The narrative feature jury, which included IndieWire’s own Executive Editor Ryan Lattanzio, also gave Annapurna Sriram’s “Fucktoys” the Special Jury Award for a Multi-Hyphenate, while Amanda Peet won the Performance award for her work in Matthew Shear’s debut film “Fantasy Life.” Benjamin Flaherty’s film “Shuffle” won the top Documentary prize.

Amy Wang ‘s Slanted, which the jury called an “unflinching satirical thriller” about identity, won the Narrative Feature competition. Special Jury awards went to director/writer/actress Annapurna Sriram for Fucktoys and actress Amanda Peet for Fantasy Life.

On Wednesday evening, SXSW handed out the Jury and Special Awards for its 2025 Film & TV lineup.

SXSW announced the winners of its film and television jury and special awards on Wednesday night, with Amy Wang’s Slanted earning Narrative Feature Competition honours and Shuffle by Benjamin Flaherty taking correponding documentary honours.

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