SXSW Film Festival Awards - 2006
March 19th, 2006 by Andre Soares
2006 SXSW Film Festival Awards
2006 SXSW Film Festival: Austin, March 10–19, 2006
Set in New Hampshire, Andy Robin and Gregg Kavet’s Live Free or Die follows a deluded gangster wannabe who dreams of becoming a real thug. In order to achieve his goal, he gets a dim-witted friend to help him out.
JURY AWARDS
Best Film: Live Free or Die Dir. Andy Robin & Gregg Kavet
Special Jury Prize - Outstanding Ensemble Cast: Americanese Dir. Eric Byler
Special Jury Prize - Outstanding Visual Achievement: Inner Circle Line Dir. Eunhee Cho
Best Documentary: Jam Dir. Mark Woollen
Special Jury Award: Maxed Out Dir. James D. Scurlock
Best Short: Hiro Dir. Matthew Swanson
Runner-up: Shortstop Dir. Risa Machuca & Fanny Veliz
Best Animated Short: The Wraith of Cobble Hill Dir. Adam Parrish King
Runner-up: Tall Tales & Other Big Lies Dir. Dano Johnson
Best Experimental Short (tie): Sea Change Dir. Joe King & Rosie Pedlow, and Marion Dir. Ry Russo-Young
Runner-up: Stadtplan Dir. Reynold Reynolds
Best Music Video: Ralfe Band "Women Of Japan" Dir. Nigel Coan & Ivana Zorn
Runner-up: The Sad Little Stars "Don’t Fuck With Love" Dir. Rachel McIntosh & Jim Starace
Texas High School Competition: Maikafer Dir. Chris Hergert
Runner-up: Weathered Dir. Elizabeth Mims
Based on Shawn Wong’s American Knees, Eric Byler’s Americanese revolves around the complex liaisons binding a Chinese-American professor (Chris Tashima) to his part-white, part-East Asian ex-wife (Allison Sie), and to his new lover, a Vietnamese immigrant (Joan Chen).
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Film: Americanese Dir. Eric Byler
Best Documentary: Darkon Dir. Andrew Neel & Luke Meyer
Lone Star States: State Vs Reed Dir. Ryan Polomski & Frank Bustoz
Runner-up: Slam Planet: War of the Words Dir. Mike Henry & Kyle Fuller
Emerging Visions: High Score Dir. Jeremy Mack
Runner-up: Manhattan, Kansas Dir. Tara Wray
24 Beats Per Second Audience Award: Air Guitar Nation Dir. Alexandra Lipsitz
Runner-up: The Refugee All Stars Dir. Zach Niles & Banker White
SXSW Film Festival Awards: 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jerusalem Film Festival Awards
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