‘Slanted’, SXSW ’25 Prize Winner, Debuts As Fest’s Latest Edition Kicks Off; Vietnamese Culinary Family Drama ‘Scent of Pho’ — Specialty Preview

‘Slanted’, SXSW ’25 Prize Winner, Debuts As Fest’s Latest Edition Kicks Off; Vietnamese Culinary Family Drama ‘Scent of Pho’ — Specialty Preview

As SXSW 2026 picks up steam, Bleecker Street opens body horror satire prize-winner from last year’s fest, Slanted from writer-director Amy Wang, on 588 screens. Shirley Chen (Dìdi) stars as Joan Huang, who idolizes the popular girls at her high school and dreams of being a prom queen with the help of Ethnos, a mysterious cosmetic surgery clinic that turns people of color white. Won the Grand Jury Prize in the Narrative Feature Competition at SXS…