2015 SXSW Film Awards: Excellence in Title Design

Now in its sixth year, the SXSW Film Design Awards remain one of the few events in the world highlighting and awarding Excellence in Title Design.

The annual Title Design Screening took place on Sunday, March 15th in the Vimeo Theater and showcased this year’s 23 finalists (which you can see below).

Jurors this year included Prologue's Simon Clowes, Karin Fong, and MK12's Ben Radatz (also a contributor to this site). Both Clowes and Radatz themselves had title sequences in competition this year – Destiny and Semi-Permanent Sydney 2014 – while Fong’s former company Imaginary Forces had Manhattan in the mix – an unenviable and slightly odd position for jurors to be put in.

As in past years, the scope of submitted work was outstanding, with sequences from television, film, conferences, and video games represented. In fact, 2015 was the first year in which two game title sequences were a part of the competition. Looks like we may have been onto something last year!

Returning finalists include Elastic (2014 winner for True Detective ), Alma Mater (2014 Special Jury Recognition for The Lego Movie ), Filmograph, and Imaginary Forces. Joining them this year are Mill+, Sarofsky, Prologue, yU+co, Creative Assembly, and Lobo,…

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