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SXSW Film Festival

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    SXSW Grand Jury Award

    Edit

    Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      (Notes on) Biology

      7.0 (80)
      Danny Madden
    • [object Object]

      663114

      6.1 (116)
      Isamu Hirabayashi
    • [object Object]

      Belly

      6.6 (152)
      Julia Pott
    • [object Object]

      Caldera

      6.6 (314)
      Evan Viera

    • Chocolate Milk

      Eliza Kinkz
    • [object Object]

      Combustion

      5.7 (14)
      Renaud Hallée

    • Giraffe Danger

      Randall Hopkins
    • [object Object]

      The Hunter

      7.0 (17)
      Marieka Walsh
    • [object Object]

      It's Such a Beautiful Day

      8.5 (3.3K)
      Don Hertzfeldt

    • Little Boat

      6.9 (36)
      Nelson Boles
    • [object Object]

      The Maker

      7.7 (3.3K)
      Christopher Kezelos

    • Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise

      6.2 (44)
      Kelly Sears
    • [object Object]

      Paint Showers

      6.4 (8)
      Miguel Jiron

    • Photographs

      7.3 (20)
      Christina Manrique
      Co-director: Robert Clogher
    • [object Object]

      Reddish Brown and Blueish Green

      Sam Gurry
    • [object Object]

      Summer Bummer

      6.2 (88)
      Bill Plympton

    Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Beware of Mr. Baker

      7.6 (3.6K)
      Jay Bulger
    • [object Object]

      Bay of All Saints

      7.9 (27)
      Annie Eastman
    • [object Object]

      Birders: The Central Park Effect

      7.4 (377)
      Jeffrey Kimball
    • [object Object]

      The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

      6.3 (2.2K)
      Chris James Thompson
    • [object Object]

      Seeking Asian Female

      7.3 (291)
      Debbie Lum
    • [object Object]

      The Sheik and I

      6.5 (152)
      Caveh Zahedi
    • [object Object]

      The Source Family

      6.8 (1.5K)
      Maria Demopoulos
      Jodi Wille
    • [object Object]

      Welcome to the Machine

      7.2 (16)
      Avi Zev Weider

    Documentary Short

    • Winner

      CatCam

      7.1 (22)
      Seth Keal
    • [object Object]

      Aisha's Song

      8.1 (23)
      Orlando von Einsiedel
    • [object Object]

      A Brief History of John Baldessari

      8.1 (186)
      Henry Joost
      Ariel Schulman
    • [object Object]

      Brute Force

      7.1 (18)
      Ben Steinbauer
    • [object Object]

      Cutting Loose

      7.5 (26)
      Adrian McDowall
      Finlay Pretsell

    • Family Nightmare

      6.7 (33)
      Dustin Guy Defa
    • [object Object]

      Kako sam Zapalio Simona Bolivara

      7.1 (20)
      Igor Drljaca
    • [object Object]

      Kudzu Vine

      6.3 (17)
      Joshua M. Gibson

    • The Love Competition

      8.5 (25)
      Brent Hoff
    • [object Object]

      The Man That Got Away

      7.0 (45)
      Trevor Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Meaning of Robots

      7.2 (35)
      Matt Lenski

    • Minor/Major: The TV on the Radio Tour Documentary

      7.8 (10)
      Chioke Nassor
    • [object Object]

      It Ain't Over

      8.8 (9)
      Caleb Slain

    • Written in Ink

      7.7 (17)
      Martin Rath

    Midnight Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

      8.2 (5.8K)
      Joseph Pelling
      Becky Sloan
    • [object Object]

      Cheap Extermination

      6.8 (6)
      Minka Farthing-Kohl
    • [object Object]

      Cherry on Top

      Mike Damanskis
    • [object Object]

      I Am Your Grandma

      6.9 (70)
      Jillian Mayer
    • [object Object]

      J.P.B.F.

