Source: SXSW
Austin, Texas – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced the Audience Award winners today from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories. Audience Award results for all categories were certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter. The SXSW Film Awards are presented by Panasonic.
The Audience Awards follow the previously announced 2016 Jury Awards, which included Grand Jury Winners The Arbalest for Narrative Feature, and TOWER for Documentary Feature. For the complete list of 2016 Award Winners, visit sxsw.com/film.
Over the course of nine days, the 2016 SXSW Film Festival screened 143 features, consisting of 89 World Premieres, 12 North American Premieres and 8 U.S. Premieres, with 52 first-time filmmakers. 114 shorts screened as part of ten curated shorts programs. The 253 films were selected from 7,240 overall submissions, consisting of approximately 2,456 features and 4,784 shorts. Meanwhile the SXSW Film Conference presented 200+ Film Sessions (Panels, Workshops, Keynotes, Conversations, Networking Meetups and Mentors) plus an additional 450+ Convergence sessions open to more than one badge, including Future of Entertainment and VR/AR Tracks.
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
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Audience Award Winner: We Are X
Designer: Allison Brownmoore of Blue Spill