As the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival winds down, the annual Austin, Texas-based event took a pause on Wednesday night to hand out its annual juried awards. Among the top winners: Graham Parkes’ Lewis Pullman– and Maya Hawke-starring dramedy “Wishful Thinking,” which won the narrative jury competition, and actress-turned-filmmaker Ayden Mayeri’s “Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story,” which won its documentary equivalent.
Also of note: the narrative feature jury handed out a special jury award for performance to “The Snake” star Susan Kent and a special jury award for screenwriting to Robb Boardman, Cory Loykasek, Donny Divianian, and Frankie Quinones for “Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film.” The doc jury also bestowed a pair of special jury prizes to Matty Wishnow’s “The Last Critic” and Miko Lim’s “Stormbound.”
The 2026 SXSW juried prize winners are listed below, and the audience awards will be announced later this week.
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