SXSW Film Festival Awards - 2008
March 15th, 2008 by Andre Soares
2008 SXSW Film Festival Awards
2008 SXSW Film Festival: Austin, March 7–15, 2008
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 Award - Wellness Director: Jake Mahaffy
Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Explicit Ills Cinematographer: Patrice Cochet Director: Mark
Webber
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast - Up 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 Award - Full Battle Rattle Directors: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss
Grand Jury Award - They Killed Sister Dorothy Director: Daniel Junge
REEL SHORTS
Winner - (Tie) Warlord Director: David Garrett & Small Apartment Director: Andrew T. Betzer
Special Jury Award - The Second Line Director: John Magary.
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner - Madame Tulti-Putli Director: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski
Special Jury Award - I hate you don’t touch me or Bat and Hat Director: Becky James
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner - Safari Director: Catherine Chalmers
Special Jury Award - Upwards March Director: Kaveh Nabatian
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner - Glory 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 Award - Inflections Director: Matthew Campbell
Winner - Picnic Director: Wesley Bronez
ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD
Best Original Production - The Guild Director: Jane Selle Morgan
Best Original Series Idea - Knock Off Written: Brandi-Ann Milbradt
AUDIENCE AWARDS
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner - Explicit Ills Director: Mark Webber
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner - They Killed Sister Dorothy Director: Daniel Junge
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner - In a Dream Director: Jeremiah Zagar
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner - Throw Down Your Heart, Director: Sascha Paladino
LONE STAR STATES
Winner - Cook County, Director: David Pomes
SXSW Film Festival Awards: 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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