SXSW 2012: GIMME THE LOOT and BEWARE OF MR. BAKER Take Top Prizes
Feature Film Jury
Awards
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: Beware of Mr. Baker
Director: Jay Bulger
NARRATIVE FEATURE
COMPETITION
Grand Jury Winner: Gimme The Loot
Director: Adam Leon
Special Jury
Recognition for Performance:
Jamie Chung - Eden
Besedka Johnson - Starlet
Nico Stone - Booster
Feature Film
Audience Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Bay
of All Saints
Director: Annie Eastman
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner:
Eden
Director: Megan Griffiths
*Audience Awards for Narrative Spotlight, Documentary
Spotlight, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal and
Festival Favorites sections will be announced on Saturday, March 17. The Headliner Audience Award will follow on
Monday, March 19, 2012.
Short Film Jury
Awards
NARRATIVE
SHORTS
Winner: The
Chair
Director: Grainger David
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Winner: CatCam
Director: Seth Keal
MIDNIGHT SHORTS
Winner: Don't
Hug Me I'm Scared
Directors: Rebecca Sloan & Joseph Pelling
SXGLOBAL SHORTS
Winner: The
Perfect Fit
Director: Tali Yankelevich
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: (notes
on) biology
Director: Danny Madden
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Battles, "My Machines"
Director: DANIELS
TEXAS SHORTS
Winner: Spark
Director: Annie Silverstein
TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL
SHORTS
Winner: Boom
Director: Daniel Matyas & Brian Broder
SXSW Film Design
Awards presented by iStockphoto
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Winner: Man & Gun
Designer: Justin Cox
Special Jury
Recognition: Pitch Black Heist
Designer: Andrew Cranston
Audience Award
Winner: The Maker
Designer: Christopher Kezelos
EXCELLENCE IN
TITLE DESIGN
Winner: Les
Bleus de Ramville
Designer: Jay Bond, Oily Film Company Inc.
Special Jury
Recognition: X-Men: First Class
Designer: Simon Clowes, Prologue Films
Audience Award
Winner: Bunraku
Designer: Guilherme Marcondes, Hornet Inc.
SXSW Special
Awards
SXSW WHOLPHIN
AWARD
Winner: The
Black Balloon
Director: Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
SXSW CHICKEN &
EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD
Winners: Megan
Griffiths for Eden and Amy Seimetz
for Sun Don't Shine
LOUIS BLACK "LONE
STAR" AWARD
Winner: Bernie
Director: Richard Linklater
Special Jury
Recognition: Trash Dance
Director: Andrew Garrison
KAREN SCHMEER FILM
EDITING FELLOWSHIP
Presented to: Lindsay Utz
