The 2013 SXSW Film Festival concluded this weekend. The annual festival held in Austin, Texas, with the goal of showcasing new and independent directing talent.
Winners of the audience awards were announced Saturday evening, and earlier in the week, awards were presented by juries in several categories including: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Shorts, and even Poster Design.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize was Short Term 12, directed by Destin Cretton. A film starring Brie Larson, as a supervisor at a group foster home for teenagers, who has her own troubled past.
Read on for the full list of 2013 SXSW Film award winners:
Feature Film Jury Awards
Grand Jury Prize
- Short Term 12
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
USA
Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast
- Burma
Actors: Christopher Abbott, Gaby Hoffmann, Christopher McCann, Dan Bittner, Emily Fleischer, Jacinta Puga, Matt McCarthy, Kelly Aucoin
USA
Special Jury Prize for Acting
- The Retrieval
Actor: Tishuan Scott
USA
Narrative Feature Audience Awards
Winner
- Short Term 12
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
USA
Narrative Spotlight
- Zero Charisma
Directed by Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews
USA
Documentary Feature Jury Awards
Grand Jury Prize
- William and the Windmill
Directed by Ben Nabors
USA, Malawi, South Africa
Special Jury Prize for Cinematography
- Touba
Director of Photography Scott Duncan
USA, Senegal
Special Jury Prize for Directing
- We Always Lie to Strangers
Directors: AJ Schnack, David Wilson
USA
Documentary Feature Audience Awards
Winner
- The Short Game
Directed by Josh Greenbaum
USA
Narrative Spotlight
- An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
Directed by KAl REinert
USA
Short Film Jury Awards
Narrative Short Winner
- Ellen is Leaving
Directed by Michelle Savill
USA
Narrative Short Honorable Mention
- Sequin Raze
Directed by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
USA
Narrative Short Honorable Mention
- SKIN
Directed by Jordana Spiro
USA
Documentary Short Winner
- SLOMO
Directed by Josh Izenberg
USA
Midnight Short Winner
- The Apocalypse
Directed by Andrew Zuchero
USA
Animated Short Winner
- Oh Willy...
Directors: Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels
USA
Music Video Winner
- Vitalic, "Stamina"
Directed by Saman Keshavarz
Texas High School Short Winner
- The Benefactress
Directed by Alina Vega
SXSW Film Design Awards
Excellence in Poster Design Winner
- Kiss of the Damned
Designed by Akiko Stehrenberger, Gravillis Inc.
Excellence in Poster Design Special Jury Recognition
- We Always Lie to Strangers
Designed by Erik Buckham, PALACEWORKS
SXSW Film Design Audience Awards
Excellence in Poster Design Winner
- Kiss of the Damned
Designed by Akiko Stehrenberger, Gravillis Inc.
Excellence in Title Design
- Chasing Shakespeare
Designed by Lucky Post
Visions Audience Award
Winner
- Maidentrip
Directed by Jillian Schlesinger
Midnighters Audience Award
Winner
- Cheap Thrills
Directed by E.L. Katz
24 Beats Per Second Audience Award
Winner
- A Band Called Death
Directed by Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
SXGlobal Audience Award
Winner
- The Punk Syndrome
Directed by Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi
Festival Favorites Audience Award
Winner
- The Crash Reel
Directed by Lucy Walker
SXSW Special Awards
SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award
- A Teacher
Directed by Hannah Fidell
SXSW Chicken & Egg Special Mention
- Zero Charisma
Directed by Katie Graham
Louis Black "Lone Star" Award
- Loves Her Gun
Directed by Geoff Marslett
Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship
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Presented to: Jim Hession
12 comments:
Great coverage as always!
I've been wondering about this festival for a while. Its premise is excellence in new directing isn't it? It looks a little like a yank-wank at this point, but I'm not 100% sure how old it is. Is it exclusively American?
Of course I immediately went and watched the video for Vitalic's 'Stamina'. I love well done music videos. You should see the smile on my face.
Thanks Keith!
Haha I like that term yank-wank, is that a common phrase in AU?
SXSW is better known for the music side of their festival, where they usually have a couple thousand bands from around the world performing during the two weeks.
The film side is much smaller (only 8 features in the competition), so I don't think it's meant to be exclusively American, but that's just the way things are right now.
I don't think it's one of his better tracks, but it is a pretty funny video.
Yes - I know all about the music side of course, but I was interested to see if the film fest had the promise of becoming significant on the film festival circuit. If it isn't just American, then there is a good chance it might turn out to be as useful as the music side if it is.
With the decline in the mainstream of credibility (and interest) in the oscars and the rise of interest in indie festivals, it's interesting to see where the power will be coming from.
I think the film side is in a tough spot, kind of sandwiched in between bigger and more established cousins: Sundance and Tribeca. What they need is for one of these 'emerging' filmmakers to get huge, or premiere a big surprise hit for it to really take off.
Oh! Just read your reply! That's a good call!
Thanks for covering this Bonjour! I didn't know SXSW has a film award but I suppose it's just like any film festival. I've never heard of any of the winning films, hope those would get a decent release nationwide.
To be honest, I hadn't heard of these films until I began researching this post either. I do these primarily to become familiar with the titles, and remind myself of films I should check out. I'm glad you found it useful.
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