SXSW 2025 kicked off with a round of premieres and surprise appearances! See which celebs showed up for the annual festival and conference.
The 2025 South by Southwest film festival — a.k.a. SXSW — kicked off on March 7, and it’s set to conclude on March 15. Film fans know that the annual Austin, Texas-based event holds premieres of various TV shows and movies in addition to conferences between actors and other creatives.
This year, guests included the season 2 cast of HBO’s hit drama The Last of Us, which consists of series stars Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal and newcomer Kaitlyn Dever. Additionally, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick were there to greet fans for the premiere of their film Another Simple Favor.
To see more stars who were at SXSW 2025, scroll through our gallery below!
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Blake Lively
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Blake was there to talk about her 2025 film Another Simple Favor at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. The movie is a sequel to the 2018 cult classic A Simple Favor.
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Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
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Matt and Ben posed for pictures at the premiere of The Accountant 2.
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Robert Downey Jr.
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Robert made a surprise appearance at “The Future of World-Building at Disney” panel at the Austin Convention Center.
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Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal & Kaitlyn Dever
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Bella, Pedro and Kaitlyn came out for The Last of Us season 2 panel at the Austin Convention Center.
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