SXSW has announced three final awards for its 2011 edition. Here are the audience awards for its 24 Beats per Second, Lone Star States and Midnight sections.

Austin, Texas – March 19, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced additional Audience Award-winners today from the Lone Star States, 24 Beats Per Second and Midnight categories. Audience Award results for all categories were certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter.

For the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, 140 features, consisting of 66 World Premieres, 15 North American Premieres and 15 U.S. Premieres, were selected from a record 1,792 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,323 U.S. and 469 international feature-length films. 153 shorts were selected from 3,089 short film submissions. The nearly 300 films were selected from 4,911 overall submissions; a record number and a 23% increase over 2010. The 2011 SXSW Film Festival Awards were hosted by Ovation TV.

Additional 2011 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:

LONE STAR STATES
Winner: Building Hope
Director: Turk Pipkin

24 BEATS PER SECOND
Winner: Love Shines
Director: Douglas Arrowsmith

MIDNIGHT FEATURE (Votes tabulated across both Midnighters & SXFantastic Sections)
Winner: Attack the Block
Director: Joe Cornish
 

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