Adios Mundo Cruel

At today’s awards luncheon at the Austin Club, the Austin Film Fsetival announced its competition winners, including a big win for a UT grad.

Director/co-writer Jack Zagha Kababie and producer Yossy Zagha, who both attended UT-Austin, won Best Narrative Feature for the Mexico City-set comedy Adios Mundo Cruel. Best Documentary Feature went to Louder Than a Bomb, which chronicles a high school slam poetry competition in Chicago. It screens at 6pm today at the Rollins Theatre and Tuesday, 5pm, at the Arbor; Adios Mundo Cruel, which premiered Friday, screens again tomorrow (10/24), 7pm, at the Arbor.

2010 AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL FILM COMPETITION JURY WINNERS
 

Best Narrative Feature: Adios Mundo Cruel – Writers: Jack Zagha Kababie, Enrique Chmelnik

Narrative Feature Special Jury Mention: Dog Sweat – Writers: Maryam Azadi, Hossein Keshavarz

Best Documentary Feature: Louder Than a Bomb – Directors: Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel

Best Narrative Short: Katrina’s Son – Writer: Ya’Ke

Narrative Short Special Jury Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man – Writers: Louis Southerland

Best Documentary Short:  Birthright – Director: Sean Mullens

Best Animated Short: The Lost Thing – Director: Shaun Tan

Best Narrative Student Short: Down in Number 5 – Writer: Kim Spurlock

This article appears in October 22 • 2010.

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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...