The Austin festival unveiled jury and audience award winners in the narrative and documentary feature, Spotlight Premieres and Emerging Visions sections on Tuesday night [15].

SXSW also announced the jury award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking and Film Design Awards as well as special awards including the Louis Black / Lone Star Award, the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award and the SXSW Wholphin Award.

Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnighters audience awards will be announced on Mar 19.

FEATURE FILM JURY AWARDS

Documentary Feature Competition
Grand Jury Winner: Dragonslayer – dir Tristan Patterson
Best Editing: Where Soldiers Come From – Kyle Henry and Heather Courtney
Best Cinematography: Dragonslayer – Eric Koretz
Best Score/Music: The City Dark – The Fishermen Three, Ben Fries

Narrative Feature Competition
Grand Jury Winner: Natural Selection – dir Robbie Pickering

Breakthrough Performances
Evan Ross – 96 Minutes
Rachael Harris – Natural Selection
Matt O’Leary – Natural Selection
Best Screenplay: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering
Best Editing: Natural Selection – Michelle Tesoro
Best Cinematography: A Year In Mooring – Elliot Davis
Best Score/Music: Natural Selection – iZLER, Curt Schneider

FEATURE FILM AUDIENCE AWARDS

Documentary Feature
Winner: Kumare – dir Vikram Gandhi

Narrative Feature
Winner: Natural Selection – Robbie Pickering

Spotlight Premieres
Winner: Becoming Santa –Jeff Myers

Emerging Visions
Winner: Weekend – dir Andrew Haigh


SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS

Narrative Shorts
Winner: Pioneer –dir David Lowery

Documentary Shorts
Winner: Mothersbane – dir Jason Jakaitis

Animated Shorts
Winner: The Wonder Hospital — dir Beomsik Shimbe Shim

For a full list of winners visit the official website.