The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused plenty of event cancellations this year, including this year’s SXSW. The city of Austin pulled the plug on the event, but alas, those who were excited about watching the movie premieres this year will be able to watch them from home very soon.
Amazon Prime Video revealed in a tweet that it has partnered with SXSW for an upcoming streaming event. That means you’ll be able to watch these movies from your couch. Check out the tweet below.
Okay, exciting news y’all! We’re partnering with @SXSW on a 10-day streaming event to bring you a collection of movies from this year’s line-up. It’ll be free to everyone in the U.S. (yeah, we said everyone) because these films deserve an audience. Stay tuned for more details!
— primevideo (@PrimeVideo) April 2, 2020
The key word here is “everyone.” That means that anyone in the United States–regardless of whether or not they have an Amazon Prime Account–will be able to take part in this event.
GameSpot reached out to Amazon for more details about this event, and they have yet to reply. It’s unknown at the time of this writing when the SXSW/Amazon event will happen.
One of this year’s entries to the festival is none other than Psycho Goreman. The bizarre horror comedy follows two kids who resurrect an ancient alien with a thirst for violence, and the first trailer is filled with gore. However, the movie comes off like an ’80s kids movie where they’ve made friends with an alien like E.T. or Mac and Me. It is truly bizarre looking.
Additionally movies that were set to debut at SXSW are Maureen Bharoocha’s comedy Golden Arm, Andrew Rossi’s documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News, Kris Rey’s comedy I Used to Go Here, and Shahad Ameen’s fantasy drama Scales.
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April 2, 2020 at 02:45PM