Focus Features

The South-by-Southwest film festival wrapped up this week by handing out a series of awards. Top prize for the Narrative Feature went to Judi Krant’s Made in China, a comedy about an inventor stuck in Shanghai.  The Documentary Feature award went to Bill Ross’ 45365, the zip-code title work about a small town in Ohio.  In the narrative jury LA Weekly critic Scott Foundas, producer Ted Hope and journalist Kim Voynar judge: the documentary jury was composer Variety columnist Anne Thompson, film programmer Basil Tsiokos and “Independent Lens” founder Lois Vossen.

Documentary Feature
Winner:  45365 (D: Bill Ross)
Honorable Mention: The Way We Get By  (D:Aron Gaudet)

Narrative Feature
Made in China (D: Judi Krant)

Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast
That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems)

Emerging Visions (Audience Award)
Motherland (D: Jennifer Steinman)

Documentary Feature (Audience Award)
MINE (D: Geralyn Pezanoski)

Narrative Feature (Audience Award)
That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems)

Sxsw & Aiga Austin Movie Poster Award
Best in Show – The Dungeon Masters (D: Keven Macalester)
Designer: David Plunkert, Spur Design, LLC

Sxsw / Chicken & Egg Emergent Woman Award
Made in China   (D: Judi Krant)

Sxsw Wholphin Short Film Award
Sister Wife  (D: Jill Orschel)

The South-by-Southwest film festival wrapped up this week by handing out a series of awards. Top prize for the Narrative Feature went to Judi Krant’s Made in China, a comedy about an inventor stuck in Shanghai.  The Documentary Feature award went to Bill Ross’ 45365, the zip-code title work about a small town in Ohio.  In the narrative jury LA Weekly critic Scott Foundas, producer Ted Hope and journalist Kim Voynar judge: the documentary jury was composer Variety columnist Anne Thompson, film programmer Basil Tsiokos and “Independent Lens” founder Lois Vossen.

Documentary Feature
Winner:  45365 (D: Bill Ross)
Honorable Mention: The Way We Get By  (D:Aron Gaudet)

Narrative Feature
Made in China (D: Judi Krant)

Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast
That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems)

Emerging Visions (Audience Award)
Motherland (D: Jennifer Steinman)

Documentary Feature (Audience Award)
MINE (D: Geralyn Pezanoski)

Narrative Feature (Audience Award)
That Evening Sun (D: Scott Teems)

Sxsw & Aiga Austin Movie Poster Award
Best in Show – The Dungeon Masters (D: Keven Macalester)
Designer: David Plunkert, Spur Design, LLC

Sxsw / Chicken & Egg Emergent Woman Award
Made in China   (D: Judi Krant)

Sxsw Wholphin Short Film Award
Sister Wife  (D: Jill Orschel)