Slanted: Amy Wang’s Racial Satire Wins Narrative Jury Award

Shuffle wins the documentary feature competition.

Shirley Chen, as Joan Huang in Amy Wang's SXSW feature Slanted, admires a series of portraits of white women in a hallway. — Shirley Chen as Joan Huang in Amy Wang’s SXSW feature ‘Slanted’ Courtesy of SXSW

Slanted follows Joan Huang, a senior in high school who undergoes experimental racial transformation to become white and win Prom Queen.

“This unflinching satirical thriller examines racial identity in a bold and skin-tingling new way. Featuring simmering performances by the cast, this film is both specific to the fractured identity of Asian Americans and universally relatable in its theme of desperately needing to belong,” wrote the competition jury.

In the narrative section, special jury awards were given to Annapurna Sriram for Fucktoys and Amanda Peet for Fantasy Life for multi-hyphenate and performance, respectively.

Shuffle directed by Benjamin Flaherty, which follows three people in treatment to dig into insurance-fueled cycle of addiction treatment fraud, landed the grand jury prize for the documentary feature competition. Special jury awards were given to The Python Hunt directed by Xander Robin and Remaining Native directed by Paige Bethmann.

F*ckups Anonymous from showrunner Joe Tierney and director Kat Whalen landed the independent TV pilot competition grand jury award, with a special jury prize awarded to Denim from showrunner and director Tedra Wilson.

Slanted: Amy Wang’s Racial Satire Wins Narrative Jury Award

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