      Steve Collins

    • Machines of the Working Class

      James Dastoli
      Robert Dastoli

    • Man & Gun

      Brian McOmber
    • [object Object]

      Other

      7.2 (91)
      Daniel DelPurgatorio
    • [object Object]

      Perished

      6.3 (233)
      Aaron McCann
      Stefan Androv Radanovich

    Music Video

    • Winner

      Battles Feat. Gary Numan: My Machines

      7.4 (27)
      Battles
      Daniel Kwan
      Daniel Scheinert

    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chair

      7.4 (104)
      Grainger David

    • Aaron Burr, Part 2

      6.9 (21)
      Dana O'Keefe

    • Another Bullet Dodged

      7.3 (11)
      Landon Zakheim
    • [object Object]

      Bear

      7.3 (1.4K)
      Nash Edgerton
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      6.7 (493)
      Benny Safdie
      Josh Safdie
    • [object Object]

      A Chjàna

      7.0 (33)
      Jonas Carpignano
    • [object Object]

      A Fábrica

      6.9 (333)
      Aly Muritiba
    • [object Object]

      Foxes

      6.2 (637)
      Lorcan Finnegan
    • [object Object]

      Heimkommen

      6.9 (10)
      Micah Magee
    • [object Object]

      In the Pines

      6.4 (123)
      Christopher Caldwell
      Zeek Earl

    • Joy

      9.3 (13)
      Colm Quinn
    • [object Object]

      Liar

      7.8 (15)
      Adam Garnet Jones
    • [object Object]

      Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke

      6.7 (98)
      Lucas Leyva
      Jillian Mayer
    • [object Object]

      Little Dad

      Noah Pritzker

    • Mouthful

      7.7 (20)
      Robert G. Putka

    • Not Far from the Abattoir

      7.5 (8)
      Kyle Thomas
    • [object Object]

      Pitch Black Heist

      7.3 (1.4K)
      John Maclean
    • [object Object]

      Spielzeit

      7.7 (10)
      Lucas Mireles
    • [object Object]

      Random Strangers

      6.3 (54)
      Alexis Dos Santos
    • [object Object]

      Reinaldo Arenas

      4.8 (7)
      Lucas Leyva

    • Remains

      5.2 (5)
      Nathan S. Caswell
      Jeremiah Zagar
    • [object Object]

      Sea Meadow

      Lily Baldwin

    • Shoot the Freak

      5.2 (6)
      Bradford Willingham
    • [object Object]

      A Short Film About Ice Fishing

      7.0 (21)
      Jason Shahinfar
    • [object Object]

      Would You

      7.0 (252)
      Rod Blackhurst
      Brian McGinn

    SXGlobal Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Perfect Fit

      7.4 (21)
      Tali Yankelevich
    • [object Object]

      Abuelas

      8.4 (58)
      Afarin Eghbal

    • The Contest

      4.3 (7)
      Jakub Cuman

    • Chronicle of Oldrich S.

      8.0 (6)
      Rudolf Smíd
    • [object Object]

      The Contract

      7.3 (7)
      Lina Mannheimer
    • [object Object]

      Doctor Rao

      Alexej Tchernyi
      Wu Zhi
    • [object Object]

      Praça Walt Disney

      6.6 (55)
      Sergio Oliveira
      Renata Pinheiro

    Texas High School Short

    • Winner

      Boom

      Brian Broder
      Daniel Matyas

    Texas Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spark

      5.7 (15)
      Annie Silverstein

    • The Gathering Squall

      5.9 (27)
      Hannah Fidell

    • Guessing Game

      Banban Cheng
    • [object Object]

      Hellion

      6.5 (110)
      Kat Candler
    • [object Object]

      Knife

      7.4 (22)
      James M. Johnston
    • [object Object]

      Magpie

      6.3 (9)
      Rose Bush
    • [object Object]

      Tumbleweed!

