South by South West Film Festival or SXSW is held in Austin, Texas and celebrates ‘ raw innovation and emerging talent, both behind and in front of the camera’. This year’s festival starts from 8th March – 16th March. 

SXSW Film Festival 2019 – Austin, Texas

The Indian crime web-series Sacred Games has been nominated for its Opening Titles in the category of ‘Excellence in Title Design’, along with ‘Deadpool 2’, ‘Black Panther’, ‘Aquaman’, the Indian web-series ‘Smoke’ among others this year at the festival!

Kubra Sait with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in ‘Sacred Games’

Sacred Games has been directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. The first season stars big names of the Bollywood industry – Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan, Radhika Apte, Kubra Sait, Neeraj Kabi, Rajshri Deshpande, Karan Wahi, Jeetendra Joshi to name a few.

The news was shared by the head writer of the show, Varun Grover, on his twitter handle –

 “Waah! Congratulations @PlexusPost and team – Sacred Games opening titles have been nominated for ‘Excellence in Title Design’ (along with Deadpool 2, Black Panther, and Aquaman among others) at @sxsw 2019.”