SXSW is proud to announce this year’s Jury and Popularity Contest winners for the 5th Annual SXSWclick Festival. The Grand Jury Award, the jury’s favorite finalist from the entire competition, is Pinny Grylls’ Peter and Ben!

These films are the first official selections of the 2009 SXSW Film Festival We also want to thank all of our media partners and award sponsors, and a special thank you goes to Boston University Department of Film and Televison, the official sponsor of the 2008 SXSWclick festival.

The SXSW Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 16th Annual Film Festival to be held March 13 - 21, 2009 in Austin, TX. Submissions are being accepted here.

This is also your first chance to register to attend the SXSW Festival and Conferences. You may be asking yourself, why should I buy my badge now? Well, here are two reasons:

1. You are gonna save a ton of cash if you buy your badge before the first deadline. The Film badge and Gold badges are 33% cheaper now than at the festival and the Platinum badges are almost $300 cheaper than the walk-up rate. Click here for more information on buying your badge today.

2. There are no “Sold Out” hotels! Yet. As you may know, hotels in downtown Austin are a hot commodity during SXSW and the only way to guarantee you’ll be at your first choice hotel is to click here and register for your Film, Gold, Interactive or Platinum Badge today.

See you in March!

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