospective From Footloose to The Bondsman” session at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 7, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Gabriel Luna, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino at the Featured Session “The Last of Us: Cast and Creators on Season 2” during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Ben Affleck (L) and Jon Bernthal attend the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival for the premiere of “The Accountant 2” at the Paramount Theatre on March 08, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen and James Weaver at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 7, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Carl Lewis at the premiere of “I’m Carl Lewis!” Premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Catherine O’Hara at “The Studio” Premiere during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Blake Lively attends the world premiere of “Another Simple Favor” during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival on March 7, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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