      6.5 (30)
      Jared Varava
    • [object Object]

      What It's Like

      Matt Naylor

    Special Jury Award

    Edit

    Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award

    • Amy Seimetz at an event for The Sacrament (2013)
      Winner
      • Amy Seimetz
      • Sun Don't Shine

    Narrative Competition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eden

      6.6 (9.6K)
      Jamie Chung
      For acting.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Starlet

      6.9 (9.3K)
      Besedka Johnson
      For acting.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Booster

      4.9 (151)
      Nico Stone
      For acting.

    SXSW Wolphin Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Black Balloon

      6.7 (493)
      Benny Safdie
      Josh Safdie

    Emerging Woman Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eden

      6.6 (9.6K)
      Megan Griffiths(director)

    Lone Star States

    Edit

    Louis Black Lone Star Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bernie

      6.8 (65K)
      Richard Linklater
    • [object Object]

      Wolf

      7.0 (190)
      Ya'Ke Smith
      Ralph Lopez
      Derek Lee Nixon

    Audience Award

    Edit

    24 Beats Per Second

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Under African Skies

      7.7 (545)
      Joe Berlinger
    • [object Object]

      Grandma Lo-Fi

      7.2 (128)
      Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
      Orri Jonsson
      Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir
    • [object Object]

      Amor crónico

      5.5 (25)
      Jorge Perugorría
    • [object Object]

      Bad Brains: A Band in DC

      7.5 (159)
      Ben Logan
      Mandy Stein
    • [object Object]

      Charles Bradley: Soul of America

      7.5 (648)
      Poull Brien
    • [object Object]

      Daylight Savings

      7.2 (107)
      Dave Boyle
    • [object Object]

      Paul Williams: Still Alive

      6.9 (990)
      Stephen Kessler
    • [object Object]

      Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen

      7.5 (93)
      Don Letts
    • [object Object]

      Sunset Strip

      6.8 (841)
      Hans Fjellestad
    • [object Object]

      Uprising: Hip Hop and the LA Riots

      7.6 (153)
      Mark Ford

    Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Eden

      6.6 (9.6K)
      Colin Harper Plank(producer)
      Jacob Mosler(producer)
      Centripetal Films

    Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bay of All Saints

      7.9 (27)
      Annie Eastman

    Documentary Spotlight

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Brooklyn Castle

      7.2 (1K)
      Katie Dellamaggiore
    • [object Object]

      $ellebrity

      5.7 (1.1K)
      Kevin Mazur
    • [object Object]

      America's Parking Lot

      7.9 (24)
      Jonny Mars
    • [object Object]

      The Announcement

      7.6 (579)
      Nelson George
    • [object Object]

      Beauty Is Embarrassing

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Neil Berkeley
    • [object Object]

      Code of the West

      7.6 (45)
      Rebecca Richman Cohen
    • [object Object]

      Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes

      7.3 (200)
      Marble Slinger
    • [object Object]

      Girl Model

      6.5 (2.3K)
      David Redmon
      Ashley Sabin
    • [object Object]

      Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

      7.4 (634)
      Ben Shapiro
    • [object Object]

      Just Like Being There

      6.8 (148)
      Scout Shannon
    • [object Object]

      Scarlet Road

      7.0 (129)
      Catherine Scott
    • [object Object]

      Trash Dance

      7.8 (80)
      Andrew Garrison
    • [object Object]

      True Stories: Wikileaks - Secrets and Lies

      7.1 (122)
      Patrick Forbes
    • [object Object]

      Waiting for Lightning

      7.3 (715)
      Jacob Rosenberg
    • [object Object]

      Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

      7.3 (208)
      Kristy Guevara-Flanagan

    Emerging Visions

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Low & Clear

      7.4 (89)
      Alex Jablonski(Producer)
      Kahlil Hudson(Co-Director)
      Tyler Hughen(Co-Director)
    • [object Object]

      Black Pond

      5.8 (983)
      Tom Kingsley
      Will Sharpe
    • [object Object]

