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SXSW Grand Jury Award

Animated Short

Winner
Nuevo Rico
6.8 (38)
Kristian Mercado
The Expected
6.0 (47)
Carolina Sandvik
Hold Me Tight
6.5 (104)
Mélanie Robert-Tourneur
Kkum
6.9 (50)
Kangmin Kim
Love is Just a Death Away
7.5 (47)
Bara Anna Stejskalova
Ja i moja gruba dupa
6.3 (517)
Yelyzaveta Pysmak
Navozande, le musicien
7.2 (172)
Reza Riahi
Normal
6.1 (37)
Julie Caty
Opera
7.3 (978)
Erick Oh
Wlasne smieci
6.4 (16)
Daria Kopiec

Documentary Feature

Winner
Lily Topples the World
7.3 (185)
Jeremy Workman
Introducing, Selma Blair
7.8 (1.1K)
Rachel Fleit
Kid Candidate
7.1 (61)
Jasmine Stodel
Not Going Quietly
7.9 (159)
Nicholas Bruckman
The Oxy Kingpins
7.0 (34)
Brendan Fitzgerald
The Return: Life After ISIS
6.7 (343)
Alba Sotorra
Subjects of Desire
6.7 (147)
Jennifer Holness
Reality Winner
7.0 (88)
Sonia Kennebeck

Documentary Short

Winner
Águilas
6.6 (115)
Kristy Guevara-Flanagan
Maite Zubiaurre
The Beauty President
7.7 (113)
Whitney Skauge
The Box
8.0 (16)
James Burns
Shal Ngo
I Ran from It and Was Still in It
6.7 (27)
Darol Olu Kae
Joe Buffalo
7.8 (55)
Amar Chebib
The Last Cruise
6.4 (1.6K)
Hannah Olson
Plant Heist
7.8 (8)
Chelsi de Cuba
Gabriel de Cuba
Sophie and the Baron
7.8 (30)
Alexandria Jackson
Ten Leaves Dilated
6.2 (9)
Ebony Blanding
Kate E. Hinshaw
Trade Center
6.8 (87)
Adam Baran
Red Taxi
6.2 (5)
Anonymous

Episodic Pilot

Winner
Un mètre vingt
7.8 (64)
Maria Belen Poncio
Rosario Perazolo Masjoan
Parked in America
8.6 (9)
Kayla Lewis
Luke Salin
Ann Swenson
Cole Bannick
Jori Johnson
Alexandro Pacheco

Midnight Short

Winner
The Moogai
6.8 (110)
Jon Bell
Don't Peek
6.7 (710)
Julian Terry
Flex
4.2 (74)
Josefin Malmén
David Strindberg
Flick
5.0 (58)
Ariel Zengotita
Joanne Is Dead
6.4 (16)
Brian Sacca
A Puff Before Dying
5.9 (46)
Mike Pinkney
Michael Reich
Puss
5.1 (28)
Leah Shore
Reklaw
7.8 (50)
Polaris Banks
Run That Shit!
4.2 (25)
Tristan Kim
Significant Other
5.7 (46)
Quinn George
Stuffed
6.9 (112)
Theo Rhys
A Tale Best Forgotten
6.2 (38)
Tomas Stark
The Thing That Ate the Birds
6.3 (89)
Dan Gitsham
Sophie Mair

Music Video

Winner
Madame Gandhi: Waiting for Me
Misha Ghose
C. Tangana: Demasiadas Mujeres
7.8 (13)
Santos Bacana
Julia Stone: Break
8.2 (7)
Jessie Hill
FKA Twigs: sad day
8.1 (143)
Hiro Murai
Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige & Tommy Theo: Always
Nelson de Castro

