SXSW Competition Award Winners

With only eight films in their competition section, Austin's South by Southwest Film Festival is hardly Sundance.  Then again, their competition section is but the tip of the iceberg of their schedule and last year they earned some major cool points when their grand jury prize pick Short Term 12 became one the top critical highlights of the year.  Here's how the film prizes went this year.

Fort Tilden

GRAND JURY PRIZE: Fort Tilden- directed by Sarah Violet-Bliss & Charles Rogers
SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION FOR ACTING DUO: Natalie Tena & David Verdaguer, 10,000KM
SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION FOR COURAGE IN STORYTELLING: Animals- directed by Colin Schiffli


DOCUMENTARY GRAND JURY PRIZE: The Great Invisible- directed by Margaret Brown
SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION FOR POLITICAL COURAGE: Vessel- directed by Diana Whitten
SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION FOR EDITING & STORYTELLING: Print the Legend- directed by Luis Lopez & Clay Tweel

LOUIS BLACK LONE STAR AWARD: Boyhood- directed by Richard Linklater

full list of award winners here.