South by Southwest is a blitzkrieg of media. The minute that first Friday rolls around, Austin, Texas feels less like the capitol of The Lone Star state and more like the capitol of the world. You can’t go anywhere without running into someone or something, and that feeling starts with the film portion of the festival. Each year, the festival invites hundreds of stars to the premieres of their respective new movies and television shows, and each year, they walk up and down the red carpets that are laid across the front of every theater. While our writers are busy trying to get inside and secure a seat, our trusty photographer Heather Kaplan is right there to capture the magic before it hits the celluloid.
Chuck Todd // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
John Hawkes and Octavia Spencer // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Noël Wells // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Swanberg // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Rooney Mara // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Sharlto Copley // Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Bob Crawford // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
State Theatre // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Don Harvey // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Julia Louis Dreyfus, Tony Hale, and Red Scott // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Aislinn Derbez // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James Franco, photo by Heather Kaplan
Ansel Elgort // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jake Johnson // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Kwon // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jenny Slate // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Anna Margaret Hollyman // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Frank Oz // Muppet Guys Talking // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Crowd // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Maika Monroe // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Gosling // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Chuck Todd, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and Tony Hale // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Kenli Vacek // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
David Leitch // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Bonfiglio, Seth and Scott Avett, Judd Apatow // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danielle MacDonald // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Lo Truglio // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Clifton Collins Jr. // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Richard Whittle // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ariyon Bakare // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Anna Chlumsky, David Mandel, and Chuck Todd // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jenny Slate // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Animal Kingdom // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Game of Thrones // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Scott Avett // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, and Sam Richardson // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Game of Thrones // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Crispin Glover // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Janicza Bravo // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James Franco // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Nick Thune and Andre Hyland // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cindi Leive // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Maika Monroe // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Emily V. Gordon // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jeremy Ratchford // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Orlando Jones // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Pablo Schreiber // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Rebecca Ferguson, photo by Heather Kaplan
Katherine Waterson // Alien: Covenant // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Charlize Theron // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Doug Benson // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Mr. Roosevelt // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Charlize Theron // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm and Edgar Wright // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Paramount and State Theatre // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Noël Wells and Nick Thune // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Armie Hammer // Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Armie Hammer // Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Fassbender // Alien: Covenant // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge Swag // Photo by Heather Kaplan
American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ariyon Bakare // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danielle MacDonald // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ansel Elgort // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ariyon Bakare // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Elijah Bynum // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
HBO Escape Rooms // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Betty Gilpin // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ghostbusters Ecto-1 // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ansel Elgort // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
David Mandel, Chuck Todd, and Julia Louis Dreyfus // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Sam Richardson and Timothy Simons // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Fassbender // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Timothée Chalamet // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jake Johnson // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny McBride // Alien: Covenant // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Berenice Marlohe // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Lo Truglio // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Fassbender // Alien: Covenant // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Judd Apatow // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Kwon // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Scott Avett // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Brad Johnson // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Orlando Jones // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle, photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Swanberg // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Betty Gilpin // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Vartan // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Alex Roe // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Stefanie Scott // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Clifton Collins, Jr. // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Avett // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Gosling // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Stefanie Scott // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Hiroyuki Sanada // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Charlize Theron // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Bruce Langley // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Kumail Nanjiani // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Noël Wells, photo by Heather Kaplan
Jake Gyllenhaal at SXSW 2017, photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Emily V. Gordon // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Avett // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jill Bailey // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Maia Mitchell // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Joe Swanberg // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Tanner Beard // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James McAvoy // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Scott and Sarah Avett // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Frank Oz // Muppet Guys Talking // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Maia Mitchell // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James Franco // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Bob Crawford // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James McAvoy // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Rhett Reese and Chelsey Crisp // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ridley Scott, photo by Heather Kaplan
Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Fran Brill, Frank Oz, and Victoria Labalme // Muppet Guys Talking // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ben Wheatley // Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Nathalie Holmes // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Britt Lower // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
David Leitch // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ansel Elgort // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Barry Mendel // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Britt Lower // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Dave Franco // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Barry Mendel, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Judd Apatow // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Paul Gordon // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James McAvoy // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Rebecca Ferguson // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Eiza González // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Aislinn Derbez // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Yetide Badaki // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, and Sam Richardson // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Maika Monroe // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ansel Elgort // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm and Edgar Wright // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Emily Browning // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Yetide Badaki // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
David Mandel, Chuck Todd, and Julia Louis Dreyfus // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Hiroyuki Sanada // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Janicza Bravo // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Gabourey Sidibe // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Armie Hammer and Sharlto Copley // Free Fire Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
John Hawkes and Octavia Spencer // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
The Nelms Brothers // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ian McShane // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Chuck Todd, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and Tony Hale // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Edgar Wright, photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
John Hawkes, The Nelms Brothers // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Charlize Theron // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jenny Slate // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Crispin Glover // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Gary Cole, Matt Walsh, and Anna Chlumsky // HBO’s Veep Panel // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Alex Roe // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Robert Rodriguez, Frank Oz, and Dave Goelz // Muppet Guys Talking // Photo by Heather Kaplan
James McAvoy, Charlize Theron, and David Leitch // Atomic Blonde // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jon Hamm // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Nicholas Saenz // Mr. Roosevelt // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Timothée Chalamet // Hot Summer Nights // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Rooney Mara // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Gosling // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Janicza Bravo // The Female Lens // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Caity Lotz // Small Town Crime // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Cast and Crew // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, and James Franco // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Rogen // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Dave Franco // The Disaster Artist // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Seth Avett and Jennifer Carpenter // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jonathan Tucker // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Eiza González // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Judd Apatow // The Big Sick // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Oz // Muppet Guys Talking // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Sarah Green // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Twin Peaks Lodge // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Nicolas Gonda // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Berenice Marlohe // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Kenneth Kao // Song to Song // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal // Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Life // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Animal Kingdom // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Jake Johnson // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Danny Boyle // T2 Trainspotting // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Aislinn Derbez // Win It All // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Eiza González // Baby Driver // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Michael Bonfiglio and Judd Apatow // May It Last // Photo by Heather Kaplan
Orlando Jones and Ian McShane // American Gods // Photo by Heather Kaplan