Narrative Feature

Winner
The Fallout
7.0 (40K)
Megan Park
Winner
The Fallout
7.0 (40K)
David Brown
Cara Shine Ballarini
Rebecca Miller
Shaun Sanghani
Clear Horizon
ScreenFund
SSS Entertainment
Here Before
5.7 (1.8K)
Stacey Gregg
Islands
7.0 (91)
Martin Edralin
Our Father
5.4 (169)
Bradley Grant Smith
Au bout de mes rêves
6.4 (945)
Wes Hurley
The End of Us
4.9 (301)
Steven Kanter
Henry Loevner
Women Is Losers
6.0 (434)
Lissette Feliciano
I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)
6.2 (373)
Kelley Kali
Angelique Molina

Narrative Short

Winner
Play It Safe
7.3 (376)
Mitch Kalisa
Are You Still There?
6.8 (98)
Sam A. Davis
Rayka Zehtabchi
Bruiser
6.3 (82)
Miles Warren
Chuj Boys of Summer
6.9 (22)
Max Walker-Silverman
Les criminels
7.1 (1.2K)
Serhat Karaaslan
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
7.1 (135)
Topaz Jones
Rubberband
Femme
7.5 (188)
Ng Choon Ping
Sam H. Freeman
La Traversée
6.9 (26)
Ève Saint-Louis
Les grandes claques
7.0 (178)
Annie St-Pierre
Marvin's Never Had Coffee Before
5.1 (29)
Andrew Carter
The Nipple Whisperer
5.5 (48)
Jan van Dyck(director)
Ben Vandendaele(producer)
Antonino Lombardo(producer)
Bekke Films
Prime Time
The Other Morgan
6.7 (124)
Alison Rich
Plaisir
7.3 (61)
Molly Gillis
Sales Per Hour
6.0 (65)
Daniel Jaffe
Michelle Uranowitz
Sisters
5.7 (33)
Jessica Brunetto
Soak
7.6 (11)
Hannah Bang
Squeegee
6.3 (151)
Morgan Krantz
Wiggle Room
6.1 (45)
Julia Baylis
Sam Guest
The Mohel
7.0 (37)
Charles Wahl

Texas Short

Winner
Summer Animals
7.2 (8)
Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Doretha's Blues
8.0 (6)
Channing Godfrey Peoples
Learning Tagalog with Kayla
6.0 (32)
Kayla Galang
Malignant
7.7 (18)
Morgan Bond
Nickolas Grisham
O Black Hole!
7.9 (62)
Renee Zhan
The Unlikely Fan
7.9 (9)
Jeff Bednarz
Sai Selvarajan

Excellence in Title Design

A Martfüi Rém - A Sorozat
7.3 (334)
Sandor Tako
András Derzsy
FilmHungary

Special Jury Award

Animated Short

Winner
Kkum
6.9 (50)
Kangmin Kim
Winner
Wlasne smieci
6.4 (16)
Daria Kopiec

Documentary Feature

Winner
Introducing, Selma Blair
7.8 (1.1K)
Rachel Fleit
Winner
Not Going Quietly
7.9 (159)
Nicholas Bruckman

Documentary Short

Winner
I Ran from It and Was Still in It
6.7 (27)
Darol Olu Kae
Winner
Red Taxi
6.2 (5)
Anonymous

Narrative Feature

Winner
Islands
7.0 (91)
Rogelio Balagtas
Winner
I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)
6.2 (373)
Kelley Kali
Angelique Molina

Narrative Short

Winner
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
7.1 (135)
Topaz Jones
Rubberband
Winner
Les grandes claques
7.0 (178)
Annie St-Pierre

Short Film

Winner
Chuj Boys of Summer
6.9 (22)
Max Walker-Silverman

Texas High School Short

Winner
Beyond the Model
6.3 (9)
Jessica Lin

Texas Short

Winner
O Black Hole!
7.9 (62)
Renee Zhan
Winner
O Black Hole!
7.9 (62)
Renee Zhan(Director)
Jesse Romain(Producer)

Audience Award

2020 Spotlight

Winner
We Are the Thousand: L'incredibile storia di Rockin'1000
7.6 (227)
Anita Rivaroli

