Audience Award for Matthew Lillard
TheWrap reports that Wing Commander star Matthew Lillard has won an audience award at this year's SXSW for his directorial debut. Fat Kid Rules The World won in the category "narrative spotlight". Watch the trailer here.
Matthew Lillard's "Fat Kid Rules the World" and Joe Berlinger's Paul Simon documentary "Under African Skies" are among the additional audience award winners at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival, which announced the top films in seven categories on Saturday.
"Fat Kid Rules the World," the directorial debut from actor Lillard ("The Descendants"), was voted best in the Narrative Spotlight section. Based on the young adult novel by K.L. Going, it concerns an overweight teen (Jacob Wysocki, left) drawn into the world of punk rock.
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