AFF Audience Awards
The Artist, Restive among winners
By Kimberley Jones, 3:37PM, Fri. Nov. 4, 2011
The Austin Film Festival, which ended last Thursday, has finished tallying the votes for its nine audience award categories.
International hit The Artist was recognized in the out-of-competition field, while Austin-made Restive won for the audience award for best competition narrative.
Out of Competition Feature:
THE ARTIST
Writer/Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Narrative Feature Competition:
RESTIVE
Writer/Director: Jeremiah Jones
Documentary Feature Competition:
ECSTASY OF ORDER: THE TETRIS MASTERS (tie)
Director: Adam Cornelius
STORIES FROM AN UNDECLARED WAR (tie)
Director: Dennis Rice
Texas Independents:
SIRONIA
Writers: Brandon Dickerson, Thomas Ward, Wes Cunningham
Director: Brandon Dickerson
Comedy Vanguard:
FRED & VINNIE
Writer: Fred Stoller
Director: Steve Skrovan
Narrative Short:
"MWANSA THE GREAT"
Writers: Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
Director: Rungano Nyoni
Narrative Student Short:
"BENNY"
Writers: Evan Ho, Huay Bing-Law
Director: Huay Bing-Law
Animated Short:
"THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE"
Writer: William Joyce
Directors: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
Documentary Short:
"ELLIOTT ERWITT: I BARK AT DOGS"
Director: Douglas Sloan
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