Even though the film festival portion of South By doesn’t officially end until Friday, tonight the vibe here on the streets of Austin had already changed. The music section of the festival has started rolling, and that means everyone’s attention has shifted from watching movies to getting drunk and wandering through the streets looking for hip, indie bands or, alternatively, a nice gutter to throw up in.
So the SXSW jury, knowing that by tomorrow morning everyone will be too hung over to even remember they saw any movies, announced the winner of this year’s batch of SXSW Festival awards tonight. As usual, I managed to avoid seeing any of the winners. Well done I’d say. I did however, see a lot of really great movies, the rest of which I’ll be posting reviews and coverage of over the next few days as we wrap up our SXSW visit. See, instead of getting drunk and banging groupies, I’ll actually be working. I guess that’s what happens when you bring your wife with you.
Without further ado, here’s the winners of the 2008 SXSW Film Festival:
Jury Awards
REEL SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "The Second Line," Director: John Magary.
Winner - (Tie) "Warlord," Director: David Garrett & "Small Apartment," Director: Andrew T. Betzer
ANIMATED SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "I hate you don't touch me or Bat and Hat," Director: Becky James
Winner - "Madame Tulti-Putli," Director: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Special Jury Award - "Upwards March," Director: Kaveh Nabatian
Winner - "Safari," Director: Catherine Chalmers
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner - "Glory at Sea," Director: Benjamin Zeitlin
MUSIC VIDEOS
Special Jury Award - (TIE) Group Sounds, 'Temporarily in Love,' Director: Randy Scott Slavin & Cornelius, 'Fit Song,' Directors: Keigo Oyamada & Koichiro Tsujikawa
Winner - TV on the Radio," 'Me-I,' Directors: Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Special Jury Award - "Inflections," Director: Matthew Campbell
Winner - "Picnic," Director: Wesley Bronez
ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD
Best Original Production - "The Guild," Director: Jane Selle Morgan
Best Original Series Idea - "Knock Off," Written: Brandi-Ann Milbradt
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Special Jury Award - "Full Battle Rattle," Directors: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss
Grand Jury Award - "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Director: Daniel Junge
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Special Jury Award for Cinematography - "Explicit Ills," Director: Mark Webber
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast - "Up With Me," Director: Greg Takoudes
Grand Jury Award - "Wellness," Director: Jake Mahaffy
Audience Awards
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner - "In a Dream," Director: Jeremiah Zagar
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner - "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Director: Daniel Junge
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner - "Explicit Ills," Director: Mark Webber
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