The SXSW Film Festival has announced its annual Grand Jury Prizes with "Krisha" winning the Narrative competition and "Peace Officer" winning for best documentary.

Directed by Trey Edward Shults, "Krisha" marks the director's first feature film and it is also a film based on the award-winning short film of the same title. "Krisha" was part of the competition slate, which was made up of 10 films.

"Krisha" tells the story of a woman who reunites with her family for a holiday gathering and sees it as an opportunity to fix her past mistakes, cook the family turkey, and prove to her loved ones that she has changed for the better.

The film follows a series of successful SXSW Grand Prize winners. Last year, "Fort Tilden" won the coveted award and went on to play at multiple film festivals including Raindance, Chicago International and Montclair.

In 2013, "Short Term 12" won the Grand Prize and quickly became one of the best reviewed films of the year. It was also nominated for Indie Spirit awards, won a Gotham award and was also nominated for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress.

In 2012, "Gimme the Loot" won the Grand Prize at SXSW and later went on to play at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain regard sidebar. It also played at the New Directors/New Films Festival and the Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie was also nominated for an Indie Spirit Award and was later released by IFC Films.

Other winner Narrative winners have included "Natural Selection," Lena Dunham's breakout film "Tiny Furniture" and "Made in China."

In the documentary category, Brad Barber's "Peace Officer" won the Documentary competition. The film tells the story of a former sheriff who stops at nothing to confront the SWAT team he founded. The documentary received its world premiere and was received with ecstatic praise.

The two big winners have yet to acquire distribution but if the films continue to play in the festival circuit they will most likely garner the attention of a distributor.

Other winners included "Creative Control" by director Benjamin Dickinson. The film won the Special Jury Recognition for Visual Excellence. Alex Sichel, Elizabeth Giamatti won the Special Jury Recognition for directing prize for their documentary "A Woman Like Me."

The SXSW Film festival is one of the most prestigious festivals in world and it has discovered a number of new filmmakers and storytellers.

The festival showed over 145 feature films from around the world and will continue Saturday March 21.

Complete list of winners:

Feature Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

Grand Jury Winner: "Krisha"- Director: Trey Edward Shults

Special Jury Recognition for Visual Excellence: "Creative Control"-Director: Benjamin Dickinson

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

Grand Jury Winner: "Peace Officer"-Directors: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber

Special Jury Recognition for Directing: "A Woman Like Me"-Directors: Alex Sichel, Elizabeth Giamatti

Special Jury Recognition for Editing: "Twinsters"-Directors: Samantha Futerman, Ryan Miyamoto

Short Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE SHORTS

Winner: "Pink Grapefruit"-Director: Michael Mohan

Special Jury Recognition:"Share"-Director: Pippa Bianco

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Winner:"Boxeadora"-Director: Meg Smaker

MIDNIGHT SHORTS

Winner: "Kiss Kiss Fingerbang"-Director: Gillian Wallace Horvat

ANIMATED SHORTS

Winner: "World of Tomorrow"-Director: Don Hertzfeldt

Special Jury Recognition: "teeth"-Directors: Daniel Gray, Tom Brown

MUSIC VIDEOS

Winner: Paolo Nutini - "Iron Sky"- Director: Daniel Wolfe

Special Jury Recognition: DJ Snake featuring Lil' Jon - "Turn Down for What"-Director: DANIELS

TEXAS SHORTS

Winner:"The Samaritans"-Director: John Bryant

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS

Winner:"It's A Thing"-Directors: Meredith Morran, Sage McCommas

SXSW Film Design Awards

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN

Winner: "Manson Family Vacation"-Designer: Yen Tan

Special Jury Recognition:"The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson"-Designer: Jonny Halifax

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN

Winner:"Manhattan"-Designer: Dan Gregoras for Imaginary Forces

Special Jury Recognition: "The Fitzroy"-Designers: Chris Tozer, Marko Anstice

SXSW Special Awards

SXSW Gamechanger Award-Winner: Yvonne Kerékgyártó, "Free Entry"

Louis Black "Lone Star" Award

Winner: "Western"-Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross

Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship

Presented to: Anna Gustavi

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