The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced Audience Award-winners from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Emerging Visions, Midnighters, 24 Beats Per Second, SXGlobal, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories.

The Audience Awards follow the previously announced 2013 Jury Awards, which included Grand Jury Winners Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12 for Narrative Feature, and Ben Nabors’ WILLIAM AND THE WINDMILL for Documentary Feature.

2013 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
Winner: Short Term 12
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
Winner: The Short Game
Director: Josh Greenbaum

DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
Winner: An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
Director: Al Reinert

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT 
Winner: Zero Charisma
Directors: Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews

VISIONS
Winner: Maidentrip
Director: Jillian Schlesinger

MIDNIGHTERS
Winner: Cheap Thrills
Director: E.L. Katz

24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner: A Band Called Death
Directors: Mark Christopher Covino & Jeff Howlett

SXGLOBAL
Winner: The Punk Syndrome
Directors: Jukka Kärkkäinen & J-P Passi

FESTIVAL FAVORITES
Winner: The Crash Reel
Director: Lucy Walker

SXSW Film Design Awards 

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Audience Award Winner: Kiss of the Damned
Designer: Akiko Stehrenberger, Gravillis Inc

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN 
Audience Award Winner: Chasing Shakespeare
Designer: Lucky Post