WIF congratulates the women who received awards at the 28th SXSW Film Festival in March 2021.
Feature Film Grand Jury Awards
Narrative Feature Competition
- Winner
The Fallout, director: Megan Park - Special Jury Recognition for Multi-hyphenate Storyteller
I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking), directors: Kelley Kali and Angelique Molina
Documentary Feature Competition
- Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling
Introducing, Selma Blair, director: Rachel Fleit
Short Film Grand Jury Awards
Narrative Shorts
- Special Jury Recognition for Direction
Like the Ones I Used to Know, director: Annie St-Pierre
Documentary Shorts
- Winner
Águilas, directors: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Maite Zubiaurre
Animated Shorts
- Special Jury Recognition for Storytelling
Your Own Bullshit, director: Daria Kopiec
Music Videos
- Winner
Madame Gandhi – “Waiting for Me,” director: Misha Ghose - Special Jury Recognition for Pure Joy
Kuricorder Quartet – “Southpaw,” director: Sawako Kabuki
Texas Shorts
- Winner
Summer Animals, director: Haley Elizabeth Anderson - Special Jury Recognition for Vision
O Black Hole!, director: Renee Zhan
Texas High School Shorts
- Winner
A Really Dark Comedy, director: Manasi Ughadmathe - Special Jury Recognition for Directing
Beyond the Model, director: Jessica Lin
Episodic Pilot Competition
- Winner
4 Feet High, directors: Maria Belen Poncio and Rosario Perazolo Masjoan - Special Jury Recognition for Best Duo
Pretend Partners, Kristin Erickson with director Ron Najor
Title Design Competition
- Winner
The Queen’s Gambit Title Sequence, designer: Saskia Marka
Audience Awards
Headliners
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free, director: Mary Wharton
Narrative Feature Competition
The Fallout, director: Megan Park
Narrative Spotlight
Language Lessons, director: Natalie Morales
Documentary Spotlight
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America, directors: Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler
Visions
Inbetween Girl, director: Mei Makino
Midnighters
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, director: Kier-La Janisse
Global
Ninjababy, director: Yngvild Sve Flikke
Festival Favorites
In The Same Breath, director: Nanfu Wang
2020 Spotlight
We Are The Thousand, director: Anita Rivaroli
Texas Shorts Competition
Learning Tagalog with Kayla, director: Kayla Abuda Galang
Texas High School Shorts Competition
Beyond the Model, director: Jessica Lin
Music Videos Competition
Kuricorder Quartet – “Southpaw,” director: Sawako Kabuki
Episodic Pilot Competition
4 Feet High, directors: Maria Belen Poncio and Rosario Perazolo Masjoan
Virtual Cinema Competition
Finding Pandora X, director: Kiira Benzing
SXSW Special Awards
Brightcove Illumination Award
The Fallout, director: Megan Park
Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award
Delia Derbyshire – the Myths and the Legendary Tapes, director: Caroline Catz
Louis Black “Lone Star” Award
Without Getting Killed or Caught, directors: Tamara Saviano and Paul Whitfield
Mailchimp Support the Shorts Special Jury Recognition
- Like the Ones I Used to Know, director: Annie St-Pierre
- Malignant, directors: Morgan Bond and Nickolas Grisham