The Circuit

Daniel Junge's doc "They Killed Sister Dorothy" and Jake Mahaffy's "Wellness" won the Grand Jury Awards at the SXSW Film Festival.  "They Killed Sister Dorothy," (pictured) about the brutal murder of an activist nun in Brazil also won the audience award. 

Mark Webber's Philadelphia story starring Rosario Dawson, "Explicit Ills," picked up the narrative audience award and a special jury award for cinematography for Patrice Lucien Cochet. 

"In a Dream," Jeremiah Zagar's doc on his father, mosaic artist Isaiah Jagar, won the audience award in the festival's Emerging Visions category.

The doc jury included Denver fest director Britta Erickson, journalist Dennis Lim, and filmmaker Ellen Spiro.  The narrative jury was comprised of Sundance programmer Trevor Groth, casting agent Beth Sepko, and filmmaker David Zellner.


The full list:

REEL SHORTS
Special Jury Award -The Second Line, Director: John Magary

Winner - (Tie) Warlord, Director: David Garrett & Small Apartment, Director: Andrew T. Betzer


ANIMATED SHORTS
Special Jury Award - I hate you don't touch me or Bat and Hat, Director: Becky James

Winner - Madame Tulti-Putli, Director: Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski


EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
Special Jury Award - Upwards March, Director: Kaveh Nabatian

Winner - Safari, Director: Catherine Chalmers


SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner -  Glory at Sea, Director: Benjamin Zeitlin


MUSIC VIDEOS
Special Jury Award - (TIE) Group Sounds, 'Temporarily in Love,' Director: Randy Scott Slavin & Cornelius, 'Fit Song,' Directors: Keigo Oyamada & Koichiro Tsujikawa

Winner - TV on the Radio, 'Me-I,' Directors: Mixtape Club & Daniel Garcia


TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION
Special Jury Award - Inflections, Director: Matthew Campbell

Winner - Picnic, Director: Wesley Bronez


ON NETWORKS GREENLIGHT AWARD
Best Original Production - The Guild, Director: Jane Selle Morgan

Best Original Series Idea - Knock Off, Written: Brandi-Ann Milbradt


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Special Jury Award - Full Battle Rattle, Directors: Tony Gerber & Jesse Moss

Grand Jury Award - They Killed Sister Dorothy, Director: Daniel Junge


NARRATIVE FEATURE
Special Jury Award for Cinematography - Explicit Ills, Cinematographer: Patrice Lucien Cochet

Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast - Up With Me, Director: Greg Takoudes

Grand Jury Award - Wellness, Director: Jake Mahaffy


Audience Awards

EMERGING VISIONS
Winner - In a Dream, Director: Jeremiah Zagar


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Winner - They Killed Sister Dorothy, Director: Daniel Junge


NARRATIVE FEATURE
Winner - Explicit Ills, Director: Mark Webber


24 BEATS PER SECOND & LONE STAR STATES Winners will be announced on Monday, March 17th.