page_title: Dallas International Film Festival
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas International Film Festival / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Paxton at the Dallas International Film Festival in April 2010.
context_page_description: The Dallas International Film Festival, presented by the Dallas Film Society, is an annual film festival that takes place in Dallas, Texas, each spring.
context_section_description: 2007
  Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: New Year Baby
  Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: Shut Up and Shoot Me
  Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: Iron Ladies of Liberia
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas: A Lawyer Walks into a Bar
  Student Competition: Redemption Maddie
  Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: Eve of Understanding
  Best HD Feature: Sharkwater
  Audience Award - Best Short: The Little Gorilla
  Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Music Within
  Audience Award - Best Feature: Darius Goes West
  Audience Award - Best Feature (In-Competition): Divine Souls
  2008
  Target Filmmaker Award - Honorable Mention: Bad Habits
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: The Second Line
  Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: Cook County
  Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): Bongo Bong - Ken Wardrop
  Audience Award - Best Short: A Day's Work
  2009
  Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: Prom Night in Mississippi
  Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: Gigantic
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Princess Margaret Blvd.
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: The Other Side of Paradise
  Student Competition: Hug
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Film: St. Nick
  Special Jury Prize - Best Feature Film: Against the Current
  Current Energy Filmmaker Award: Crude
  Audience Award - Best Short: Lucy: A Period Piece
  Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Skin
  Audience Award - Documentary Feature: Rock Prophecies
  Dallas Star Award: Kathryn Bigelow
  2010
  Target Filmmaker Award - Documentary: Waste Land
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition (In-Competition): Hold and Carried Away
  Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): Careful What You Wish For - Tim Vogel
  Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature: The Last Survivor
  Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Brotherhood
  Dallas Star Award: Amber Heard
  2011
  Target Filmmaker Award - Narrative Feature: 5 Time Champion
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: The Legend of Beaver Dam
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): Crazy Beats Strong Every Time
  Student Competition: The Robbery
  Environmental Visions Grand Jury Prize: If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
  Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Direction): The Birds Upstairs - Christopher Jarvis
  Special Jury Prize - Special Mention for Directing: Green Crayons - Kazik Radwanski
  Special Jury Prize - Special Achievement (Acting): Surrogate Valentine - Goh Nakamura
  Audience Award - Best Feature: Snowmen
  2012
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Nani
  Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: Tchoupitoulas
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: Wolf
  Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature: Faith, Love and Whiskey
  Special Jury Prize - Silver Heart Award: The Invisible War
  Silver Heart Award (In-Competition): 5 Broken Cameras
  Audience Award - Best Short: Nani
  Audience Award - Documentary Feature: First Position
  Dallas Star Award: Gabourey Sidibe
  Career Achievement in Costume Design: Bernie Pollack
  2013
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): Gun and The Devil's Ballroom and Matriarche
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: Pit Stop
  Student Competition: The First Hope
  Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature (In-Competition): He's Way More Famous Than You
  Special Jury Prize - Silver Heart Award (In Competition): Small Small Thing
  Best HD Feature (In-Competition): Azooma
  Audience Award - Documentary Feature: The Crash Reel
  Audience Award - Narrative Feature: The Kings of Summer
  Best Feature Documentary Award: Small Small Thing
  2014
  Animated Short Grand Jury Prize: The Missing Scarf
  Grand Jury Prize - Best Short Film (In-Competition): The Bravest, the Boldest and Easy
  Grand Jury Prize - Documentary: The Special Need
  Grand Jury Prize - Texas Competition: Flutter
  Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature: Hellion
  Special Jury Prize - Short Film: Easy
  Special Jury Prize - Shorts Competition: Ni-Ni
  Audience Award - Documentary Feature: Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo
  Audience Award - Narrative Feature: Noble
  2015
  Grand Jury Award - Animated Short Film: World of Tomorrow
  Grand Jury Award - Short Film: The Chicken
  Grand Jury Award - 
caption: Actor Bill Paxton at the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival
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