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2008 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

By Mark Bell | March 12, 2008

The 2008 SXSW Film Festival still has four days to go, but the award ceremony is finished. Here’s the list of the 2008 SXSW Jury and Audience Award Winners:

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.

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