“Cheap Thrills” comedy thriller wins SXSW Midnighters audience prize

“Cheap Thrills” comedy thriller wins SXSW Midnighters audience prize

PanARMENIAN.Net - On the closing day of SXSW 2013, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12 added an Audience Award to its Narrative Grand Jury Prize, Deadline said.

Kid golfing docu The Short Game nabbed the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, while the first pick-up of the fest, Cheap Thrills, scored the Midnighters audience prize.

Pat Healy, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, and Ethan Embry star in the twisted comedy thriller about a working class family man tempted by a rich couple into a series of escalating bets.

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