The Artist

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

This article appears in November 4 • 2011.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...