(via IndieWire)
2011 Austin Film Festival Audience Award winners:
Out of Competition Feature:
“The Artist”
Writer/Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Narrative Feature Competition:
“Restive”
Writer/Director: Jeremiah Jones
Documentary Feature Competition: (Tie)
“Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters”
Director: Adam Cornelius
“Stories From an Undeclared War”
Director: Dennis Rice
Texas Independents:
“Sironia”
Writers: Brandon Dickerson, Thomas Ward, Wes Cunningham
Director: Brandon Dickerson
Comedy Vanguard:
“Fred & Vinnie”
Writer: Fred Stoller
Director: Steve Skrovan
Narrative Short:
“Mwansa the Great”
Writers: Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet
Director: Rungano Nyoni
Narrative Student Short:
“Benny”
Writers: Evan Ho, Huay Bing-Law
Director: Huay Bing-Law
Animated Short:
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
Writer: William Joyce
Directors: William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg
Documentary Short:
“Elliott Erwitt: I Bark at Dogs”
Director: Douglas Sloan