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March 17, 2009
SXSW Awards
The 2009 SXSW Film Festival Juries consisted of:
Narrative Feature Competition: Scott Foundas, Ted Hope, Kim Voynar; Documentary Feature Competition: Anne Thompson, Basil Tsiokos, Lois Vossen; Reel Shorts: Emma Gray Munthe, Dan Nuxoll, Caspar Sonnen; Experimental Shorts: Spencer Parsons, Luke Savisky, Sean Williams; Animated Shorts: Chris Eska, Steve Mack, Lars Nilsen; Music Videos: Stefan Arni, Siggi Kinski, Francis Preve, Adam Yauch; Texas High School Shorts: Bob Ray, Garret Savage, Bart Weiss.
For the 2009 SXSW Film Festival, 133 feature-length films were selected including 57 world premieres, selected 1,511 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,220 U.S. and 291 international feature-length films. The 2009 SXSW Film Festival Awards was hosted by Film in North Carolina. Film in North Carolina is a partnership between Creative Commerce Commission of Asheville NC, North Carolina Film Office and the Piedmont Triad Film Commission.
The 2009 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners:
Feature Jury Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – 45365
Director: Bill Ross
An inquiring look at everyday life in Middle America, the film explores the congruities of daily life in an American town Sidney, Ohio.
Honorable Mention – The Way We Get By
Director: Aron Gaudet
On call 24/7 for the past 6 years, a group of senior citizens transform their lives by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine.
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – Made in China
Director: Judi Krant
Lost in Shanghai, an inventor discovers that it takes more than a bright idea to succeed.
Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast – That Evening Sun
Director: Scott Teems
A ruthless grudge match between two old foes. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Tennessee sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery. Cast: Hal Holbrook, Mia Wasikowska, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Carrie Preston
Audience Awards
EMERGING VISIONS
Winner – Motherland
Director: Jennifer Steinman
Six grieving mothers journey to Africa in order to test the theory that “giving is healing.”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner – MINE
Director: Geralyn Pezanoski
After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of pets were rescued and adopted by families around the country, leading to many custody battles. Through these stories, the film examines issues of race, class and animal welfare in the U.S.
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner – That Evening Sun
Director: Scott Teems
A ruthless grudge match between two old foes. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Tennessee sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery.
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner – To Be Announced on Friday, 3/20
LONE STAR STATES
Winner – To Be Announced on Friday, 3/20
Special Jury Awards
SXSW & AIGA AUSTIN MOVIE POSTER AWARD
Best in Show – The Dungeon Masters
Director: Keven Macalester
Designer: David Plunkert, Spur Design, LLC
SXSW / CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT WOMAN AWARD
Winner – Made in China
Director: Judi Krant
Lost in Shanghai, an inventor discovers that it takes more than a bright idea to succeed.
SXSW WHOLPHIN SHORT FILM AWARD
Winner – Sister Wife
Director: Jill Orschel
In a time when the practices of Mormon fundamentalism offer sensational fodder for the evening news, Sister Wife offers a rare glimpse into the cloistered lifestyle.
Shorts Jury Awards
REEL SHORTS
Winner – Thompson
Director: Jason Tippet
Since second grade Matt and Ryan have shared the bond of speech impediments, weapons, and things that go fast. But as their last days of high school speed by, the two friends find that their go-carts, dirt bikes, and RC cars can’t outrun adulthood.
Special Jury Award – Happy 95 Birthday Grandpa
Director: Gary Huggins
A fleeting memory in five minutes.
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner – Shaman
Director: Luc Perez
Waiting for the bus on a rainy day in Copenhagen, the old shaman Utaaq sees a rare bird from his past. This makes him reminisce his youth, and a beautiful tale about the forces of nature begins.
Special Jury Award – Sweet Dreams
Director: Kirsten Lepore
A Stalwart cupcake escapes from his native land to discover what lies beyond the sugar skyscrapers and candy-condos. His violent shipwreck on a foreign shore forces him to adapt to a new lifestyle.
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner – Cattle Call
Director: Matthew Rankin & Mike Maryniuk
A high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock auctioneering.
Special Jury Award – The Idiot Stinks
Director: Helder Sun
Animation, Angst, Media, Martians and Miscommunication.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner – Thunderheist, “Jerk It”
Director: That Go-Noel Paul & Stefan Moore
Special Jury Award – Fleet Foxes, “White Winter Hymnal”
Director: Sean Pecknold
Jury Special Mention – New Pornographers, “Myriad Harbor”
Director: Fluorescent Hill
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Winner – Performance Evaluation
Director: Breannah Gibson
Special Jury Award – TIE
Fresh Fruit
Director: Edward Kelley & Brenden Cicoria
AND
A Hospital Bathroom
Director: Miguel Johnson
Posted by dpoland at March 17, 2009 08:12 PM
Comments
pfft, NOTHING for Three Blind Mice or The Horseman = Epic Fail. Two of the god damn finest examples of cinema of the year they are.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 18, 2009 12:39 AM
Kam, neither of those films was in competition at SXSW.
Posted by: Kim Voynar at March 18, 2009 09:39 AM
And besides, Kam, they're Australian films. Who gives awards to Australian films anymore? That's so 1970s!
Posted by: Joe Leydon at March 18, 2009 10:46 AM
I'm def gonna check out TBM on demand, Kami. Don't know why a bar or coffee house (which is paying for basic digital cable anyway) doesn't crank up their large screen with an On Demand movie and let people watch quietly in the dark with their drinks.
Posted by: T. Holly at March 18, 2009 12:10 PM
Kim, thanks. I wasn't aware. I just kind of assumed they were. tbh I know nothing about SXSW.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at March 18, 2009 03:00 PM
tbh I knew not Scott Foundas was in Austin... no reported sightings... not even a tweet.
Posted by: T. Holly at March 18, 2009 04:03 PM
Holly: He sat next to me during Haunting in Connecticut. But by the time the lights came up after the movie... he had vanished!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Joe Leydon at March 18, 2009 06:33 PM
That's cuz he's little.
Posted by: T. Holly at March 18, 2009 06:48 PM
You reviewed that. Are you reviewing La Corona, I mean title-cute Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo.
Posted by: T. Holly at March 18, 2009 06:54 PM
question mark
Posted by: T. Holly at March 18, 2009 06:55 PM
We'll see. Tonight: "Lesbian Vampie Killers."
Posted by: Joe Leydon at March 18, 2009 07:05 PM
anybody see 'the hurt locker' yet? and if so, any thoughts to share?
Posted by: leahnz at March 18, 2009 08:23 PM
"Hurt Locker" is SUUUuuuuuper intense. Like, first 15 mins of "Saving Private Ryan" intense. But, there's not nearly enough character development. Still, an AMAZING movie....physically exhausting.
Posted by: don lewis (was PetalumaFilms) at March 19, 2009 07:38 AM
Joe, sorry I missed you at the fest. Was going to go to Haunting with Scott, but I was just too damn tired, and irritable from dodging drunken frat boys and sorority girls wearing shamrock antennae on 6th street all evening.
Posted by: Kim Voynar at March 19, 2009 10:54 AM
thanks, don lewis, good to know!
i'm all psyched for some new bigelow badassery but no release date for down here yet so who knows when i'll get to see it. i guess i'll have to play it cool and hold my water, hopefully it won't be a case of straight to dvd for the outlands
Posted by: leahnz at March 19, 2009 01:28 PM
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