The Audience Awards have been announced for the 2016 South By Southwest Film Festival and Greg Kwedar’s feature debut Transpecos led, grabbing the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Kwedar’s border patrol thriller stars Gabriel Luna (Freeheld), Clifton Collins Jr. (Triple 9) and Johnny Simmons (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Another notable name on the roster was Demolition, which picked up the Audience Award for the Headliners sidebar of the film festival. Wild‘s Jean-Marc Vallee directed Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) in this drama about a man coming apart following the death of his wife; the film made its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival and opens in theaters on April 8th.
Check out the full list of Audience Award winners below:
- NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION: Transpecos – directed by Greg Kwedar
- DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION: Tower – directed by Keith Maitland
- HEADLINERS: Demolition – directed by Jean-Marc Vallee
- NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT: From Nowhere – directed by Matthew Newton
- DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT: Mr. Gaga – directed by Tomer Heymann
- VISIONS: Jules and Dolores – directed by Caito Ortiz
- MIDNIGHTERS: I Am a Hero – directed by Shinsuke Sato
- EPISODIC: Vice Principals – directed by Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Danny McBride
- 24 BEATS PER SECOND: Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Broken Spoke – directed by Brenda Greene Mitchell, Sam Wainwright Douglas)
- SXGLOBAL: Ghostland – directed by Simon Stadler
- FESTIVAL FAVORITES: Gleason – directed by Clay Tweel
- EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN: We Are X – directed by Allison Brownmoore of Blue Spill
Leave a Comment