On Tuesday, the 28th SXSW Film Festival revealed the winners of this year’s Audience Awards.
The documentary “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free” won the Audience Award in the Headliners category. Directed by Mary Wharton, the doc utilizes newly discovered archival footage shot while the late rocker was recording his critically acclaimed 1994 Wildflowers.
“The Fallout”, Megan Park’s teen drama set in the wake of a mass shooting, won the Audience Award the Narrative Feature Competition category, while the Documentary Competition award went to director Nicholas Bruckman’s “Not Going Quietly”.
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Here’s a partial list of SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:
HEADLINERS
Audience Award Winner: “Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free”
Director: Mary Wharton
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: “The Fallout”
Director: Megan Park
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Audience Award Winner: “Not Going Quietly”
Director: Nicholas Bruckman
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: “Language Lessons”
Director: Natalie Morales
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America”
Directors: Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler
VISIONS
Audience Award Winner: “Inbetween Girl”
Director: Mei Makino
MIDNIGHTERS
Audience Award Winner: “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror”
Director: Kier-La Janisse
GLOBAL
Audience Award Winner: “Ninjababy”
Director: Yngvild Sve Flikke
24 BEATS PER SECOND
Audience Award Winner: “Soy Cubana”
Directors: Jeremy Ungar, Ivaylo Getov
FESTIVAL FAVOURITES
Audience Award Winner: In The Same Breath”
Director: Nanfu Wang
2020 SPOTLIGHT
Audience Award Winner: “We Are The Thousand”
Director: Anita Rivaroli
