AUSTIN, Texas — A film about two 20-something women hilariously struggling to simply travel from New York City to a nearby beach won one of two grand jury prizes at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival on Tuesday.
Fort Tilden, directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, snagged the top award in the narrative feature category. The Great Invisible, a film about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion of 2010, won the other grand jury prize in the documentary feature contest. It was directed by Margaret Brown. Both films world premiered at SXSW.
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael announced the list of winners Tuesday night at Paramount Theatre. The juried awards are separate from the film festival's Audience Awards, which will use attendees' feedback to honor favorites from the same batch of films on March 15.
Almost 6,500 films, a 14% increase from last year, were submitted for SXSW's film festival this year, with 246 shortlisted for inclusion.
Print the Legend, a film about the 3D printing industry, earned special jury recognition for editing and storytelling.

You can view a full list of winners here.
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