The audience and the juries are in total agreement about the best Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Competition films at SXSW 2015. In both tallies, KRISHA took the Narrative award and Peace Officer took the Documentary. Both films plus all the Audience Award winners will screen again tonight. The list is below:
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Audience Award Winner: KRISHA Director: Trey Edward Shults DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Audience Award Winner: Peace Officer Directors: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber HEADLINERS Audience Award Winner: Hello, My Name Is Doris Director: Michael Showalter NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT Audience Award Winner: The Little Death Director: Josh Lawson DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT Audience Award Winner: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story Story Director: Sara Hirsh Bordo VISIONS Audience Award Winner: Uncle Kent 2 Director: Todd Rohal MIDNIGHTERS Audience Award Winner: Turbo Kid Director: RKSS Collective EPISODIC Audience Award Winner: Mr. Robot Creator/Executive Producer: Sam Esmail 24 BEATS PER SECOND Audience Award Winner: Landfill Harmonic Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley SXGLOBAL Audience Award Winner: Kings of Nowhere Director: Betzabé García FESTIVAL FAVORITES Audience Award Winner: The Look of Silence Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN Audience Award Winner: Pink Grapefruit Designer: Simon Dargan for Musta Lunta EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN Audience Award Winner: The Fitzroy Designers: Chris Tozer, Marko Anstice
Here’s the final night’s schedule of award screenings:
Audience Award: 24 Beats Per Second
Landfill Harmonic
Alamo Ritz, 6:15pm Audience Award: Documentary Feature Competition
Peace Officer
Alamo Lamar B, 9pm Audience Award: Documentary Spotlight
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Stateside Theatre, 9:30pm Audience Award: Episodic
Mr. Robot
Vimeo Theater, 9:30pm Audience Award: Festival Favorites
The Look of Silence
Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 9:30pm Audience Award: Midnighters
Turbo Kid
Alamo Lamar B, 11:59pm Audience Award: Narrative Feature
KRISHA
Alamo Lamar A, 9:30pm Audience Award: Narrative Spotlight
The Little Death
Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 6:45pm Audience Award: SXGlobal
Kings of Nowhere
Alamo Lamar C, 10:00pm Audience Award: Visions
Uncle Kent 2
Alamo Ritz, 9:30pm No Additional Screenings:
Hello, My Name Is Doris
This article appears in March 20 • 2015.
