‘Mr. Pig’
Diego Luna‘s latest, Mr. Pig, won the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature at this year’s Dallas International Film Festival, which just wrapped its tenth edition. Other winners include Jessica Dimmock and Christopher LaMarca’s The Pearl for Best Documentary, Greg Kwedar‘s Transpecos winning the Audience Award for Narrative Feature, and Jenna Jackson and Anthony Jackson‘s Until Proven Innocent winning the audience award for Best Documentary.
Take a look below at the full list of winners from this year’s festival!
THE 2016 DIFF JURY AWARD WINNERS
NARRATIVE FEATURE GRAND JURY PRIZE: MR. PIG
DIR: Diego Luna
NARRATIVE FEATURE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (PERFORMANCE): ARIANNA
DIR: Carlo Lavagna
CAST: Ondina Quadri
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE GRAND JURY PRIZE: THE PEARL
DIR: Jessica Dimmock and Christopher LaMarca’s
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: IN PURSUIT OF SILENCE
DIR: Patrick Shen
TEXAS COMPETITION GRAND JURY PRIZE (PRESENTED BY PANAVSION): TOWER
DIR: Keith Maitland
TEXAS COMPETITION SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: BOOGER RED
DIR: Berndt Mader
SILVER HEART AWARD (PRESENTED BY THE EMBREY FAMILY FOUNDATION): HOOLIGAN SPARROW
DIR: Nanfu Wang
SHORT FILM GRAND JURY PRIZE: THE BLACK BELT
DIR: Margaret Brown
SHORT FILM SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: MINOR SETBACK
DIR: Augustine Frizzell
STUDENT SHORT FILM GRAND JURY PRIZE: FATA MORGANA
DIR: Amelie Wen
STUDENT SHORT SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: THE MINK CATCHER
DIR: Samantha Buck
ANIMATED SHORT FILM GRAND JURY PRIZE (PRESENTED BY REEL FX): SNOWFALL
DIR: Conor Whelan
THE 2016 DIFF AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS (PRESENTED BY THE ARTHUR E. BENJAMIN FOUNDATION)
NARRATIVE FEATURE: TRANSPECOS
DIR: Greg Kwedar
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT
DIR: Jenna Jackson and Anthony Jackson
SHORT FILM: SO GOOD TO SEE YOU
DIR: Duke Merriman
