I Love My Dad

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I Love My Dad

James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring Patton Oswalt and Morosini has won SXSW 2022’s Narrative Feature Competition and Rosa Ruth Boesten’s Master Of Light the documentary feature competition.

In other juried and special awards announced on Tuesday night (15) Antonia Campbell-Hughes’s It is In Us All earned special jury recognition for extraordinary cinematic vision. All 2022 film categories will be eligible for category-specific audience awards which will be announced next week.

“It was extraordinary to gather together in person again after so long and we are so grateful to the filmmakers and audience who joined us at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas for our first in-person event since 2019,” said Janet Pierson, VP, director of film.

The 2022 film festival programme includes 100 features of which 76 are world premieres, four are international premieres, four are North American premieres and two are US premiere.

Films will continue to be available on the SXSW platform until 10am Central Time/8am Pacific Time on March 21. SXSW will continue running the Online Shift72 Screening Library through March 31 for those films that have opted in to the extended timeframe.

SXSW 2022 Film Festival Awards

Feature film grand jury awards

Narrative Feature Competition presented by Panavision
I Love My Dad
Dir: James Morosini

Special jury recognition for extraordinary cinematic vision
Cast and crew, It is In Us All (dir: Anthonia Campbell-Huges)

Special jury recognition for breakthrough performance
Elizaveta Yankovskaya, Nika

Documentary Feature Competition presented by Imax
Master Of Light
Dir: Rosa Ruth Boesten

Special jury recognition for exceptional intimacy in storytelling
Bad Axe
Dir: David Siev

Special jury recognition for acting in a documentary
Steve Glew, Pez Outlaw

Short film grand jury awards

Presented by IMDbPro

Narrative Short Competition
All The Crows In The World
Dir: Tang Yi

Documentary Short Competition
Long Line Of Ladies
Dirs: Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome

Midnight Shorts
Moshari
Dir: Nuhash Humayun

Animated Shorts
Bestia
Dir: Hugo Covarrubias

SXSW Special Awards

Fandor New Voices Award
What We Leave Behind
Dir: Iliana Sosa

Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award
Chee$e
Dir: Damian Marcano

Adobe Editing Award
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Paul Rogers

Louis Black “Lone Star” Award
What We Leave Behind
Dir: Iliana Sosa

ZEISS Cinematography Award
A Vanishing Fog
Gio Park

Mailchimp Support The Shorts Award
The Voice Actress
Dir: Anna J. Takayama.