2022 SXSW Film Festival Winners Revealed

The 2022 SXSW Film Festival Jury and Special Award winners have been revealed.

“The SXSW Film Festival,” the website reads, “celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent from behind and in front of the camera. Featuring provocative dramas, documentaries, comedies, genre standouts and more, the festival is known for its high caliber and diverse program and its smart, enthusiastic audiences.”

“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 program was celebrated across the board and tonight we get to give a special shout-out to the award winners.”

See the full list of award-winners below:

Documentary Feature Competition Grand Jury Award Master of Light directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten.

Special Grand Jury Recognition for Extraordinary Cinematic Vision Cast and crew of It Is In Us All

Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Performance Elizaveta Yankovskaya for Nika

Special Jury Recognition for Going the Extra Mile  Myd – ‘Let You Speak’ directed by Dan Carr.

Special Jury Recognition for Powerful “Short Trip” Omi directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall

Short Film Jury Awards for Midnight Shorts Moshari directed by Nuhash Humayuni

Short Film Grand Jury Award for Music Videos Desirée Dawson – ‘Meet Me At the Light’ directed by Alexander Farah

2022 Special Jury Recognition for Unique Vision in Writing and Directing My Year of Dicks directed by Sara Gunnarsdóttir

Special Jury Recognition for Unexpected Emotion Les Larmes de la Seine directed by Yanis Belaid and Eliott Benard

Special Jury Recognition for Visceral Storytelling Something in the Garden directed by Marcos Sánchez

Short Film Grand Jury Award for Animated Shorts goes to Bestia directed by Hugo Covarrubias.

Special Jury Recognition for Visual Reflection Not Even For A Moment Do Things Stand Still  directed by Jamie Meltzer

Special Jury Recognition for Directing and Community Filmmaking Glitter Ain’t Gold directed by Christian Nolan Jones

Special Jury Recognition for Outstanding Performances Aphrodite Armstrong and Kyle Riggs for West By God

Short Film Grand Jury Award for Narrative Short All the Crows in the World directed by Tang Yi

Special Jury Recognition for Poster Design The Sentence of Michael Thompson designed by Juan Miguel Marin

Film Design Award for Poster Design More Than I Remember by Yen Tan and Maya Edelman

Short Film Jury Award for Documentary Short Long Line of Ladies directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and Shaandiin Tome

Special Jury Recognition The White Lotus Title Sequence by Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore

Film Design Award for Title Sequence Foundation by Ronnie Koff

Special Jury Recognition for Immersive Storytelling (Hi)story of a Painting: The Light in the Shadow directed by Quentin Darras and Gaëlle Mourre.

Film Award for 40 Years of Massive Talent goes to Nick Cage

Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award I Love My Dad directed by James Morosini

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