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While we all love SXSW for a plethora of reasons that range from the diverse films to the hungover breakfast tacos sought out after a night of premiere parties, industry mixers, and indie shows, the best feeling part by far might simply be stumbling upon a pure, new, raw-voiced film project which feels wholly unique and like something you didn’t ever conceive of existing ever before. SXSW 2026 has lots of great films which might fit this bill, but one we’d like to highlight is the odd, midnight short film Mantis Stream! Like & Subscribe, which is about as off-the-rails as they come. Created by filmmakers Sarah Maerten and Lincoln Robisch, who work under the shared title of “Clusterf*ck!”, the duo pulled off an impressive and very insane, “oner” style comedic short film that has a little bit of everything you never thought you wanted to see. Here’s our convo with the duo about how they pulled the SXSW Vimeo Staff Pick Award-winning project together. MANTIS STREAM! LIKE & SUBSCRIBE NFS: Tell us a bit about CLUSTERF*CK! and how y'all came to work in filmmaking? Sarah Maerten: Lincoln and I went to high school together in the middle of a

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The House and Senate convened on a stormy day to continue the 2026 legislative session. Neither chamber considered education bills on the floor. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visited the Gold Dome to show off the official FIFA World Cup and Atlanta World Cup soccer balls. PAGE Director of Legislative Services Margaret Ciccarelli is pictured here with the Atlanta ball. Senate Floor Action House Floor Action House Judiciary Committee Approves Student Political Activity Bill The House Judiciary Committee approved SB 552  by Sen. Ben Watson (R-Savannah), the True Patriotism and Universal Student Access (TPUSA) Act. The bill states that students are to engage in political activities and expression as well as form partisan or nonpartisan groups or activities before, during, and after the school day. SB 552 also prohibits public schools with a limited open forum from denying access or discriminating against student groups based on the content of their speech, including political, philosophical, or ideological viewpoints. The legislation also indicates that students are allowed to wear clothing and accessories that display political messages or symbols to the same extent as other messages are allowed under a school's dress code. The bill explicitly states that it does not limit

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