JURY AWARDS
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: 45365 (D: Bill & Turner Ross)
Honorable Mention: The Way We Get By (D: Aron Gaudet)
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Made in China (D: Judi Krant)
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast: That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems; with Hal Holbrook, Mia Wasikowska, Raymond McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Carrie Preston)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner: Motherland (D: Jennifer Steinman)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Mine (D: Geralyn Pezanoski)
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems)
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
SXSW & AIGA AUSTIN MOVIE POSTER AWARD
Best in Show: The Dungeon Masters (D: Keven McAlester; designer: David Plunkert, Spur Design LLC)
SXSW/CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT WOMAN AWARD
Winner: Made in China (D: Judi Krant)
SXSW WHOLPHIN SHORT FILM AWARD
Winner: “Sister Wife” (D: Jill Orschel)
REEL SHORTS
Winner: “Thompson” (D: Jason Tippet)
Special Jury Award: “Happy 95 Birthday Grandpa” (D: Gary Huggins)
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: “Shaman” (D: Luc Perez)
Special Jury Award: “Sweet Dreams” (D: Kirsten Lepore)
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner: “Cattle Call” (D: Matthew Rankin & Mike Maryniuk)
Special Jury Award: “The Idiot Stinks” (D: Helder Sun)
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Thunderheist, “Jerk It” (D: That Go – Noel Paul & Stefan Moore) Special Jury Award: Fleet Foxes, “White Winter Hymnal” (D: Sean Pecknold)
Jury Special Mention: New Pornographers, “Myriad Harbour” (D: Fluorescent Hill)
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Winner: “Performance Evaluation” (D: Breannah Gibson)
Special Jury Award (tie): “Fresh Fruit” (D: Edward Kelley & Brenden Cicoria) and “A Hospital Bathroom” (D: Miguel Johnson)
This article appears in March 20 • 2009.