With SXSW 2015 officially wrapping up, the time has come to let the audience have their vote. The SXSW Film Festival already announced that the police militarization documentary Peace Officer and the home reunion drama KRISHA were their big winners of 2015, and the audiences agree: Peace Officer and KRISHA also won the audience awards for the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature competitions.
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Other big winners include Michael Showalter, whose comedy Hello, My Name is Doris won the Audience Award for the Headliners competition. And the crowd-pleasing Turbo Kid took home the Midnighters Award for genre fare. CraveOnline has coverage of all these films and more in our SXSW 2015 hub page, so check it out for all the reviews, interviews and exclusive videos from this year’s festival!
Congratulations to all of the SXSW 2015 Audience Award winners. The complete list is below:
[Correction: The original SXSW press release listed Sam Esmail as the director of Mr. Robot. The episode was actually directed by Niels Arden Oplev. The following has been amended with the correct information.]
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2015 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: KRISHA
Director: Trey Edward Shults
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: Peace Officer
Directors: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber
HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner: Hello, My Name is Doris
Director: Michael Showalter
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: The Little Death
Director: Josh Lawson
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
Director: Sara Hirsh Bordo
VISIONS
Audience Award Winner: Uncle Kent 2
Director: Todd Rohal
MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner: Turbo Kid
Director: RKSS Collective
EPISODIC
Audience Award Winner: Mr. Robot
Creator/Executive Producer: Sam Esmail
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner: Landfill Harmonic
Directors: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley
SXGLOBAL
Audience Award Winner: Kings of Nowhere
Director: Betzabé García
FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Audience Award Winner: The Look of Silence
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Audience Award Winner: Pink Grapefruit
Designer: Simon Dargan for Musta Lunta
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Audience Award Winner: The Fitzroy
Designers: Chris Tozer, Marko Anstice
William Bibbiani is the editor of CraveOnline’s Film Channel and the host of The B-Movies Podcast and The Blue Movies Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.
