SXSW Film Announces Audience Awards

SXSW Film released the Audience Awards for this year’s Fest this afternoon. There is still some time to catch a few screenings of some of the winners (they have been scheduling them all day; see below). Otherwise, look for these titles to be released, in some form, over the next year.

2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

Audience Award Winner: The Light of the Moon
Director: Jessica M. Thompson

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

Audience Award Winner: Dealt
Director: Luke Korem

HEADLINERS

Audience Award Winner: Baby Driver
Director: Edgar Wright

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT

Audience Award Winner: Mr. Roosevelt
Director: Noël Wells

DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT

Audience Award Winner: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot

VISIONS

Audience Award Winner: Becoming Bond
Director: Josh Greenbaum

MIDNIGHTERS

Audience Award Winner: 68 Kill
Director: Trent Haaga

EPISODIC

Audience Award Winner: Dear White People
Director: Justin Simien

24 BEATS PER SECOND

Audience Award Winner: May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

GLOBAL

Audience Award Winner: Divine Divas
Director: Leandra Leal

FESTIVAL FAVORITES

Audience Award Winner: The Big Sick
Director: Michael Showalter

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

Audience Award Winner: “Into the Current”
Directors: Chris R. Moberg and Jared Young

Virtual Cinema Grand Jury Awards

VIRTUAL REALITY: ROOM-SCALE

Winner: "After Solitary"
Directors: Cassandra Herrman, Lauren Mucciolo

Special Jury Recognition for Innovative Use of Virtual Reality Technology in the Field of Health: "Reinvent"
Directors: Ian Forester, Sook-lei Liew, Ph.D.

360° VIDEO

Winner: “Behind the Fence”
Directors: Lindsay Branham, Jonathan Olinger

Special Jury Recognition for Technical Excellence: "Dream of 'O'”
Directors: Félix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël

TONIGHT’S SCREENINGS

Audience Award: Visions
Becoming Bond
7pm, Alamo Ritz

Audience Award: Documentary Spotlight
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
7:30pm, Stateside

Audience Award: Midnighters
68 Kill
11pm, Alamo South Lamar