SXSW 2026: Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke's 'Wishful Thinking' Nabs Top Film Prize

The South by Southwest 2026 Film Festival grand jury awarded Graham Parkes' "Wishful Thinking," a sci-fi romantic comedy starring Maya Hawke and Lewis Pullman, the top Narrative Feature prize. Additionally, Susan Kent's work in "The Snake," a Canadian comedy film directed by Jenna MacMillan, won the Special Jury Award for Performance. Among the winners was also "Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story" directed by Ayden Mayeri, which scored the top Documentary Feature award. "This week reminded me, once again, why we do this," Claudette Godfrey, VP of Film and TV, said in a . . .