March
14, 2006
For Immediate
Release
South
by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival Announces Festival Winners
Austin,
TX - March 14, 2006 - SXSW is pleased to announce the winners of the
2006 edition
of the SXSW Film Festival.
Jury
Awards:
- Reel
Shorts
Runner Up- - "Shortstop" directed by Risa Machuca & Fanny
Veliz.
Winner - "Hiro" directed by Matthew Swanson.
-
Animated Shorts
Runner Up- - "Tall Tales & Other Big Lies" directed
by Dano Johnson.
Winner - "The Wraith of Cobble Hill" directed by
Adam Parrish King.
-
Experimental Shorts
Runner Up- "Stadtplan" directed by Reynold Reynolds.
Winner
- **TIE**"Sea Change" directed by Joe King & Rosie Pedlow
"Marion"
directed by Ry Russo-Young.
-
Music Videos
Runner Up- The Sad Little Stars 'Don't Fuck With Love' directed
by Rachel
McIntosh & Jim Starace.
Winner - Ralfe Band "Women Of
Japan" directed by Nigel Coan & Ivana Zorn.
-
Texas High School Competition
Runner Up- "Weathered" directed by
Elizabeth Mims.
Winner - "Maikafer" directed by Chris Hergert.
-
Documentary Feature
Special Jury Award - "Maxed Out" directed by
James D. Scurlock.
Winner - "Jam" Dir. Mark Woollen
-
Narrative Feature
Special Jury Prize - Outstanding Ensemble Cast - "AMERICANese"
directed by
Eric Byler.
Special Jury Prize - Outstanding Visual Achievement
- "Inner Circle Line"
directed by Eunhee Cho. Winner - "Live
Free or Die" directed by Andy Robin
& Gregg Kavet.
Audience
Awards:
- 24 Beat Per Second Audience Award Winners will be announced on Sunday
March
19th
- Emerging
Visions
Runner Up- "Manhattan, Kansas" directed by Tara Wray.
Winner
- - "High Score" directed by Jeremy Mack.
-
Lone Star States
Runner Up- - "Slam Planet: War of the Words" directed
by Mike Henry & Kyle
Fuller.
Winner - - "State VS Reed" directed
by Ryan Polomski & Frank Bustoz.
-
Documentary Feature
Winner - - "Darkon" directed by Andrew Neel &
Luke Meyer.
-
Narrative Feature
Winner - - "AMERICANese" directed by Eric Byler.
For
more information, go to www.sxsw.com.
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