{"id":1186876,"date":"2026-03-19T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/?p=1186876"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:01:35","slug":"red-carpet-moviemaker-awards-night-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/red-carpet-moviemaker-awards-night-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Carpet Photos From Our Awards Night Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are scenes from our Awards Night Celebration, which featured a performance by Tina Win and was sponsored by Hendrick\u2019s Gin & Peroni USA and hosted by Cinema Center, TBK Productions and Jane Owen PR. It was held at Higbie’s, one of our favorite Austin venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It featured the stars of SXSW films, Oscar night celebrants, a spontaneous Linkin Park singalong, and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Tina Win, Jane Owen, TBK Productions, and Cinema Center. Here are scenes from the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win Sings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win takes the stage at the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Higbie’s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Lu Chau @Photagonist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Film lovers gather at Hibbie’s in Austin for the best party of SXSW weekend, MovieMaker<\/em>‘s Awards Night celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Himesh Patel <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Himesh Patel attends the MovieMaker<\/em> Awards Night Celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the party, he sat down with Riz Ahmed for a SXSW Featured Conversation to discuss the upcoming series BAIT.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You to Jane Owen PR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jane Owen and Editor-in-Chief of MovieMaker Magazine<\/em> Tim Molloy attends the MovieMaker Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self Custody<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Self Custody” filmmaker and TBK Productions owner Garrett Patten, Poopies, and “Self Custody” actor Michael Monks attend the MovieMaker<\/em> Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Self Custody” is now streaming on Prime,<\/a> Tubi and Plex, and stars Patten, Monks, Adrien Grenier and Henry Cejudo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about it here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady Kings of Texas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Lu Chau @Photagonist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Giovannie Cruz, Erin Brown Thomas and Elisabeth Ness, collaborators on the upcoming feature Lady Kings of Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas was also on the producing team of “The Singers,” which won an Oscar just before Sunday’s party for best live-action short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about her work here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the Oscar Goes To…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Lu Chau @Photagonist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Same Same But Different<\/em> director Lauren Noll, a guest, Elisabeth Ness, and filmmaker Gregory J.M. Kasunich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Same Same But Different<\/em> here<\/a>, and about Noll and Kasunich’s collaboration “Heart of Texas” here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam Olken<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Miriam Olken attends the MovieMaker Awards Night Celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s part of the team on Mallory’s Ghost<\/em>, which was in the Narrative Feature Competition at SXSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy Akingbola and Joseph Marcell <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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(Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations )
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Jimmy Akingbola and Joseph Marcell, who played Geoffrey on Bel Air and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, respectively, in a historic meeting of the Geoffreys at the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Meeting We Don’t Want to End<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marcell and Akingbola <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Geoffrey summit continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Win<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win and Editor-in-Chief of MovieMaker Magazine <\/em>Tim Molloy attends the MovieMaker Awards Night Celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Tina Win<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win wows the Hibie’s crowd with her stellar live performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Arrivals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations

Guests attend the MovieMaker Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kelley Jakle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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(Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations )
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Actress and singer-songwriter Kelley Jakle attends the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards Night Celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medalion Rahimi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Same Same But Different star<\/em> Medalion Rahimi attends the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaime King<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Actress and model Jaime King arrives on the red carpet at MovieMaker’s <\/em>Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaime King and Pammy Hilton <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jamie King and muscial artist Pammy Hilton on the red carpet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Logan Miller and Layla Mohammadi <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same Same But Different <\/em>stars Logan Miller and Layla Mohammadi attend the MovieMaker Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jason Parks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Producer-actor Jason Parks attends the MovieMaker Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bayan Joonam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations

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Phoenix Jones<\/em>: The Rise and Fall of a Real-Life Superhero<\/em> director Bayan Joonam attends the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Phoenix Jones<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Them That’s Not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations
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“Them That’s Not” team Jalen Washington, Sade Ndya, Kadijah Raquel, Jo Siri, CJ Duncan, Mekhai Lee and Brit West attend the MovieMaker<\/em> Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank You CinemaCenter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations
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A guest, Jaylen Moore, Jimmy Akingbola, Joseph Marcell, guests and Tanya Khani attend the MovieMaker<\/em> Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessika Van<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Grind <\/em>star Jessika Van attends the MovieMaker <\/em>Awards Night celebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win on the Red Carpet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tina Win on the red carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina Win and Ricardo Rojas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tina Win and Ricardo Rojas on the red carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louisiana Film Prize Reunion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Daniel Boczarski\/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations
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Editor-in-Chief of MovieMaker Magazine<\/em> Tim Molloy, producer Milan Chakraborty and Louisiana Film Prize executive director Gregory Kallenberg attend the MovieMaker Awards Night Xcelebration at Higbie’s on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Chakraborty here<\/a>… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

… and more about Kallenberg here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Molloy and Chakraborty met at Film Prize years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Photo by Lu Chau @Photagonist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A few words of appreciation for Jane Owen PR, Higbie’s, Hendrick\u2019s Gin & Peroni USA, Cinema Center, TBK Productions, and Tina Win. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are scenes from our Awards Night Celebration, which featured a performance by Tina Win and was sponsored by Hendrick\u2019s","protected":false},"author":850,"featured_media":1186915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_comments":false,"cm_data":"","cpt_newsletter_id":0,"tpd_coauthor":[],"tpd_feed_delay":{"delay_type":"default"},"is_tpd_lists_single_post":false,"tpd_featured_posts_arr":"","tpd_franchise_content":"","hide_featured_img_single_post":false,"msn_featured_video":[],"_msn_custom_title":"","tpd_featured_video":[],"tpd_sponsored_post_logo":"","tpd_sponsored_post_logo_link":"","tpd_sponsored_post_logo_width":0,"tpd_sponsored_enable_nofollow":true,"tpd_disable_incontent_ads":false,"tpd_disable_right_rail_ads":false,"tpd_disable_after_content_ads":false,"tpd_disable_header_ads":false,"tpd_disable_sticky_footer_ads":false,"tpd_disable_video_ads":false,"tpd_disable_outbrain":false,"tpd_affiliate_disclaimer":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[40616],"tags":[],"coauthor":[],"feeds":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1186876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gallery"},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2266773706-1-428x285.jpg","fimg_url_thumb":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2266773706-1-428x285.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2266773706-1-788x444.jpg","author_name":"MM Writers","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/373cae3df71431208a1092045a2c20f671f62dbfe5db55f5c0d46eadc1309928?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/author\/mm-writers\/","coauthors":[],"primary_category":{"term_id":40616,"name":"Gallery","slug":"gallery","taxonomy":"category","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/category\/gallery\/"},"featured_img_medium":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2266773706-1-788x444.jpg","post_categories":["Gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186876"},{"taxonomy":"coauthor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthor?post=1186876"},{"taxonomy":"feeds","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feeds?post=1186876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}