      Dollhouse

      4.9 (452)
      Kirsten Sheridan
    • [object Object]

      Eating Alabama

      7.6 (31)
      Andrew Grace
    • [object Object]

      Electrick Children

      6.7 (6.2K)
      Rebecca Thomas
    • [object Object]

      Extracted

      6.4 (13K)
      Nir Paniry
    • [object Object]

      Francine

      5.8 (286)
      Brian M. Cassidy
      Melanie Shatzky
    • [object Object]

      Funeral Kings

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Kevin McManus
      Matthew McManus
    • [object Object]

      Hard Labor

      6.6 (1K)
      Marco Dutra
      Juliana Rojas
    • [object Object]

      La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus

      6.8 (144)
      Mark Kendall
    • [object Object]

      The Last Fall

      5.5 (445)
      Matthew A. Cherry
    • [object Object]

      Leave Me Like You Found Me

      7.1 (72)
      Adele Romanski
    • [object Object]

      Pavilion

      6.0 (171)
      Tim Sutton
    • [object Object]

      Sun Don't Shine

      6.1 (1.3K)
      Amy Seimetz
    • [object Object]

      Sunset Stories

      5.9 (171)
      Ernesto Foronda
      Silas Howard
    • [object Object]

      Tchoupitoulas

      6.5 (331)
      Bill Ross IV
      Turner Ross
    • [object Object]

      Thale

      5.5 (6.3K)
      Aleksander Nordaas
    • [object Object]

      Wildness

      7.7 (32)
      Wu Tsang
    • [object Object]

      Wolf

      7.0 (190)
      Ya'Ke Smith

    Festival Favorites

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chasing Ice

      7.7 (8.9K)
      Jeff Orlowski-Yang
    • [object Object]

      Beast

      5.6 (614)
      Christoffer Boe
    • [object Object]

      The Comedy

      6.3 (5.5K)
      Rick Alverson
    • [object Object]

      Dreams of a Life

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Carol Morley
    • [object Object]

      God Bless America

      7.1 (72K)
      Bobcat Goldthwait
    • [object Object]

      The Imposter

      7.5 (51K)
      Bart Layton
    • [object Object]

      Indie Game: The Movie

      7.6 (22K)
      Lisanne Pajot
      James Swirsky
    • [object Object]

      Kid-Thing

      6.3 (573)
      David Zellner
    • [object Object]

      Last Call at the Oasis

      7.4 (479)
      Jessica Yu
    • [object Object]

      Lovely Molly

      5.3 (10K)
      Eduardo Sánchez
    • [object Object]

      The Raid: Redemption

      7.6 (221K)
      Gareth Evans
    • [object Object]

      We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

      7.2 (10K)
      Brian Knappenberger

    Midnight Audience

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Citadel

      5.5 (7.4K)
      Ciarán Foy
    • [object Object]

      The Aggression Scale

      5.9 (3.6K)
      Steven C. Miller
    • [object Object]

      Girls Against Boys

      4.8 (4K)
      Austin Chick
    • [object Object]

      Intruders

      5.4 (22K)
      Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
    • [object Object]

      Iron Sky

      5.9 (97K)
      Timo Vuorensola
    • [object Object]

      John Dies at the End

      6.3 (41K)
      Don Coscarelli
    • [object Object]

      [REC] 3: Genesis

      5.0 (39K)
      Paco Plaza
    • [object Object]

      Ritual

      5.4 (3K)
      Joko Anwar
    • [object Object]

      The Tall Man

      5.9 (44K)
      Pascal Laugier
    • [object Object]

      V/H/S

      5.8 (71K)
      Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
      David Bruckner
      Tyler Gillett
      Justin Martinez
      Glenn McQuaid
      Radio Silence
      Joe Swanberg
      Chad Villella
      Ti West
      Adam Wingard

