SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners
SXSW has announced the winners of the 2008 edition of the SXSW Film Festival.
Jury Awards
REEL SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "The Second Line," Director: John Magary.
Winner - (Tie) "Warlord," Director: David Garrett & "Small Apartment,"
Director: Andrew T. Betzer
ANIMATED SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "I hate you don't touch me or Bat and Hat," Director:
Becky James
Winner - "Madame Tulti-Putli," Director: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "Upwards March," Director: Kaveh Nabatian
Winner - "Safari," Director: Catherine Chalmers
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner - "Glory at Sea," Director: Benjamin Zeitlin
MUSIC VIDEOS
Special Jury Award - (TIE) Group Sounds, 'Temporarily in Love,' Director:
Randy Scott Slavin & Cornelius, 'Fit Song,' Directors: Keigo Oyamada & Koichiro Tsujikawa
Winner - TV on the Radio," 'Me-I,' Directors: Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Special Jury Award - "Inflections," Director: Matthew Campbell
Winner - "Picnic," Director: Wesley Bronez
ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD
Best Original Production - "The Guild," Director: Jane Selle Morgan
Best Original Series Idea - "Knock Off," Written: Brandi-Ann Milbradt
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Special Jury Award - "Full Battle Rattle," Directors: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss
Grand Jury Award - "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Director: Daniel Junge
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Special Jury Award for Cinematography - "Explicit Ills," Director: Mark Webber
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast - "Up With Me," Director: Greg Takoudes
Grand Jury Award - "Wellness," Director: Jake Mahaffy
Audience Awards
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner - "In a Dream," Director: Jeremiah Zagar
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner - "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Director: Daniel Junge
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner - "Explicit Ills," Director: Mark Webber
24 BEATS PER SECOND & LONE STAR STATES Winners will be announced on Monday, March 17th.
The SXSW Film Festival runs through Saturday evening March 15. For more information, please go to http://sxsw.com/film.
