SXSW Film Festival Awards 2008

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2008 SXSW Film Festival Awards

2008 SXSW Film Festival: Austin, March 7–15, 2008

 

Jeff Clark in Wellness by Jake Mahaffy
Produced, directed, written, and edited by Jake Mahaffy, SXSW 2008 jury winner Wellness follows a salesman (Jeff Clark) whose yearning for financial and professional success gets him all tangled up in a scheme to sell an "embargoed" health product called "Wellness." Tragedy and comedy ensue.

 

JURY AWARDS

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Grand Jury AwardWellness Director: Jake Mahaffy

Special Jury Award for CinematographyExplicit Ills Cinematographer: Patrice Cochet Director: Mark
Webber

Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble CastUp With Me Director: Greg Takoudes Cast: Francisco Vicioso, Erika Rivera, Brandon Thorpe, Justin Coltrain, Destiny Waters, Bernice Velos, Matt Timms, Anthony Portillo, Reya Sehgal, Kabeer Parwani

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Special Jury AwardFull Battle Rattle Directors: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss

Grand Jury AwardThey Killed Sister Dorothy Director: Daniel Junge

REEL SHORTS

Winner – (Tie) Warlord Director: David Garrett & Small Apartment Director: Andrew T. Betzer

Special Jury AwardThe Second Line Director: John Magary.

ANIMATED SHORTS

WinnerMadame Tulti-Putli Director: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski

Special Jury AwardI hate you don’t touch me or Bat and Hat Director: Becky James

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

WinnerSafari Director: Catherine Chalmers

Special Jury AwardUpwards March Director: Kaveh Nabatian

SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD

WinnerGlory at Sea Director: Benjamin Zeitlin

MUSIC VIDEOS

Winner – TV on the Radio "Me-I," Directors: Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia

Special Jury Award – (TIE) Group Sounds, "Temporarily in Love," Director: Randy Scott Slavin & Cornelius, "Fit Song," Directors: Keigo Oyamada & Koichiro Tsujikawa

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION

Special Jury AwardInflections Director: Matthew Campbell

WinnerPicnic Director: Wesley Bronez

ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD

Best Original ProductionThe Guild Director: Jane Selle Morgan

Best Original Series IdeaKnock Off Written: Brandi-Ann Milbradt

 

AUDIENCE AWARDS

NARRATIVE FEATURE

WinnerExplicit Ills Director: Mark Webber

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

WinnerThey Killed Sister Dorothy Director: Daniel Junge

EMERGING VISIONS

WinnerIn a Dream Director: Jeremiah Zagar

 

24 BEATS PER SECOND

WinnerThrow Down Your Heart, Director: Sascha Paladino

LONE STAR STATES

WinnerCook County, Director: David Pomes

 

SXSW Film Festival Site

SXSW Film Festival Awards: 2006 2007 2008 2009

Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

 

Irish Film Awards 2007

Jutra 2007

Tokyo Film Festival Awards 2007

Berlin Film Festival Awards 2008

Étoiles d’Or 2007


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