The 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival announced their Audience Award and Virtual Cinema Jury Award winners on March 18. The full list is below.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Narrative Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
Documentary Feature Competition
Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”
Director: Luke Korem
Headliners
Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”
Director: Edgar Wright
Narrative Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”
Director: Noël Wells
Documentary Spotlight
Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
Visions
Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”
Director: Josh Greenbaum
Midnighters
Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”
Director: Trent Haaga
Episodic
Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”
Director: Justin Simien
24 Beats Per Second
Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
Global
Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”
Director: Leandra Leal
Festival Favorites
Audience Award Winner:...
- 3/18/2017
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
At a packed Paramount Theater this evening, the SXSW Film Festival, now at the halfway mark, handed out their big film awards. The fest’s two big competition jury prizes went to director Ana Asensio’s “Most Beautiful Island” (Best Narrative Feature) and directors Jairus McLeary and Gethin Aldous’s “The Work” (Best Narrative Feature).
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Asensio, a Spanish actress and filmmaker living in New York, shot her film in super 16mm. It tells the story of undocumented female immigrants struggling to start a life in New York. It is a feature film debut for Asensio, who also stars and wrote the screenplay. “Island” is being billed as a dramatic thriller and was produced by the New York horror master Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix.
The Doc Prize winner, “The Work,” is an intense...
Read More: Terrence Malick Makes a Rare Appearance at SXSW 2017 and Digs Deep On His Process
Asensio, a Spanish actress and filmmaker living in New York, shot her film in super 16mm. It tells the story of undocumented female immigrants struggling to start a life in New York. It is a feature film debut for Asensio, who also stars and wrote the screenplay. “Island” is being billed as a dramatic thriller and was produced by the New York horror master Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix.
The Doc Prize winner, “The Work,” is an intense...
- 3/15/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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