‘Thunder Road’, ‘People’s Republic Of Desire’ triumph at SXSW

Audience Awards to be handed out on March 17.Jim Cummings’ Midwest-set drama Thunder Road was anointed winner of the 2018 SXSW Narrative Feature Competition on Tuesday night (March 13).The corresponding Documentary Feature Competition winner was People’s Republic Of Desire by Hao Wu.In the short film awards, Carey Williams’ Emergency won Narrative Shorts, while Charlie Tyrell’s My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes prevailed in Documentary Shorts, Milk by Santiago Menghini won Midnight Shorts, and Alexa Lim Haas’ Agua Viva was named winner of Animated Shorts.An Uncertain Future by Iliana Sosa and Chelsea Hernandez won the Texas Shorts category.

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