SXSW

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Austin, United States March 2013, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: November 2012, TBA
Last Minute Deadline- December 9th
Festival Data:
- Established: 1993
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 45000
- Media Attendance: 352
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 1500
- Total Number of Films Screened: 180
- Total Screenings: 450
- # of Shorts Screened: 90
- # of Features Screened: 90
- Competitive
- Has Panels
- Has Seminars
Festival Website:
www.sxsw.com
Festival Description:

The SXSW FILM CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL explores all aspects of the art and business of independent filmmaking. The Conference hosts a five-day adventure in the latest filmmaking trends and new technology, featuring distinguished speakers and mentors. The internationally-acclaimed, nine-day Festival boasts some of the most wide-ranging programming of any US event of its kind, from provocative documentaries to subversive Hollywood comedies, with a special focus on emerging talents.

The SXSW Film Festival screens the best in new independent film from around the world. SXSW has gained accolades for the quality of its programming, which focuses on both emerging talent and cinematic greats. Thousands of film fans, industry, press, and more descend upon SXSW every March to discover the best in new indie and indie-mind film.

With over 250 films, including innovative narrative and documentary features; narrative, documentary, animated, and experimental shorts; music videos; and midnight films, there’s plenty to satisfy every film lover.

A big part of every SXSW Film Festival are the panels held at the Austin Convention Center. The panels at SXSW have been hailed as some of the most extensive and educational forums found in a festival setting. SXSW takes advantage of the convergence of the Film and Interactive worlds by offering joint panel sessions, trade shows and parties.There are also one-on-one mentor sessions and mini-meetings to offer even greater insight into select topics.

The Film and Interactive Trade Show + Exhibition reveals tools for development and productivity employed by digital creatives and filmmakers alike. Also represented are the regional, national and international companies that come together to promote their services and organizations supporting independent filmmaking and digital culture.
Film Submissions:
- Accepts direct submissions
Email: film(at)sxsw.com

Phone: (1) 512 467-7979

Fax: (1) 512 451-0754

Mailing Address: Box 4999
Austin, Texas 78765
USA

Email:	film(at)sxsw.com
Phone:	(1) 512 467-7979
Fax:	(1) 512 451-0754
Mailing Address:	Box 4999 Austin, Texas 78765 USA

OCT 18, 2010 04:24AM FFW Festival Editor writes:

SXSW Film Awards 2010 & Feature Film Jury Awards

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Marwencol
Director: Jeff Malmberg
Special Jury Winner: War Don Don
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen

NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Tiny Furniture
Director: Lena Dunham
Special Jury Award - Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Special Jury Award - Best Individual Performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil
Director: Garth Donovan

Feature Film Audience Awards

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: For Once in My Life
Director: Jim Bigham & Mark Moormann

NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Brotherhood
Director: Will Canon

24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner: When You're Strange - a film about the Doors
Director: Tom DiCillo

EMERGING VISIONS
Winner: NY Export: Opus Jazz
Director: Jody Lee Lipes

LONE STAR STATES
Winner: Thunder Soul
Director: Mark Landsman

MIDNIGHTERS
Winner: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
Director: Eli Craig

SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES
Winner: Richard Garriott - Man on a Mission
Director: Mike Woolf

Short Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE SHORTS
Winner: Cigarette Candy
Director: Lauren Wolkstein
Special Jury Award: Teleglobal Dreamin'
Director: Eric Flanagan

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Winner: Quadrangle
Director: Amy Grappell
Special Jury Award: White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug
Director: Travis Senger

ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: The Orange
Director: Nick Fox-Gieg
Special Jury Award: One Square Mile of Earth
Director: Jeff Drew

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner: Night Mayor
Director: Guy Maddin
Special Jury Award: Kids Might Fly
Director: Alex Taylor

MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Cinnamon Chasers, "Luv Deluxe"
Director: Saman Keshavarz
Special Jury Award: Grizzly Bear, "Forest"
Director: Allison Schulnik

TEXAS SHORTS
Winner: Petting Sharks
Director: Craig Elrod
Special Jury Award: The Big Bends
Director: Jason William Marlow

TIME WARNER CABLE & OVATION YOUNG FILMMAKER SCHOLARSHIP for TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORT
Winner: Give the Dog a Bone
Director: Edward Kelley
Special Jury Award: The Sleep Project
Director: Whitney Bennett & Matthew Cunningham

SXSW Special Jury Awards

SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner: Quadrangle
Director: Amy Grappell

SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award
Winner: Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture
Special Award - The Chicken & Egg Pictures "We Believe in You" Award
Martha Stephens for Passenger Pigeons

SXSW Film Design Awards

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Winner: Feeder
Designer: Joseph Ernst
Special Jury Award: Amer
Designer: Gilles Vranckx
Audience Award Winner: Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Designer: Michael Anderson
Special Jury Award: Equestrian Sexual Response
Designers: Martim Vian & Zeke Hawkins

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Winner: Zombieland
Designer: Ben Conrad
Special Jury Award: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd
Audience Award Winner: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd
Special Jury Award: Enter the Void
Designer: Gaspar Noé and Tom Kam

The annual SXSW Film Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday, March 16 at the Austin Convention Center Theater. The 2010 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.
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MAR 18, 2008 09:03AM FFW Festival Editor writes:

2008 SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners

2008 edition of the SXSW Film Festival.

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
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APR 11, 2007 06:56PM FFW Films Editor writes:

Awards for the 2007 The SXSW Film Festival

Jury Awards

Narrative Feature: “Itty Bitty Titty Committee”
Directed by: Jamie Babbit

Special Jury Award: "Frownland"
Directed by: Ronald Bronstein

Special Jury Award: “Orphans”
Directed by: Ry Russo-Young

Documentary Feature: “Billy the Kid”
Directed by: Jennifer Venditti

Special Jury Award: "Cat Dancers"
Directed by: Harris Fishman

Special Jury Award: “Audience of One”
Directed by: Michael Jacobs

REEL Shorts: “Pop Foul”
Directed by: Moon Molson

Special Jury Award: “Clear Cut, Simple”
Directed by: Vineet Dewan

Animated Shorts: “Tragic Story with a Happy Ending”
Directed by: Regina Pessoa

Special Jury Award: “One Rat Short”
Directed by: Alex Weil

Experimental Shorts: “27,000 Days”
Directed by: Naveen Singh

Special Jury Award: “The Lonely Lights. The Color of Lemons”
Directed by: Benjamin M. Piety

Music Videos: “Thom Yorke, 'Harrowdown Hill,'”
Directed by: Chel White

Special Jury Award: “Constantines, Working Full-Time”
Directed by: Drew Lightfoot

Texas High School Competition: “Murder for 9 Points”
Directed by: Brandon Day

Special Jury Award: “Daily Routine”
Directed by: Adela Escobar

Audience Awards

Narrative Feature: “Skills Like This”
Directed by: Monty Miranda

Documentary Feature: “Run Granny Run”
Directed by: Marlo Poras

Emerging Visions: “The Price of Sugar”
Directed by: Bill Haney
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