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    "S XSW announced their awards for best films in a number of diverse categories tonight and the thing is, although I saw four films a day everyday I was there, none of the winning films were movies I managed to see. There were literally over 100 films playing over the period of a few days. Now I have a new to-do list, or in this case to-see list.",
    "Here are the winners along with a list of the judges from a SXSW press release:",
    "The 2026 SXSW Film Festival Juries consisted of:",
    "Narrative Feature Competition: Roger Ebert, Logan Hill, Michelle Satter",
    "Documentary Feature Competition: Mark Olsen, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Sky Sitney",
    "Narrative Shorts: Jon Korn, Jay Van Hoy, Rose Vincelli",
    "Documentary Shorts: Brad Beesley, Jay Duplass, Amanda Micheli",
    "Animated Shorts: Austin Kleon, Bill Plympton, Alison Willmore",
    "Music Videos: Tom Blankenship, John Kunz, Ron Mann",
    "Texas Shorts: Victor Diaz, Megan Gilbride, Adam Roffman",
    "Texas High School Shorts: Cole Dabney, Marcy Garriott, Bart Weiss",
    "Title Design: Ian Albinson, Jenny Lee, Tommy Pallota, Ron Pippin, Kurt Volk",
    "Poster Design: Craig Crutchfield, Craig Denham, Marc English, Tim League, Charlie Loft, Danny Parker",
    "Louis Black / Lone Star: Marjorie Baumgarten, Elvis Mitchell, Robert Wilonsky",
    "SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2026 AWARD WINNERS",
    "The 2026 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners:",
    "Feature Film Jury Awards",
    "DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION",
    "Grand Jury Winner: Dragonslayer",
    "Director: Tristan Patterson",
    "Best Editing: Where Soldiers Come From",
    "Editors: Kyle Henry & Heather Courtney",
    "Best Cinematography: Dragonslayer",
    "Director of Photography: Eric Koretz",
    "Best Score/Music: The City Dark",
    "Music by: The Fishermen Three, Ben Fries",
    "NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION",
    "Grand Jury Winner: Natural Selection",
    "Director: Robbie Pickering",
    "Breakthrough Performances:",
    "Evan Ross – 96 Minutes",
    "Rachael Harris – Natural Selection",
    "Matt O’Leary – Natural Selection",
    "Best Screenplay: Natural Selection",
    "Writer: Robbie Pickering",
    "Best Editing: Natural Selection",
    "Best Cinematography: A Year in Mooring",
    "Director of Photography: Elliot Davis",
    "Best Score/Music: Natural Selection",
    "Music by: iZLER, Curt Schneider",
    "Feature Film Audience Awards",
    "DOCUMENTARY FEATURE",
    "Winner: Kumaré",
    "Director: Vikram Gandhi",
    "NARRATIVE FEATURE",
    "Winner: Natural Selection",
    "Director: Robbie Pickering",
    "SPOTLIGHT PREMIERES",
    "Winner: Becoming Santa",
    "Director: Jeff Myers",
    "SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 AWARD WINNERS",
    "EMERGING VISIONS",
    "Winner: Weekend",
    "Director: Andrew Haigh",
    "Short Film Jury Awards",
    "NARRATIVE SHORTS",
    "Winner: Pioneer",
    "Director: David Lowery",
    "DOCUMENTARY SHORTS",
    "Winner: Mothersbane",
    "Director: Jason Jakaitis",
    "ANIMATED SHORTS",
    "Winner: THE WONDER HOSPITAL",
    "Director: Beomsik Shimbe Shim",
    "MUSIC VIDEOS",
    "Winner: Hollerado, “Americanarama”",
    "Director: Greg Jardin",
    "TEXAS SHORTS",
    "Winner: 8",
    "Director: Julie Gould & Daniel Laabs",
    "TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS",
    "Winner: ( __ )",
    "Director: Chad Werner",
    "SXSW Film Design Awards",
    "EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN",
    "Winner: Silver Bullets",
    "Designer: Yann Legendre",
    "Audience Award Winner: Green",
    "Designer: Adrian Kolarczyk",
    "EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN",
    "Winner: Blue Valentine",
    "Designer: Jim Helton",
    "Audience Award Winner: Blue Valentine",
    "Designer: Jim Helton",
    "SXSW Special Awards",
    "SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD",
    "Winner: The Eagleman Stag",
    "Director: Mikey Please",
    "SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD",
    "Winner: Sophia Takal for Green",
    "LOUIS BLACK LONE STAR AWARD",
    "Winner: INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case",
    "Directors: Steve Mims & Joe Bailey, Jr.",
    "The awesome thing about SXSW is that they let the credits roll at the end of each movie. I don’t know how you feel about that but it is the final salute to everyone who worked on a particular film. I’ve attended many lesser venues and festival who cut the ending credits before the film’s final Q&A. The audience in Austin remains reverent towards the finished product.",
    "- Michael Bergeron"
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