SXSW FILM AWARDS PRESENTED BY PANASONIC

The Shorts Program is presented by OneFifty, a new content incubator from Time Warner, home of Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner. Our projects and artists represent the future of storytelling, offering innovative and fresh perspectives that resonate with new and emerging audiences globally.

Taking place halfway through our 9-day film festival, the SXSW Film Awards Presented by Panasonic honor the superlative creativity and talent demonstrated by filmmakers and designers in the SXSW program. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Paramount Theatre and cover only juried competition awards. Audience Awards are always revealed later in the week on sxsw.com and social media channels.

While the SXSW Film Awards are always a highlight, we will continue to screen world premieres and more films in the days following the ceremony.

SXSW is also proud to be an official qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® Short Film competition as well as a BAFTA-recognized festival for the purposes of eligibility for the Short Film category at the EE British Academy Film Awards. See more information on Oscars & BAFTA eligibility.

• View the 2015 SXSW Film Award Winners
• Peruse all previous SXSW Film Award Winners

JURY AWARDS

Feature films screening in the Documentary Feature and Narrative Feature categories are eligible for Jury Awards.

Short films screening in the Animated Shorts, Documentary Shorts, Midnight Shorts, Music Videos, Narrative Shorts, Texas Shorts, and Texas High School Shorts categories are eligible for Jury Awards.

View the SXSW 2016 Jurors.

AUDIENCE AWARDS

In addition to Jury Awards, all feature films (with the exception of films in the Special Events category) are eligible for Audience Awards by category. 2016 Audience Award winners will be announced on sxsw.com on Saturday, March 19, 2016.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Special Awards include the Louis Black “Lone Star Award”, Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship, and the SXSW Gamechanger Award, which honors an outstanding woman director.

DESIGN AWARDS

Each year SXSW Film celebrates the collaboration between filmmakers and designers through the SXSW Film Design Awards, which consists of the Excellence in Poster Design Award and Excellence in Title Design Award.

FILM AWARDS PAST WINNERS

Here is the archive of past SXSW® Film Awards winners. Click on a year to see a list of all the winners, runners up, and honorable mentions from that year.

2015 Film Award Winners

2014 Film Award Winners

2013 Film Award Winners

2012 Film Award Winners

2011 Film Award Winners

2010 Film Award Winners

2009 Film Award Winners

2008 Film Award Winners

2007 Film Award Winners

2006 Film Award Winners

2005 Film Award Winners

2004 Film Award Winners

2003 Film Award Winners

2002 Film Award Winners

2001 Film Award Winners

2000 Film Award Winners

1999 Film Award Winners

SHORTS PROGRAMS: OSCARS & BAFTA ELIGIBILITY

Having your Animated, Documentary or Narrative short film selected for SXSW is prestigious in its own right. In addition, we're pleased to count ourselves among the festivals eligible for both Oscars Shorts and BAFTA qualification.

What does this mean for you, short filmmaker?

OSCARS

Winners of the SXSW Best Animated, Best Documentary and Best Narrative Short Film categories become eligible for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards.

BAFTAS

Any British Short Film or British Short Animation that screens at SXSW is eligible for a BAFTA nomination.

FILM

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