SXSW 2026 - THE ROLLING TAPE

Dates March 12-18, 2026

Location Austin, Texas

Reporting

SXSW is an annual festival that converges technology, installations, music, film, video games, and other multimedia formats. The 2026 edition will take place from March 12-18 in Austin, Texas. Nadia Arain will be at the festival sharing coverage for The Rolling Tape. As a resident of Texas, Nadia could not be more excited to travel to Austin for their second-ever on-the-ground festival coverage, following up on covering Midnight Madness at TIFF 2025.

Interviews

Lead Dispatch

Director Meredith Alloway and Cast Discuss Female Complexity and Empowerment in ‘Forbidden Fruits’

I sat down with director/co-writer Alloway and the main cast (Reinhart, Pedretti, Shipp, and Tung) to discuss 'Forbidden Fruits.'

Nadia Arain

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