SXSW Film Festival Awards

2006 SXSW Film Festival Awards

2006 SXSW Film Festival: Austin, March 10–19, 2006

Paul Schneider in Live Free or Die by Andy Robin and Gregg Kavet
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

Americanese by Eric Byler
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).