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SXSW 2008: The Winners
Screenings for the 2008 SXSW Film Festival (as well as our coverage here at IFC.com)...
Screenings for the 2008 SXSW Film Festival (as well as our coverage here at IFC.com) will carry on as the music contingent rolls into Austin, but last night, the winners of the jury and audience awards were announced.
Daniel Junge’s “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” about the murder of activist Dorothy Mae Stang, received both the jury and audience prizes for best documentary, while on the narrative side, Jake Mahaffy’s “Wellness” and Mark Webber’s “Explicit Ills” were given nods by the jury and by the audience. Here’s a full list of the winners:
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Grand Jury Award: “Wellness,” dir. Jake Mahaffy
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast: “Up With Me,” dir. Greg Takoudes
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: “Explicit Ills,” dir. Mark Webber
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Grand Jury Award: “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” dir. Daniel Junge
Special Jury Award: “Full Battle Rattle,” dirs. Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss
REEL SHORTS
Winner (Tie): “Warlord,” dir. David Garrett; “Small Apartment,” dir. Andrew T. Betzer
Special Jury Award: “The Second Line,” dir. John Magary
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: “Madame Tutli-Putli,” dirs. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Special Jury Award: “I hate you don’t touch me or Bat and Hat,” dir. Becky James
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner: “Safari,” dir. Catherine Chalmers
Special Jury Award: “Upwards March,” dir. Kaveh Nabatian
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner: “Glory at Sea,” dir. Benjamin Zeitlin
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: TV on the Radio, “Me-I,” dirs. Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia
Special Jury Award – (TIE) Group Sounds, “Temporarily in Love,” dirs. Randy Scott Slavin and Cornelius; “Fit Song,” dirs. Keigo Oyamada and Koichiro Tsujikawa
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Winner: “Picnic,” dir. Wesley Bronez
Special Jury Award: “Inflections,” dir. Matthew Campbell
ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD
Best Original Production: “The Guild,” dir. Jane Selle Morgan
Best Original Series Idea: “Knock Off,” written by Brandi-Ann Milbradt
Audience Awards
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: “Explicit Ills,” dir. Mark Webber
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: “They Killed Sister Dorothy,” dir. Daniel Junge
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner: “In a Dream,” dir. Jeremiah Zagar
[Photo: "They Killed Sister Dorothy," Just Media, 2008]
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