Jury and Audience Award winners were handed out Tuesday evening in Austin as the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival heads into its final stretch. For the first time this year, winners were announced in every category available at the festival, giving jurors a chance to choose from the 132 films that screened over the course of the fest.
Jay Bulger’s Beware of Mr. Baker took home the Grand Jury prize in the Documentary Featrure category, while Adam Leon’s Gimme the Loot won in the Narrative competition. Special Jury Recognition for Performance went to Jamie Chung (Eden), Besedka Johnson (Starlet), and Nico Stone (Booster).
Audience Awards, meanwhile, went to Annie Eastman’s Bay of All Saints in the documentary category and Megan Griffiths’ Eden on the Narrative Feature category. “It’s been amazing this year to hear over and over again about the high range of quality across the board,” said Janet Pierson, Film Conference and Festival Producer. “I know I’m always going on about the great variety of our program, but this year it seems to have been embraced in even wider measure and it’s very exciting.”
A full list of announced winners follows:
Short Film Jury AwardsNARRATIVE SHORTSWinner: The ChairDirector: Grainger DavidDOCUMENTARY SHORTSWinner: CatCamDirector: Seth KealMIDNIGHT SHORTSWinner: Don’t Hug Me I’m ScaredDirectors: Rebecca Sloan & Joseph PellingSXGLOBAL SHORTSWinner: The Perfect FitDirector: Tali YankelevichANIMATED SHORTSWinner: (notes on) biologyDirector: Danny MaddenMUSIC VIDEOSWinner: Battles, "My Machines"Director: DANIELSTEXAS SHORTSWinner: SparkDirector: Annie SilversteinTEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTSWinner: BoomDirector: Daniel Matyas & Brian BroderSXSW Film Design Awards presented by iStockphotoEXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGNWinner: Man & GunDesigner: Justin CoxSpecial Jury Recognition: Pitch Black HeistDesigner: Andrew CranstonAudience Award Winner: The MakerDesigner: Christopher KezelosEXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGNWinner: Les Bleus de RamvilleDesigner: Jay Bond, Oily Film Company Inc.Special Jury Recognition: X-Men: First ClassDesigner: Simon Clowes, Prologue FilmsAudience Award Winner: BunrakuDesigner: Guilherme Marcondes, Hornet Inc.SXSW Special AwardsSXSW WHOLPHIN AWARDWinner: The Black BalloonDirector: Benny Safdie & Josh SafdieSXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARDWinners: Megan Griffiths for Eden and Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t ShineLOUIS BLACK “LONE STAR” AWARDWinner: BernieDirector: Richard LinklaterSpecial Jury Recognition: Trash DanceDirector: Andrew GarrisonKAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIPPresented to: Lindsay Utz
