Searching for Sugar Man Wins Academy Award

Created by jim on February 25, 2013

Image courtesy Sony Pictures Classics

HUGE congratulations are in order for the team behind the SXSW 2012 24 Beats per Second film, Searching for Sugar Man. This internationally acclaimed film won the Oscar for best Documentary Feature film at last night's Academy Awards! This is the second consecutive year that a SXSW alum film has won the award, following SXSW 2011 world premiere Undefeated.

Be sure to browse the Documentary Features in this year's SXSW lineup - you never know, one of them might be on the receiving end of next year's Oscar!