As SXSW basks in the Oscars afterglow of Everything Everywhere All at Once, which premiered out of competition at the event last year, jury and special awards winners for the 30th edition of the film and TV festival have been announced.
Top honors in the Narrative Feature Competition went to Paris Zarcilla’s horror pic Raging Grace. The film follows Joy, an undocumented Filipino immigrant who is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter Grace when she secures the perfect job: taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man.
The new position pays well and guarantees a roof over their heads. But very soon, Joy and Grace start to realize everything is not as it seems.
The jury said its “heady blend of horror, history, and midnight humor announces the arrival of an exciting new filmmaking talent” and called Raging Grace, “frank and elusive, a film that subverts expectations on its way to a stirring conclusion.” In the Documentary Feature Competition, director/screenwriter Ken August Meyer’s Angel Applicant took top honors.
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