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Austin Film Festival winners
The Austin Film Festival announced the competition winners today. Here’s the official release. The narrative feature winner, “Lost and Found,” will be screening tomorrow, fyi.
Animated Short Winner: “Chainsaw” (Director: Dennis Tupicoff) Jury: Jay Edwards, “Adult Swim”; Mike Fry, “Ringtales”; Brad Neely, animator
Documentary Short Winner: “Zietek” (Director: Bartosz Blaschke) Special Jury Award for Personal Expression and Advocacy: “Passages” (Director: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre) Jury: Brent Hoff, “Wholphin”; Deb Lewis, filmmaker; Bart Weiss, Dallas Video Festival
Narrative Student Short Winner: “Danzak” (Writer/Director: Gabriella Yepes) Jury: James Faust, AFI Dallas; Stephen Cook, Walt Disney Studios; Johnathan Schaech, filmmaker/actor
Narrative Short Winner: “Sikumi” (Writer/Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) Special Award for Ryan Andrews’ Performance: “Frankie” (Writer/Director: Darren Thornton Special Award: “Megatron” (Writer/Director: Marian Crisan) Jury: Pat Kiely, filmmaker; Lisa Kaselak, filmmaker; Frank Reynolds, editor
Documentary Feature Winner: “Les Ninjas du Japon” (Director: Giommi Giovanni) Jury: Chris Hyams, BSide Entertainment; Anne Lewis, filmmaker; Kelly Sanders, Truly Indie
Narrative Feature Winner: “Lost & Found” (Writer: Maki Arai, Writer/Director: Nobuyuki Miyake) Special Jury Award: “Left” (Writer/Director: Froukje Tan) Jury: Mary John Frank, Paramount Vantage; Alex Smith, filmmaker; Chris Kelly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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