24 Beats Per Second

Winner
Soy Cubana
8.6 (6)
Ivaylo Getov
Jeremy Ungar

Animated Shorts Competition

Winner
Opera
7.3 (978)
Erick Oh

Documentary Feature

Winner
Not Going Quietly
7.9 (159)
Nicholas Bruckman

Documentary Shorts Competition

Winner
Joe Buffalo
7.8 (55)
Amar Chebib

Documentary Spotlight

Winner
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
7.7 (1.3K)
Emily Kunstler
Sarah Kunstler

Episodic Pilot Competition

Winner
Un mètre vingt
7.8 (64)
Maria Belen Poncio
Rosario Perazolo Masjoan

Episodic Premieres

Winner
Them
7.5 (32K)
Little Marvin

Excellence in Title Design

Winner
Birds of Prey et la fantabuleuse histoire de Harley Quinn
6.1 (275K)
Michael Riley

Festival Favorites

Winner
In the Same Breath
7.5 (1.9K)
Nanfu Wang
Jialing Zhang
Julie Goldman
Christopher Clements
Carolyn Hepburn
Motto Pictures

Global

Winner
Ninjababy
7.2 (4.2K)
Yngvild Sve Flikke

Headliners

Winner
Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free
7.9 (509)
Mary Wharton

Midnight Shorts Competition

Winner
Stuffed
6.9 (112)
Theo Rhys

Midnighters

Winner
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
7.6 (2K)
Kier-La Janisse

Narrative Feature

Winner
The Fallout
7.0 (40K)
Megan Park

Narrative Shorts Competition

Winner
Play It Safe
7.3 (376)
Mitch Kalisa

Narrative Spotlight

Winner
Language Lessons
7.1 (3.2K)
Natalie Morales

Texas High School Shorts Competition

Winner
Beyond the Model
6.3 (9)
Jessica Lin

Texas Shorts Competition

Winner
Learning Tagalog with Kayla
6.0 (32)
Kayla Galang

Virtual Cinema Competition

Winner
Biolum
Abel Kohen

Virtual Cinema Spotlight

Winner
Finding Pandora X
Kiira Benzing

Visions

Winner
Inbetween Girl
6.3 (432)
Mei Makino
Ayar
4.9 (148)

SXSW Film Design Award

Excellence in Title Design

Winner
Le Jeu de la dame
8.5 (624K)
Saskia Marka

SXSW Film Design Award - Special Jury Recognition

Excellence in Title Design

Winner
Birds of Prey et la fantabuleuse histoire de Harley Quinn
6.1 (275K)
Michael Riley

Special Jury Recognition

Episodic Pilot

Winner
Pretend Partners
Ron Najor
Kristin Erickson
Atlas Brave

Immersive Journalism

Winner
Reeducated: Inside Xinjiang's Secret Detention Camps
9.2 (7)
Sam Wolson(director)
Dirt Empire
The New Yorker Magazine

Midnight shorts

Winner
Stuffed
6.9 (112)
Theo Rhys(Director)
Joss Holden-Rea(Composer)
Agile Films

Grand Jury Award

Music Video

Algorithm - Makeup and Vanity set
Saman Kesh(director)
Justin Daashuur Hopkins(director)

ZEISS Cinematography Award

Best Cinematography

Winner
Gaia
5.6 (7.4K)
Jorrie van der Walt
Film Initiative Africa

SXSW Virtual Cinema Jury Award

Interactive

Paper Birds
6.9 (45)
German Heller(Director)
Federico Carlini(Director)
3Dar

Adobe Editing Award

Winner
R#J
6.5 (100)
Lam T. Nguyen
Interface Films

Final Draft Screenwriters Award

Winner
Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break
5.7 (738)
Nick Gillespie
Matthew White
Brook Driver
Finn Bruce
Belstone Pictures

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South By Southwest Film Competition

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