Austin, Texas – March 21, 2015 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and 
Festival announced the Audience Award winners today from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Headliners, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories. Audience Award results for all categories were certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter.
The Audience Awards follow the previously announced 2015 Jury Awards, which included Grand Jury Winners Trey Edward Shults’ KRISHA for Narrative Feature, and Scott
Christopherson and Brad Barber’s Peace Officer for Documentary Feature. For the complete list of 2015 Award Winners, visit sxsw.com/film.
Over the course of nine days, the 2015 SXSW Film Festival will screen over 150 features,
consisting of 102 World Premieres, 14 North American Premieres and 11 U.S. Premieres with 62 first-time directors. 106 shorts will screen as part of 10 curated shorts programs. The 257 films were selected from a record number of overall submissions, nearly 7500, comprised of approximately 2426 features and 4935 shorts, with an overall increase of 13% over 2014.
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
Director: Sam Esmail
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
As today is the final day of SXSW Film, additional screenings have been scheduled for this
evening for all Audience Award winners:
Audience Award: 24 Beats Per Second
Landfill Harmonic
03/21/2015, Alamo Ritz, 6:15 PM
Audience Award: Documentary Feature Competition
Peace Officer
03/21/2015, Alamo Lamar B, 9:00 PM
Audience Award: Documentary Spotlight
A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
03/21/2015, Stateside Theatre, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Episodic
Mr. Robot
03/21/2015, Vimeo Theater, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Festival Favorites
The Look Of Silence
03/21/2015, Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Midnighters
Turbo Kid
03/21/2015, Alamo Lamar B, 11:59 PM
Audience Award: Narrative Feature
KRISHA
03/21/2015, Alamo Lamar A, 9:30 PM
Audience Award: Narrative Spotlight
The Little Death
03/21/2015, Topfer Theatre at ZACH, 6:45 PM
Audience Award: SXGlobal
Kings of Nowhere
03/21/2015, Alamo Lamar C, 10:00 PM
Audience Award: Visions
Uncle Kent 2
03/21/2015, Alamo Ritz, 9:30 PM
No Additional Screenings
Hello, My Name is Doris
