Edie Arnold is a Loser is an American independent musical comedy film directed by Megan Rico and Kade Atwood.J Hurtado, "SXSW 2026 Review: EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER, A Wholesome Punk Rock Blast Of Teenage Rebellion". Screen Anarchy, March 20, 2026. The film is a coming-of-age comedy about Edie Arnold (Adi Madden Cabrera), a timid outcast girl at a Roman Catholic school whose image is transformed when she and her best friend Frances (McKenna Tuckett) start a punk rock band.Tina Kakadelis, "SXSW ’26: Edie Arnold Is a Loser Is an Underdog Winner". Film Obsessive, March 13, 2026.
The film premiered at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 13, 2026.Zachary Lee, "Punk rock meets Catholicism in 'Edie Arnold Is a Loser'". National Catholic Reporter, April 11, 2026.
Cast Adi Madden Cabrera as Edie Arnold McKenna Tuckett as Frances Cherish Rodriguez as Luanne Arnold Niki Rahimi as Judith Alexa Paige as Ellen Luseane Pasa as Sister Sheena Star Herrmann as Sister Myra Alana Mei Kern as Kati Vidal Gabe Root as Iggy Lucas Van Orden as Walter Boyd
Production Principal photography took place from September 2024 to April 2025, in Salt Lake City, for a musical comedy film directed by Megan Rico and Kade Atwood, and starring Adi Madden Cabrera, McKenna Tuckett, Cherish Rodriguez, Niki Rahimi, Alexa Paige, Luseane Pasa, Star Herrmann, Alana Mei Kern, Gabe Root, and Lucas Van Orden.
Release Edie Arnold is a Loser had its world premiere at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 13, 2026.Richard Whittaker, "How the Clean Cousin of SNL Launched Catholic Punk Comedy Edie Arnold Is a Loser". The Austin Chronicle, March 14, 2026.
It was subsequently screened at the 2026 Seattle International Film Festival,Alison Foreman, "Seattle International Film Festival Announces 2026 Lineup with ‘The Invite,’ ‘I Love Boosters,’ and More". IndieWire, April 15, 2026. where it won the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film.Moira Macdonald, "SIFF’s 2026 film festival got an attendance bump". The Seattle Times, May 20, 2026.
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