Behold the 2011 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners!

Here they are:

Feature Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE FEATURE

• Winner: Natural Selection
• Director: Robbie Pickering

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

• Grand Jury Winner: Natural Selection
• Director: Robbie Pickering

Breakthrough Performances:

• Evan Ross – 96 Minutes
• Rachael Harris – Natural Selection
• Matt O’Leary – Natural Selection

• Best Screenplay: Natural Selection
  Writer: Robbie Pickering

• Best Editing: Natural Selection
  Editor: Michelle Tesoro

• Best Cinematography: A Year in Mooring
  Director of Photography: Elliot Davis

Best Score/Music: Natural Selection
Music by: iZLER, Curt Schneider

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

• Grand Jury Winner: Dragonslayer
• Director: Tristan Patterson

• Best Editing: Where Soldiers Come From
• Editors: Kyle Henry & Heather Courtney

• Best Cinematography: Dragonslayer
• Director of Photography: Eric Koretz

• Best Score/Music: The City Dark
  Music by: The Fishermen Three, Ben Fries

Feature Film Audience Awards

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Winner: Kumaré
• Director: Vikram Gandhi

SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES

• Winner: Becoming Santa
• Director: Jeff Myers

EMERGING VISIONS

• Winner: Weekend
• Director: Andrew Haigh

*Audience Awards for 24 Beats Per Second, Lone Star States, and Midnighters sections will be announced on Saturday, March 19, 2011.

Short Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE SHORTS

• Winner: Pioneer
• Director: David Lowery

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

• Winner: Mothersbane
• Director: Jason Jakaitis

ANIMATED SHORTS

• Winner: THE WONDER HOSPITAL
• Director: Beomsik Shimbe Shim

MUSIC VIDEOS

• Winner: Hollerado, “Americanarama”
• Director: Greg Jardin

TEXAS SHORTS

• Winner: 8
• Director: Julie Gould & Daniel Laabs

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• Director: Chad Werner

SXSW Film Design Awards

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN

• Winner: Silver Bullets
• Designer: Yann Legendre

• Audience Award Winner: Green
• Designer: Adrian Kolarczyk

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

• Winner: Blue Valentine
• Designer: Jim Helton

• Audience Award Winner: Blue Valentine
• Designer: Jim Helton

SXSW Special Awards

SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD

• Winner: The Eagleman Stag
• Director: Mikey Please

SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD

• Winner: Sophia Takal for Green

LOUIS BLACK / LONE STAR AWARD

• Winner: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case
• Directors: Steve Mims & Joe Bailey, Jr.

KAREN SCHMEER FILM EDITING FELLOWSHIP

• Presented to: Erin Casper

The 2011 SXSW Film Festival Juries consisted of:

• Narrative Feature Competition: Roger Ebert, Logan Hill, Michelle Satter
• Documentary Feature Competition: Mark Olsen, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Sky Sitney
• Narrative Shorts: Jon Korn, Jay Van Hoy, Rose Vincelli
• Documentary Shorts: Brad Beesley, Jay Duplass, Amanda Micheli
• Animated Shorts: Austin Kleon, Bill Plympton, Alison Willmore
• Music Videos: Tom Blankenship, John Kunz, Ron Mann
• Texas Shorts: Victor Diaz, Megan Gilbride, Adam Roffman
• Texas High School Shorts: Cole Dabney, Marcy Garriott, Bart Weiss
• Title Design: Ian Albinson, Jenny Lee, Tommy Pallota, Ron Pippin, Kurt Volk
• Poster Design: Craig Crutchfield, Craig Denham, Marc English, Tim League, Charlie Loft, Danny Parker
• Louis Black / Lone Star: Marjorie Baumgarten, Elvis Mitchell, Robert Wilonsky

-Joey's Two Cents: Congrats to all the winners!