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SXSW Grand Jury Award

Documentary Feature

Winner
Shuffle
8.1 (10)
Benjamin Flaherty
Arrest the Midwife
8.0 (6)
Elaine Epstein
Assembly
7.8 (13)
Rashaad Newsome
Johnny Symons
The Python Hunt
9.1 (14)
Xander Robin
Baby Doe
9.4 (9)
Jessica Earnshaw
Remaining Native
7.6 (17)
Paige Bethmann
The Secret of Me
8.4 (22)
Grace Hughes-Hallett
The Spies Among Us
9.2 (15)
Jamie Coughlin Silverman
Gabriel Silverman

Independent TV Pilot Competition

Winner
F*ckUps Anonymous
9.8 (14)
Joe Tierney(showrunner)
Katrina Whalen(director)

Midnight Short

Winner
Stomach Bug
7.5 (49)
Matty Crawford
Last Call
Winnie Cheung
The Beguiling
ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby
Familiar
6.7 (11)
Marco Novoa
Lurk
Mairin Hart
Josh Wallace
Video Barn
6.5 (14)
Bianca Poletti
Whitch
8.5 (8)
Hoku Uchiyama

Music Video

Narrative Feature

Poster Design Competition

Winner
Resolution
Scott Berman(director/designer)
Anthony Schepperd(director/designer)
Micah Buzan(director/designer)

Special Jury Award

Animated Short

Winner
My Wonderful Life
Calleen Koh

Documentary Feature

Winner
The Python Hunt
9.1 (14)
Xander Robin
Winner
Remaining Native
7.6 (17)
Paige Bethmann

Documentary Short

Winner
Welcome Home Freckles
Huiju Park

Independent TV Pilot Competition

Winner
Denim
TT the Artist(director/showrunner)

Midnight Short

Winner
Whitch
8.5 (8)
Hoku Uchiyama

Music Video

Winner
Sarah Klang: Other Girls
Kirsten Bode
Rose Bush

Narrative Feature

Winner
Fucktoys
7.5 (87)
Annapurna Sriram
For Multi-Hyphenate
Winner
Fantasy Life
7.8 (35)
Amanda Peet
For Performance

Narrative Short

Winner
I'm the Most Racist Person I Know
7.3 (7)
Leela Varghese

Poster Design

Winner
Glorious Summer
7.2 (14)
Patryk Hardziej(designer)

Texas Short

Winner
Newbies
Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
Megan Trufant Tillman

XR Experience

Winner
Proof As If Proof Were Needed
Ting Tong Chang
Matt Adams

Audience Award

24 Beats Per Second

Winner
Selena y Los Dinos
8.6 (56)
Isabel Castro(director)
Julie Goldman(producer)
Christopher Clements(producer)
J. Daniel Torres(producer)
David Blackman(producer)
Simran A. Singh(producer)
The Makings of Curtis Mayfield
8.7 (14)
H.E.R.

Animated Short Competition

Winner
Retirement Plan
8.5 (25)
John Kelly(director/writer)
Tara Lawall(writer)
Julie Murnaghan(producer)
Andrew Freedman(producer)

Documentary Feature

Winner
Remaining Native
7.6 (17)
Paige Bethmann(director/producer)
Jessica Epstein(producer)
Judd Ehrlich(producer)

Documentary Short Competition

Winner
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Craig Renaud(director)
Juan Arredondo(producer)
Jon Alpert(producer)
Christof Putzel(producer)
Nancy Abraham(producer)
Lisa Heller(producer)
Tina Nguyen(producer)
Jeff Newton(producer)
Mami Kuwano Reunad(producer)
Naomi Mizoguchi(producer)
Tami Alpert(producer)
Brent Renaud(director)

Documentary Spotlight

Winner
Luv Ya Bum!
6.0 (37)
Sam Wainwright Douglas(director)
David Hartstein(director)
Paul Jensen(producer)
Vance Howard(producer)
Andrew Miller(writer)
Deepfaking Sam Altman
8.2 (53)
Adam Bhala Lough
ASCO: Without Permission
8.3 (9)
Travis Gutiérrez Senger

Festival Favorites

Winner
Deaf President Now!
8.0 (535)
Nyle DiMarco(director/producer)
Davis Guggenheim(director/producer)
Amanda Rohlke(producer)
Jonathan King(producer)
Michael Harte(producer)
Friendship
6.9 (16K)
Andrew DeYoung
Les Indomptés
6.0 (2.8K)
Daniel Minahan
The Perfect Neighbor
8.3 (97)
Geeta Gandbhir
The Ballad of Wallis Island
7.4 (8.3K)
James Griffiths
40 Acres
6.6 (1.3K)
R.T. Thorne
Zodiac Killer Project
6.7 (79)
Charlie Shackleton
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
8.1 (113)
Shoshannah Stern
Touch Me
6.2 (112)
Addison Heimann
Together
6.5 (1.1K)
Michael Shanks
The Librarians
8.4 (67)
Kim A. Snyder
Sally
7.4 (637)
Cristina Costantini
The Surfer
6.0 (12K)
Lorcan Finnegan