    Narrative Spotlight

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fat Kid Rules the World

      6.4 (3.4K)
      Matthew Lillard
      Whitewater Films
    • [object Object]

      The Babymakers

      5.0 (8.9K)
      Jay Chandrasekhar
    • [object Object]

      The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

      5.9 (1.8K)
      Jay Duplass
      Mark Duplass
    • [object Object]

      3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

      5.9 (5.3K)
      Jordan Roberts
    • [object Object]

      Hunky Dory

      6.2 (1.4K)
      Marc Evans
    • [object Object]

      In Our Nature

      5.6 (844)
      Brian Savelson
    • [object Object]

      Keyhole

      5.5 (1.6K)
      Guy Maddin
    • [object Object]

      See Girl Run

      5.1 (1.4K)
      Nate Meyer
    • [object Object]

      See Girl Run

      5.1 (1.4K)
      Nate Meyer
    • [object Object]

      Small Apartments

      6.1 (8.5K)
      Jonas Åkerlund
    • [object Object]

      Somebody Up There Likes Me

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Bob Byington
    • [object Object]

      Crazy Eyes

      4.0 (598)
      Paul Sherman

    SXGlobal

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Her Master's Voice

      7.4 (441)
      Nina Conti
    • [object Object]

      Bijuka

      6.8 (29)
      Ashtar Sayed
    • [object Object]

      Crulic - The Path to Beyond

      7.6 (830)
      Anca Damian
    • [object Object]

      El Medico: The Cubaton Story

      6.4 (141)
      Daniel Fridell
    • [object Object]

      Italy: Love It, or Leave It

      6.6 (390)
      Gustav Hofer
      Luca Ragazzi
    • [object Object]

      Mustafa's Sweet Dreams

      6.7 (35)
      Angelo Abazoglou
    • [object Object]

      Pompeya

      6.7 (48)
      Tamae Garateguy
    • [object Object]

      ¡Vivan las antípodas!

      7.2 (729)
      Victor Kossakovsky

    Louis Black/Lone Star Award

    Edit

    Special Jury Recognition

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trash Dance

      7.8 (80)
      Andrew Garrison(Director)

    SXSW Film Design Award - Special Jury Recognition

    Edit

    Excellence in Title Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      X-Men: First Class

      7.7 (739K)
      Simon Clowes(Main Title Design)
      Prologue Films

    SXSW Interactive Award - Film & TV

    Edit

    Film & TV

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Goa Hippy Tribe

      Darius Devas

    SXSW Competition Award

    Edit

    Experimental

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Take This Lollipop

      7.5 (271)
      Jason Zada(director)
      Tool of North America

    Grand Jury - Best Narrative Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gimme the Loot

      6.6 (2.6K)
      Adam Leon
      Seven For Ten
    • [object Object]

      Booster

      4.9 (151)
      Matt Ruskin
    • [object Object]

      Eden

      6.6 (9.6K)
      Megan Griffiths
    • [object Object]

      Gayby

      6.0 (2.8K)
      Jonathan Lisecki
    • [object Object]

      Los Chidos

      6.7 (98)
      Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
    • [object Object]

      Pilgrim Song

      7.1 (87)
      Martha Stephens
    • [object Object]

      Starlet

      6.9 (9.3K)
      Sean Baker
    • [object Object]

      The Taiwan Oyster

      6.9 (712)
      Mark Jarrett

    Motion Graphics

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Take This Lollipop

      7.5 (271)
      Jason Zada(director)
      Tool of North America
      Little Monster Studios

    Musical Video

    • [object Object]

      African Mayonnaise

      PJ Raval

    Narrative Short

    • [object Object]

      The Strange Ones

      6.6 (471)
      Lauren Wolkstein(director)
      Christopher Radcliff(director)
      Adastra Films
    • [object Object]

      My Friend Kills Time

      6.5 (13)
      Jakob Rørvik

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    Austin, Texas, USA

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