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SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces 2023 Jury and Special Awards

Matt DonahueBy Matt Donahue03/15/20233 Mins Read
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The 30th SXSW 2023 Jury and Special Awards has been announced..  Feature films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Competition categories. But that’s not all, SXSW also announced all other juried sections, including Shorts, Design and XR Experience Awards. Special Awards announced included: Louis Black “Lone Star” Award, Adobe Editing Award, Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, Hope Award, Thunderbird Rising Award, ZEISS Cinematography Award, and new this year in honor of Janet Pierson, Director Emeritus, the Janet Pierson Champion Award.

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All 2023 film categories will be eligible for category-specific Audience Awards that will be certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter. Audience Award Voting will conclude on Sunday, March 19. Winners will be announced via sxsw.com that week.

“What an extraordinary week of film and TV premieres here at SXSW, and there is more to come through Saturday,” said Claudette Godfrey, VP, Flm & TV.  “Our theaters have been brimming with enthusiastic audiences celebrating the exceptional and diverse work in our lineup, and we’re so excited to celebrate this year’s jury and special award winners!

The 2023 Film & TV program includes 110 features including 75 World Premieres, 3 International Premieres, 9 North American Premieres, 6 U.S. Premieres, 16 Texas Premieres + 63 Short films, 20 Music Videos, 12 TV Premieres, 3 TV Spotlight, 7 Independent TV Pilots, and 35 XR Experience projects.

Feature Film Grand Jury Awards 

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Presented by Panavision

Winner: Raging Grace, Director/Screenwriter: Paris Zarcilla, Producer: Chi Thai

Special Jury Award for Performance: Courtney Eaton, Parachute

Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Eric Branco, Story Ave

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Presented by ACE91

Winner: Angel Applicant, Director/Screenwriter: Ken August Meyer

Special Jury Award for Innovation in Storytelling: Another Body ,Directors: Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn

SHORT FILM GRAND JURY AWARDS Presented by IMDbPro

NARRATIVE SHORT COMPETITION

Winner: It Turns Blue, Director/Screenwriter: Shadi Karamroudi

Special Jury Award: Flores del Otro Patio , Director: Jorge Cadena, Screenwriters: Jorge Cadena, Li Aparicio Candama, Producers: Yan Decoppet, Gabriela Bussmann

DOCUMENTARY SHORT COMPETITION

Winner: Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma), Director: Sean Wang, Producers: Sean Wang, Sam Davis

Special Jury Award: Suddenly TV, Director/Producer: Roopa Gogineni

MIDNIGHT SHORTS

Winner: The Flute, Director: Nick Roney, Screenwriters: Nick Roney, Ed Leer

Special Jury Award: Pennies from Heaven, Director: Sandy Honig, Screenwriters: Sandy Honig, Annabel Meschke, Sabina Meschke

ANIMATED SHORTS

Winner: The Debutante, Director/Screenwriter: Elizabeth Hobbs

Special Jury Award for Animation Directing: Tom CJ Brown, Christopher at Sea

MUSIC VIDEOS

Winner: Amanda Sum – ‘Different Than Before’, Director/Screenwriter: Mayumi Yoshida

Special Jury Award:  Residente – ‘This is Not America ft. Ibeyi’, Director: Grégory Ohrel

TEXAS SHORTS

Winner: Breaking Silence, Directors: Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein, Producers: Monique Walton, Amy Bench

Special Jury Award: When You Left Me On That Boulevard , Director/Screenwriter: Kayla Abuda Galang,

TV PILOT COMPETITION

Winner: Grown, Showrunner/Director/Screenwriter: Jocko Sims

Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance: Josh Fadem, Harbor Island

POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION

Winner: Eyestring, Designer: Javier Devitt

Special Jury Award: Riders on the Storm
Designer: Casey Moore, Directors: Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns

XR EXPERIENCE COMPETITION

Winner: Consensus Gentium, Director/Screenwriter: Karen Palmer

Special Jury Award: Body of Mine, Director/Producer/Screenwriter: Cameron Kostopoulos

SXSW Special Awards

Janet Pierson Champion Award: Lizzie Shapiro

Louis Black “Lone Star” Award: The Lady Bird Diaries, Director: Dawn Porter

Special Jury Award: The Herricanes, Director: Olivia Kuan

Thunderbird Rising Award Winner: Paris Zarcilla, Raging Grace

Thunderbird Rising Special Award: Brittany Snow, Parachute

The Hope Award Winner: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, Director: Davis Guggenheim

The Hope Special Award: Confessions of a Good Samaritan, Director: Penny Lane, Producer: Gabriel Sedgwick

Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award: Chronicles of a Wandering Saint, Director/Screenwriter: Tomas Gomez Bustillo

ZEISS Cinematography Award: Fancy Dance, Cinematographer: Carolina Costa, AMC

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