Global

Winner
Corina
7.0 (764)
Urzula Barba Hopfner(director/writer/producer)
Carlos Hernández Vázquez(producer)
Iván López-Barba(producer)
Samuel Sosa(writer)

Headliner

Winner
Mr Wolff 2
6.7 (94K)
Gavin O'Connor(director)
Ben Affleck(producer)
Lynette Howell Taylor(producer)
Mark Williams(producer)
Bill Dubuque(writer)
Holland
5.0 (15K)
Mimi Cave
L'Ombre d'Emily 2
5.3 (26K)
Paul Feig
Ash
4.6 (13K)
Flying Lotus
Drop Game
6.1 (34K)
Christopher Landon
Death of a Unicorn
5.9 (28K)
Alex Scharfman

Independent TV Pilot Competition

Winner
Bulldozer
8.3 (41)
Joanna Leeds(writer/showrunner/producer)
Andrew Leeds(director/producer)
Rhett Reese(producer)
Caleb Reese(producer)
Michael Day(producer)

Midnight Short Competition

Winner
Lurk
Mairin Hart(director/producer)
Josh Wallace Kerrigan(director/writer/producer)
Devin Das(producer)
Greg Cohen(producer)
John Nodorft(producer)

Midnighter

Winner
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
8.8 (38)
Matt Johnson(director/writer)
Matthew Miller(producer)
Matt Greyson(producer)
Jay McCarrol(writer)

Music Video Competition

Winner
A$AP Rocky: Tailor Swif
8.6 (45)
Gal Muggia(director/writer)
Vania Heymann(director/writer)

Narrative Feature

Winner
Fantasy Life
7.8 (35)
Matthew Shear(director/writer)
Charlie Alderman(producer)
Christopher Dodds(producer)
Phil Keefe(producer)
Amanda Peet(producer)
Emily McCann Lesser(producer)
David Bernon(producer)
Sam Slater(producer)

Narrative Short Competition

Winner
Ben's Sister
Emma Weinswig(director/writer/producer)
Will Noyce(producer)
Chelsea Eisen(producer)
Shane Bagwell(producer)

Narrative Spotlight

Winner
The Baltimorons
7.9 (62)
Jay Duplass(director/writer/producer)
Mark Duplass(producer)
Mel Eslyn(producer)
Shuli Harel(producer)
David Bonnett(producer)
Michael Strassner(writer/producer)
Drew Langer(producer)

TV Premieres

Winner
Spy High
6.4 (187)
Jody McVeigh-Schultz(director/producer)
Mark Wahlberg(producer)
Stephen Levinson(producer)
Archie Gips(producer)
Aliza Rosen(producer)
David Wendell(producer)

TV Spotlight

Winner
Mix Tape
7.6 (942)
Lucy Gaffy(director)
Tristan Lynch(producer)
Angie Fielder(producer)
Polly Staniford(producer)
Jo Spain(writer)
Aoife O'Sullivan(producer)
The Yogurt Shop Murders
Michael Bloch(producer)
Alice Henty(producer)
Margaret Brown(director)
The Studio
8.1 (32K)
Alex McAtee(producer)
Peter Huyck(producer)
Seth Rogen(showrunner/director/writer/producer)
James Weaver(producer)
Josh Fagen(producer)
Alex Gregory(producer)
Evan Goldberg(showrunner/director/writer/producer)

Texas Short Competiton

Winner
Sweetbriar
Danny Rivera(director/writer)
MK Goss(producer)

Visions

Winner
Ghost Boy
9.1 (11)
Rodney Ascher(director)
Elika Portnoy(producer)
Ryan Bartecki(producer)
Gary Levinsohn(producer)
Billy Hines(producer)

XR Experience Competition

Winner
Face Jumping
Danny Cannizarro(director)
Samantha Gorman(director/writer)
Yuxin Gao(producer)
J Noland(producer)

XR Experience Spotlight

Winner
Resolution
Scott Berman(director/writer/producer)
Ryan Hartsell(director)

Janet Pierson Champion Award

Winner
Lindsey Dryden

Redbreast Unhidden Award

Winner
Brief Somebodies
Alessandra Sconza(producer)
Andy Reid(director)
Nervous Energy
7.1 (18)
Eve Liu

Best of Texas Award

Winner
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
9.1 (22)
Tom Stern

Vimeo Staff Pick Award

Winner
Familiar
6.7 (11)
Marco Novoa

NEON Auteur Award for Uncompromising Visionary in the Visions Section

Winner
Dead Lover
5.5 (149)
Grace Glowicki(director/writer/actress)

Visions

Le Plein Potentiel
8.0 (6)

Howl of Fame Award

Winner
Indy

Jury Award

XR Experience Competition

Winner
Reflections of Little Red Dot
Chloé Lee

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South By Southwest Film Competition

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