Patton Oswalt Comedy ‘I Love My Dad’ Wins Top Film Prize at SXSW
The SXSW 2022 Film Festival Awards:Feature Film Grand Jury AwardsNARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Presented by PanavisionWinner: I Love My DadDirector/Screenwriter: James Morosini, Producers: Bill Stertz, Patton Oswalt, Sean O’Grady, Dane Eckerle, Phil Keefe, Daniel Brandt, Sam Slater“A bold, funny film that marks an impressive feature debut for writer-director-star James Morosini, I Love My Dad finely threads the needle with its tale of an estranged father (Patton Oswalt) who catfishes his son (Morosini) in an attempt to reconnect. Working from a screenplay based on his own real-life story, Morosini displays massive empathy as a filmmaker to get into the mind of the father he feels betrayed by, and also as an actor portraying the impact of that betrayal.