SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners

    AUSTIN, Texas, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- SXSW is pleased to announce the
 winners of the 2008 edition of the 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
 
     24 BEATS PER SECOND & LONE STAR STATES Winners will be announced on
     Monday, March 17th.
     The SXSW Film Festival runs through Saturday evening March 15. For more
 information, please go to http://sxsw.com/film or check out the Austin
 Chronicle.
 
     SXSW Film is sponsored by Miller Lite, Independent Film Channel, Yaris,
 Fuze Beverage, Dell and The Austin Chronicle. SXSW Film's radio partner is
 107.1 KGSR.
 
     For more information, contact
 
     Elizabeth Derczo
 
     press@sxsw.com
 
 
 

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