SXSW Winners 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