South by Southwest Sydney® (SXSW Sydney) has dropped its Screen Festival Headliners with Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, a biopic about Bruce Springsteen's life and career, focusing on the making of his deeply personal 1982 album, "Nebraska", set to kick off the festival as the Opening Night film.

Starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, the film explores his struggle with fame, his complex relationship with his father and his mental health issues during the early 1980s.

Joining the Headliner line-up at the Festival from 13-19 October in Sydney will be Universal Pictures’ thriller Black Phone 2, starring Ethan Hawke as he reprises his villainous role as The Grabber; direct from its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie, a time-travelling cult comedy starring Canadian creators Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol; Cannes Film Festival darling Die My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson and Nick Nolte; Yorgos Lanthimos’ hot Oscar-contender Bugonia, a gory alien kidnapping thriller starring Emma Stone, Alicia Silverstone and Jesse Plemons; and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, featuring a monumental performance from Rose Byrne as a mother on the edge.

Every session in the SXSW Sydney 2025 Screen Festival is open to anyone with a Platinum Pass, Pro Pass or Screen Wristband, granting unlimited access to screenings during the event.

For those itching to get their tickets to individual Headliner or Featured sessions in the blockbuster line-up of films, Rush Tickets are now on sale via the SXSW Sydney website.

SXSW Sydney is an annual gathering of visionaries, thought leaders and emerging talents from the Asia-Pacific region. The week-long program is stacked with 1600 events and networking sessions across the conference, expo and the tech and innovation, games, music and screen festivals.

Supported proudly by Destination NSW, SXSW Sydney will be held from 13-19 October 2025.

Learn more here.