"Marwencol," "Brotherhood," and "Tiny Furniture" were among the big winners at this years South by Southwest Film Festival and Conference.
Jury and audience awards were handed out on Tuesday evening during the festival’s closing ceremony in Austin.
"Tiny Furniture," a dramedy about a young woman’s existential crisis following her college graduation and return home received the jury award for best feature.
"Marwencol," (at right) a documentary about a man who creates a scale model of a World War II era town took the jury award for best documentary.
"Brotherhood" (below), a thriller about a college fraternity pledge week gone awry, captured the audience award for best feature film, and "For Once in My Life," about a rock band comprising mentally and physically disabled musicians, earned the audience award for best documentary.
Other categories included jury and audience awards for short films, animated shorts, music videos and title design.
The full list of winners:
Feature Film Jury Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: Marwencol
Director: Jeff Malmberg
Runner-up: War Don Don
Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Tiny Furniture
Director: Lena Dunham
Special Jury Award – Best Ensemble: Myth of the American Sleepover
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Special Jury Award – Best Individual Performance: Brian Hasenfus in Phillip the Fossil
Director: Garth Donovan
Feature Film Audience Awards
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner: For Once in My Life
Director: Jim Bigham & Mark Moormann
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner: Brotherhood
Director: Will Canon
*Audience Awards for Spotlight Premieres, Emerging Visions, 24 Beats Per Second, Lone Star States, and Midnighters will be announced on Monday, March 22, 2010.
Short Film Jury Awards
NARRATIVE SHORTS
Winner: Cigarette Candy
Director: Lauren Wolkstein
Runner Up: Teleglobal Dreamin’
Director: Eric Flanagan
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Winner: Quadrangle
Director: Amy Grappell
Runner Up: White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug
Director: Travis Senger
ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: The Orange
Director: Nick Fox-Gieg
Runner Up: One Square Mile of Earth
Director: Jeff Drew
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Winner: Night Mayor
Director: Guy Maddin
Runner Up: Kids Might Fly
Director: Alex Taylor
MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Cinnamon Chasers, "Luv Deluxe"
Director: Saman Keshavarz
Runner Up: Grizzly Bear, "Forest"
Director: Allison Schulnik
TEXAS SHORTS
Winner: Petting Sharks
Director: Craig Elrod
Runner Up: The Big Bends
Director: Jason William Marlow
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Winner: Give the Dog a Bone
Director: Edward Kelley
Runner Up: The Sleep Project
Director: Whitney Bennett & Matthew Cunningham
SXSW Film Design Awards
EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Winner: Feeder
Designer: Joseph Ernst
Runner Up: Amer
Designer: Gilles Vranckx
Audience Award Winner: Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Designer: Michael Anderson
Special Jury Award: Equestrian Sexual Response
Designers: Martim Vian & Zeke Hawkins
EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Winner: Zombieland
Designer: Ben Conrad
Runner Up: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd
Audience Award Winner: earthwork
Designer: Stan Herd
Special Jury Award: Enter the Void
Designer: Gaspar Noé and Tom Kam
SXSW Special Awards
SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner: Quadrangle
Director: Amy Grappell
SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD
Winner: Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture
Special Award – The Chicken & Egg Pictures "We Believe in You" Award:
Martha Stephens for Passenger Pigeons
