This is the list of all major winners: Narrative and Documentary Feature Competitions (in different years: «Grand Jury Award», «Jury Award», «SXSW Competition Award») of the South by Southwest Film Festival since 1995. In the notes: information about the number of the festival, the year of the event and the country of production of the winner.
Unrewarded Years due to canceled, or noncompetitive, or failed competitive festival issue:
• 1987-1993, South by Southwest was held only as a Music Festival
• 1994, 1st SXSW Film Festival — Noncompetitive
Multiple Winners:
• None
Winners by Country:
• United States — 53: (1995 (x2), 1996 (x2), 1997 (x2), 1998 (x2), 1999 (x2), 2000 (х2 2/3), 2001 (d), 2002 (x2), 2003 (x2), 2004 (d), 2005…
This is the list of all major winners: Narrative and Documentary Feature Competitions (in different years: «Grand Jury Award», «Jury Award», «SXSW Competition Award») of the South by Southwest Film Festival since 1995. In the notes: information about the number of the festival, the year of the event and the country of production of the winner.
Unrewarded Years due to canceled, or noncompetitive, or failed competitive festival issue:
• 1987-1993, South by Southwest was held only as a Music Festival
• 1994, 1st SXSW Film Festival — Noncompetitive
Multiple Winners:
• None
Winners by Country:
• United States — 53: (1995 (x2), 1996 (x2), 1997 (x2), 1998 (x2), 1999 (x2), 2000 (х2 2/3), 2001 (d), 2002 (x2), 2003 (x2), 2004 (d), 2005 (x2), 2006 (x2), 2007 (x2), 2008 (x2), 2009 (x2), 2010 (x2), 2011 (x2), 2012 (x2), 2013 (x2), 2014 (x2), 2015 (x2), 2016 (x2), 2017 (x2), 2018 (n), 2019 (d), 2020 (n), 2021 (x2), 2022 (x2), 2023 (n), 2024 (n), 2025 (x2), 2026 (x2))
• United Kingdom — 5: (2005 (n), 2019 (x2), 2023 (n), 2024 (d))
• Canada — 3: (2000 (n), 2001 (n), 2004 (n))
• South Africa: 2013 (d)
• Malawi: 2013 (d)
• China: 2018 (d)
• Syria: 2019 (d)
• France: 2019 (n)
• Australia: 2019 (n)
• Denmark: 2020 (d)
South by Southwest, stylized as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days.
My Letterboxd lists of SXSW and Others Festival Winners:
• 28th SXSW (2021)
• 27th SXSW (2020)
• 26th SXSW (2019)
• Golden Palm — Winners of Cannes (since 1946)
• Golden Lion — Winners of Venice (since 1932)
• Golden Bear — Winners of Berlinale (since 1951)
• Sundance — Winners (since 1984)
• TIFF — Winners (since 1978)
• SXSW — Winners (since 1995)
• Tribeca — Winners (since 2002)
• Slamdance — Winners (since 1996)
www.sxsw.com/
