March 17, 2018

2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces Audience Awards Winners

The SXSW Film Festival announced the Audience Awards winners from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, Global, Festival Favorites, and Design Award categories. Headliners will be announced on Monday, March 19. Audience Awards results for all categories were certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter. The SXSW Film Awards are presented by FilmStruck.

The Audience Awards follow the previously announced 2018 Jury Awards, which included Grand Jury Winners Thunder Road for Narrative Feature and People’s Republic of Desire for Documentary Feature.

2018 SXSW Film Festival Audience Awards Winners:

Narrative Feature Competition: First Match
Director: Olivia Newman

Documentary Feature Competition: TransMilitary
Directors: Gabriel Silverman, Fiona Dawson

Narrative Spotlight: All Square
Director: John Hyams

Documentary Spotlight: The Dawn Wall
Director: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer

Visions: Profile
Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Midnighters: Upgrade
Director: Leigh Whannell

Episodic: Vida
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios, So Yong Kim

24 Beats Per Second: Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
Director: Abner Benaim

Global: Virus Tropical
Director: Santiago Caicedo

Festival Favorite: Science Fair
Director: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster

Excellence in Title Design: #19 – Offf Barcelona 2017
Directors: Eve Duhamel, Julien Vallee

As today is the final day of the SXSW Film Festival, additional screenings have been scheduled for this evening for all Audience Awards winners except Headliners.

Saturday, March 17 Audience Awards Screenings

Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
3/17/2018, Alamo Ritz 1, 7:30 PM

TransMilitary
3/17/2018, Alamo Lamar A, 4:30 PM

The Dawn Wall
3/17/2018, Stateside Theatre, 5:00 PM

Science Fair
3/17/2018, Alamo Lamar B, 8:15 PM

Upgrade
3/17/2018, Alamo Lamar A, 11:00 PM

First Match
3/17/2018, Alamo Lamar A, 7:30 PM

All Square
3/17/2018, Stateside Theatre, 8:00 PM

Virus Tropical
3/17/2018, Alamo Ritz 2, 5:30 PM

Profile
3/17/2018, Alamo Lamar B, 5:15 PM

Browse the full list of 2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces Jury and Special Awards winners and stay tuned to SXSW News and the SXSW YouTube Channel for continued 2018 event coverage.

Documentary Shorts Award winners for This One’s For The Ladies Gene Graham and Paul Rowley, Documentary Feature Award winner for Garry Winograng: All Things are Photographable Sasha Waters Freyer, Documentary Feature Award winner for People’s Republic of Desire Hao Wu, Violet Lucca, and April Wolfe attends the SXSW Film Awards Show 2018. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

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