SXSW Film Award Winners
Congratulations to all SXSW 2016 awards winners. Discover the trend setters, storytellers, innovators and leaders that walked away with top honors.
The SXSW Film Festival revealed the Jury Awards, Design Awards, and Special Awards at the SXSW Film Awards Presented by Panasonic on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Paramount Theatre. All Audience Awards were revealed later in the week on Saturday, March 19, 2016.
SXSW FEATURE FILM JURY AWARDS
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: The Arbalest
Director: Adam Pinney
Special Jury Recognition for Best Actor: Andre Royo
Film: Hunter Gatherer
Special Jury Recognition for Best Actress: Lily Rabe
Film: Miss Stevens
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: TOWER
Director: Keith Maitland
Special Jury Recognition for Portrait Documentary: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America
Director: Matt Ornstein
Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography: The Seer
Cinematographer: Lee Daniel
SXSW SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS
Presented by OneFifty, a content incubator from Time Warner Inc.
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: How Was Your Day?
Director: Damien O’Donnell
Special Jury Recognition for Acting: Jim Cummings
Film: Thunder Road
Special Jury Recognition for Writing: Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
Film: Greener Grass
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: These C*cksucking Tears
Director: Dan Taberski
Special Jury Recognition: Dollhouse
Director: Terri Timely
MIDNIGHT SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: MANOMAN
Director: Simon Cartwright
Special Jury Recognition: Don’t tell Mom
Director: Sawako Kabuki
ANIMATED SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: Glove
Directors: Alexa Lim Haas & Bernardo Britto
Special Jury Recognition: Pombo Loves You
Director: Steve Warne
MUSIC VIDEOS
Jury Award Winner: Childish Gambino - "Sober"
Director: Hiro Murai
TEXAS SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: The Send-Off
Director: Ivete Lucas & Patrick Bresnan
Special Jury Recognition for Acting: Lindsay Pulsipher
Film: 1985
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS
Jury Award Winner: Lady of Paint Creek
Director: Alexia Salingaros
Special Jury Recognition: The Archer Hadley Story
Directors: Ben Root & Alex Treviño
SXSW FILM DESIGN AWARDS
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Jury Award Winner: Miss Me: The Artful Vandal
Designer: MissMe
Special Jury Recognition: Night Stalker
Designer: New Media Ltd
Special Jury Recognition: Eat My Shit
Designer: Octavio Terol
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Jury Award Winner: Sunstone
Director: Aimée Duchamp
SXSW SPECIAL AWARDS
SXSW Gamechanger Award
Winner: Sophie Goodhart, My Blind Brother
Louis Black “Lone Star” Award
Winner: TOWER
Director: Keith Maitland
Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship
Presented to: Eileen Meyer
SXSW AUDIENCE AWARDS
Narrative Feature Competition: Transpecos
Director: Greg Kwedar
Documentary Feature Competition: TOWER
Director: Keith Maitland
Headliners: Demolition
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Narrative Spotlight: From Nowhere
Director: Matthew Newton
Documentary Spotlight: Mr. Gaga
Director: Tomer Heymann
Visions: Jules and Dolores
Director: Caito Ortiz
Midnighters: I Am a Hero
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Episodic: Vice Principals
Directors: Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride
24 Beats Per Second: Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken
Directors: Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
SXGlobal: Ghostland
Director: Simon Stadler
Festival Favorites: Gleason
Director: Clay Tweel
Excellence in Title Design: We Are X
Designer: Allison Brownmoore of Blue Spill
