Austin filmmakers shine in SXSW Film audience awards
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“Transpecos”
Continuing a trend in this year’s South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival, Austin filmmakers won big in the SXSW Film Audience Awards, with Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar’s “Transpecos” winning for feature competition films and “Tower” winning for documentary competition films. “Tower,” by Austin director Keith Maitland, also won a jury award earlier in the week.
SXSW announced the Audience Award winners Saturday for the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories.
2016 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Transpecos
Audience Award Winner: Transpecos
Director: Greg Kwedar
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: TOWER
Director: Keith Maitland
HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner: Demolition
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: From Nowhere
Director: Matthew Newton
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: Mr. Gaga
Director: Tomer Heymann
VISIONS
Audience Award Winner: Jules and Dolores
Director: Caito Ortiz
MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner: I Am a Hero
Director: Shinsuke Sato
EPISODIC
Audience Award Winner: Vice Principals
Directors: Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner: Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke
Directors: Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
SXGLOBAL
Audience Award Winner: Ghostland
Director: Simon Stadler
FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Audience Award Winner: Gleason
Director: Clay Tweel
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Audience Award Winner: We Are X
Designer: Allison Brownmoore of Blue Spill
Here are today’s sceening times for the award winners:
Audience Award: 24 Beats Per Second
Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke
3/19/2016, Alamo Ritz 1, 7:00 PM
Audience Award: Documentary Feature Competition
TOWER
3/19/2016, Alamo Lamar C, 7:00 PM
Audience Award: Documentary Spotlight
Mr. Gaga
3/19/2016, Stateside, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Festival Favorites
Gleason
3/19/2016, Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Midnighters
I Am a Hero
3/19/2016, Alamo Lamar C, 10:45 PM
Audience Award: Narrative Feature Competition
Transpecos
3/19/2016, Alamo Lamar D, 8:45 PM
Audience Award: Narrative Spotlight
From Nowhere
3/19/2016, Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 7:00 PM
Audience Award: SXGlobal
Ghostland
3/19/2016, Alamo Lamar B, 8:15 PM
Audience Award: Visions
Jules and Dolores
3/19/2016, Alamo Ritz 1, 9:45 PM
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