SXSW 08 Film Awards
The rundown
Fri., March 14, 2008
Jury Awards:
Reel Shorts
Winner: (tie) "Warlord" (D: David Garrett); "Small Apartment" (D: Andrew T. Betzer)
Special Jury Award: "The Second Line" D: John Magary
Animated Shorts
Winner: "Madame Tutli-Putli" (D: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski)
Special Jury Award: "I hate you don't touch me, or Bat and Hat" (D: Becky James)
Experimental Shorts
Winner: "Safari" (D: Catherine Chalmers)
Special Jury Award: "Upwards March" (D: Kaveh Nabatian)
Music Videos
Winner: TV on the Radio, "Me-I" (D: Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia)
Special Jury Award: (tie) Group Sounds, "Temporarily in Love" (D: Randy Scott Slavin); Cornelius, "Fit Song" (D: Keigo Oyamada & Koichiro Tsujikawa)
Texas High School Competition
Winner: "Picnic" (D: Wesley Bronez)
Special Jury Award: "Inflections" (D: Matthew Campbell)
SXSW Wholphin Award
Winner: "Glory at Sea" (D: Benjamin Zeitlin)
ON Networks Greenlight Award
Best Original Production: The Guild (D: Jane Selle Morgan)
Best Original Series Idea: Knock Off (W: Brandi-Ann Milbradt)
Documentary Feature
Grand Jury Award: They Killed Sister Dorothy (D: Daniel Junge)
Special Jury Award: Full Battle Rattle (D: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss)
Narrative Feature
Grand Jury Award: Wellness (D: Jake Mahaffy)
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Explicit Ills (D: Mark Webber)
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast: Up With Me (D: Greg Takoudes)
Audience Awards:
Emerging Visions
Winner: In a Dream (D: Jeremiah Zagar)
Documentary Feature
Winner: They Killed Sister Dorothy (D: Daniel Junge)
Narrative Feature
Winner: Explicit Ills (D: Mark Webber)
See the Chronicle's daily issues (March 13-15) for reviews and interviews with Festival award winners. See also austinchronicle.com/blogs/sxsw for continuing coverage of the SXSW Film Festival.