Award winners at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival have been announced. The prizes include both jury and audience awards that were given to narrative and documentary features and shorts on Tuesday and Friday in Austin, Tex. A list of the victors is after the jump.
Feature Jury Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: 45365
Honorable Mention: The Way We Get By
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Made in China
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast: That Evening Sun
Audience Awards
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner: Motherland
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: MINE
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: That Evening Sun
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner: Iron Maiden: Flight 666
LONE STAR STATES
Winner: Over the Hills and Far Away
Special Jury Awards
SXSW & AIGA AUSTIN MOVIE POSTER AWARD
Best in Show: The Dungeon Masters
SXSW / CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT WOMAN AWARD
Winner: Made in China
SXSW WHOLPHIN SHORT FILM AWARD
Winner: Sister Wife
Shorts Jury Awards
REEL SHORTS
Winner: Thompson
Special Jury Award: Happy 95 Birthday Grandpa
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: Shaman
Special Jury Award: Sweet Dreams
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner: Cattle Call
Special Jury Award: The Idiot Stinks
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Thunderheist, "Jerk It"
Special Jury Award: Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal"
Jury Special Mention: New Pornographers, "Myriad Harbor"
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Winner: Performance Evaluation
Special Jury Award (tie): Fresh Fruit and A Hospital Bathroom
Missed my chance to watch That Evening Sun today, but saw Reel Shorts 3 which included Thompson, as well as an entire group of really quality shorts. Extremely impressive lot of films being screened here at SXSW; I have to say I’ve been impressed.
you can watch best experimental short Cattle Call online at bravofact.com:
http://watch.bravofact.com/#clip154845