Local filmmaker Keith Maitland is a popular guy with both juries and audiences this year.
Tower, Maitland’s riveting film about the UT massacre, won in the Documentary Film Competition, having already taken home a Grand Jury prize earlier this week. Local filmmaking duo Brenda Greene Mitchell and Sam Wainwright Douglas’ Honky Tonk Heaven won in the 24 Beats Per Second category. Another Austinite, Greg Kwedar, took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award for his gripping border patrol thriller Transpecos.
2016 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner
Transpecos
Director: Greg Kwedar
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner
Tower
Director: Keith Maitland
HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner
Demolition
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner
From Nowhere
Director: Matthew Newton
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner
Mr. Gaga
Director: Tomer Heymann
VISIONS
Audience Award Winner
Jules and Dolores
Director: Caito Ortiz
MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner
I Am a Hero
Director: Shinsuke Sato
EPISODIC
Audience Award Winner
Vice Principals
Directors: Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner
Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke
Directors: Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas
SXGLOBAL
Audience Award Winner
Ghostland
Director: Simon Stadler
FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Audience Award Winner
Gleason
Director: Clay Tweel
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Audience Award Winner
We Are X
Designer: Allison Brownmoore of Blue Spill
This article appears in March 18 • 2016.