Another year, another successful SXSW has come to a close. With amazing events from a showing of Alien with Sir Ridley Scott, to an outdoor screening of the original Ghost in the Shell. There was something for everyone in this festival and even a few gems that we didn’t even know we needed. The audience award winners only highlight a fraction of the great films making their debut at SXSW, but these are definitely films not to be missed. Many of them contain directors or actors that you may be familiar with, but who you have never seen like this before.
2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
Audience Award Winner: The Light of the Moon
Director: Jessica M. Thompson
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Dealt
Director: Luke Korem
HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner: Baby Driver
Director: Edgar Wright
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: Mr. Roosevelt
Director: Noël Wells
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
VISIONS
Audience Award Winner: Becoming Bond
Director: Josh Greenbaum
MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner: 68 Kill
Director: Trent Haaga
EPISODIC
Audience Award Winner: Dear White People
Director: Justin Simien
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner: May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
GLOBAL
Audience Award Winner: Divine Divas
Director: Leandra Leal
FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Audience Award Winner: The Big Sick
Director: Michael Showalter
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