'Baby Driver' and 'Mr. Roosevelt' Nab Audience Award at SXSW
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Edgar Wright's 'Baby Driver' becomes the audiences' favorite for Headliners, while Mr. Roosevelt nabs Audience Award for Narrative Spotlight.

AceShowbiz - Out of 130 feature films and 128 shorts screened at South by Southwest in Austin, "Baby Driver" and "Mr. Roosevelt" are among the audiences' favorites. The movies nabbed the Audience Award for Headliners and Narrative Spotlight respectively. Full list of the winners were announced on Saturday 18, following jury prizes which were announced on Tuesday.

Directed by Edgar Wright, musically-charged action thriller "Baby Driver" follows Baby (Ansel Elgort) who is forced to work for a crime boss and take part in an impossible heist. The movie earned positive reactions when it premiered at SXSW festival.

"When I started actually writing it I had ideas for set pieces," said Wright to the audience. "So just through listening to my record collection I would visualize themes and then when I wrote the rest of the script I wouldn't write the scene until I found the right track," he added.

As for "Mr. Roosevelt", director Noel Wells told Entertainment Weekly that he loved comedy movies which would "resonate with people on a human level." He hoped that people would connect to "Mr. Roosevelt", which follows a struggling comedian who returns home after a family member falls ill. Judging from the audiences' positive reaction to "Mr. Roosevelt", it seems like they do find the movie resonating with them.

Other films which nabbed Audience Award include "The Light of the Moon", "Dealt" and "Becoming Bond". The movies won the accolade for Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition and Visions respectively.

2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
  • "Dealt" - Director: Luke Korem
HEADLINERS NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT: DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
  • "The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin" - Director: Jennifer M. Kroot
VISIONS MIDNIGHTERS
  • "68 Kill" - Director: Trent Haaga
EPISODIC 24 BEATS PER SECOND GLOBAL
  • "Divine Divas" - Director: Leandra Leal
FESTIVAL FAVORITES SXSW Film Design Awards:

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

  • "Into the Current" - Directors: Chris R. Moberg and Jared Young
Virtual Cinema Grand Jury Awards:

VIRTUAL REALITY: ROOM-SCALE

  • "After Solitary" - Directors: Cassandra Herrman, Lauren Mucciolo
360 DEGREE VIDEO
  • "Behind the Fence" - Directors: Lindsay Branham, Jonathan Olinger
Special Jury Recognition for Innovative Use of Virtual Reality Technology in the Field of Health:
  • "Reinvent" - Directors: Ian Forester, Sook-lei Liew, PhD
Special Jury Recognition for Technical Excellence:
  • "Dreams of O" - Directors: Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphael

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