Special awards announced included: Louis Black “Lone Star” Award, Adobe Editing Award, Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, ZEISS Cinematography Award, the Mailchimp Support the Shorts Award, and the Fandor New Voices Award. All 2022 film categories will be eligible for category-specific audience awards, which will be certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter. Online screenings and audience award voting will conclude 9 a.m. CT on Monday, March 21. Winners will be announced via sxsw.com that week.

“It was extraordinary to gather together in person again after so long and we are so grateful to the filmmakers and audience who joined us at SXSW 2022 in Austin for our first in-person event since 2019,” said Janet Pierson, VP, Director of Film. “The program was celebrated across the board and tonight we get to give a special shout-out to the award winners.” Related 2023 Brings a Diverse Set of Oscar Contenders. Will the Final Nominees Reflect that? Jamie Lee Curtis Says ‘Nepo Baby’ Conversation ‘Diminishes, Denigrates, and Hurts’ Related Influential Awards Bodies Reshape 2023 Best Documentary Feature Race New Movies: Release Calendar for December 23, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films
Feature Film Grand Jury Awards Narrative Feature Competition Winner: “I Love My Dad” Director/Screenwriter: James Morosini, Producers: Bill Stertz, Patton Oswalt, Sean O’Grady, Dane Eckerle, Phil Keefe, Daniel Brandt, Sam Slater Special Jury Recognition for Extraordinary Cinematic Vision Cast and Crew, “It is In Us All” Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Performance Elizaveta Yankovskaya, “Nika” Documentary Feature Competition Winner: “Master of Light” Director: Rosa Ruth Boesten, Producers: Roger Ross Williams, Anousha Nzume, Ilja Roomans Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling “Bad Axe” Director: David Siev, Producers: Jude Harris, Diane Quon, Katarina Vasquez, David Siev Special Jury Recognition for Acting in a Documentary Steve Glew, “Pez Outlaw” Courtesy SXSW Short Film Grand Jury Awards Narrative Short Competition Winner: “All the Crows in the World” Director/Screenwriter: Tang Yi, Producer: Haozheng Li Special Jury Recognition for Directing and Community Filmmaking “Glitter Ain’t Gold” Director/Screenwriter: Christian Nolan Jones, Producers: Maia Miller, T. Popps, O. Valerie Nicolas Special Jury Recognition for Outstanding Performances “Aphrodite Armstrong,” Kyle Riggs, West By God Documentary Short Competition Winner: “Long Line of Ladies” Directors: Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome, Producers: Garrett Schiff, Pimm Tripp-Allen, Rayka Zehtabchi, Sam Davis, Dana Kurth

Special Jury Recognition for Visual Reflection “not even for a moment do things stand still” Director: Jamie Meltzer, Producers: Annie Marr, Jamie Meltzer, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg Midnight Shorts Winner: “Moshari” Director/Screenwriter: Nuhash Humayun, Producers: Bushra Afreen, Nuhash Humayun Special Jury Recognition for Powerful “Short Trip” “Omi” Director: Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, Screenwriters: Tamar Bird, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, Producer: Tamar Bird Animated Shorts Winner: “Bestia” Director: Hugo Covarrubias, Screenwriters: Martín Erazo, Hugo Covarrubias, Producers: Tevo Díaz, Hugo Covarrubias Special Jury Recognition for Unexpected Emotion: “Les Larmes de la Seine” Directors/Screenwriters: Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Producer: Carlos De Carvalho Special Jury Recognition for Visceral Storytelling “Something in the Garden” Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Marcos Sánchez Music Videos Winner: Desirée Dawson – “Meet Me At the Light” Director/Screenwriter: Alexander Farah Special Jury Recognition for Going the Extra Mile Myd – “Let You Speak” Director/Screenwriter: Dan Carr Texas Shorts Winner: “Folk Frontera” Directors: Alejandra Vasquez, Sam Osborn Special Jury Recognition for Vision “Birds” Director/Screenwriter: Katherine Propper, Producer: Sophia Loffreda Texas High School Shorts Winner: “Honeybee” Director/Screenwriter/Producer: Emilio Vazquez Reyes Special Jury Recognition for Artistic Expression “It’s Getting Bad Again” Director/Screenwriter: Sarah Reyes, Producers: Sarah Reyes, Kenneth Rogers Episodic Pilot Competition Winner: “Something Undone” Special Jury Recognition for Unique Vision in Writing and Directing: My Year of Dicks Showrunner: Pamela Ribon, Directors: Sara Gunnarsdóttir, Screenwriter: Pamela Ribon, Producer: Jeanette Jeanenne SXSW Film Design Awards Presented by Adobe Poster Design Competition Winner: “More Than I Remember” Designer: Yen Tan, Maya Edelman Special Jury Recognition: “The Sentence of Michael Thompson” Designer: Juan Miguel Marin Title Design Competition “Foundation” Title Sequence Designer: Ronnie Koff Company: Imaginary Forces “A beautifully constructed sequence that encapsulates the show’s futuristic setting as humans have colonized the galaxy. Using a particle system to form these incredible images each frame is a visual triumph as we journey through this vibrant main title.” Special Jury Recognition “The White Lotus” Title Sequence Designers: Katrina Crawford, Mark Bashore Company: Plains of Yonder XR Experience competition Winner: “On the Morning You Wake (To the End of the World)” Directors: Dr. Jamaica Heolomeleikalani Osorio, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Pierre Zandrowicz, Arnaud Colinart, Screenwriters: Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Producers: Arnaud Colinart, Mike Brett, Steve Jamison, Jo-Jo Ellison

Special Jury Recognition for Immersive Storytelling “(Hi)story of a Painting: The Light in the Shadow” Directors: Quentin Darras, Gaëlle Mourre, Screenwriter: Gaëlle Mourre, Producers: Charlotte Mikkelborg, Gaëlle Mourre SXSW Special Awards Fandor New Voices Award Presented to: “What We Leave Behind” Director: Iliana Sosa, Producers: Emma D. Miller, Iliana Sosa, Isidore Bethel (co-producer) Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award Presented to: “Chee$e” Director/Screenwriter: Damian Marcano, Producer: Alexa Marcano Adobe Editing Award Presented to: “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Editor: Paul Rogers Louis Black “Lone Star” Award Winner: “What We Leave Behind” Director: Iliana Sosa, Producers: Emma D. Miller, Iliana Sosa, Isidore Bethel (co-producer) ZEISS Cinematography Award Winner: “A Vanishing Fog” Cinematographer: Gio Park Mailchimp Support the Shorts Award Presented to: “The Voice Actress” Director/Screenwriter: Anna J. Takayama, Producer: Joe Skinner Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.