The fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by American Express, announced the winners of its competitions this weekend at an awards dinner at The Golden Bridge.
This year's Festival included 274 films from 40 countries and featured panel discussions, filmmaker events, gala premieres of major studio releases, and the Family Festival. Following are the awards and their winners:
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: Blessed By Fire (Iluminados por el Fuego) Directed by Tristán Bauer, Argentina, Spain.
Best Documentary Feature: War Tapes Directed by Deborah Scranton, USA.
Special Documentary Jury Prize: Voices of Bam, Directed by Aliona van der Horst and Maasja Ooms, Netherlands.
Outstanding Achievement In Documentary: Jesus Camp Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, USA
Jonestown:The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Directed by Stanley Nelson, USA;
Maquilopolis: City of Factories Directed by Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre, USA/Mexico.
Best New Narrative Filmmaker: Marwan Hamed for The Yacoubian Building (Omaret Yacoubian), Egypt.
Best New Documentary Filmmaker: Pelin Esmer for The Play (Oyun), Turkey.
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Jürgen Vogel in The Free Will (Der Freie Wille), Germany.
Special mention to Adel Imam, The Yacoubian Building (Omaret Yacoubian), Egypt.
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Eva Holubovŕ in Holiday Makers (Ucastnici zájezdu), Czech Republic.
Special mention to the ensemble cast of Holiday Makers (Ucastnici zájezdu).
NY Loves Film Documentary: When I Came Home, Directed by Dan Lohaus, USA.
Honorable mention to Jack Smith and the Destruction Of Atlantis, Directed by Mary Jordan, USA
Honorable mention to The Cats of Mirikitani, Directed by Linda Hattendorf, USA.
Best Made in New York Narrative Feature: The Treatment, Directed by Oren Rudavsky, USA.
Honorable mention to A Very Serious Person, Directed by Charles Busch, USA.
Best Narrative Short: The Shovel, Directed by Nick Childs, USA. Special mention to Topor and Me (Topor et moi), Directed by Sylvia Kristel, Netherlands.
Best Documentary Short: Native New Yorker, Directed by Steve Bilich, USA.
Student Visionary Award: Dead End Job, Directed by Samantha Davidson Green, USA.
Audience Award: The Cats of Mirikitani, Directed by Linda Hattendorf, USA.
Tribeca Film Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenplay Development Winners - Signature series: The Starry Messenger, Screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan.
Tribeca Film Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenplay Development Winners - Main program: Project Mustard, Screenwriter Ban Zeff & Producer Andrew Bendel and Challenger, Screenwriter Nicole Perlman.
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Narrative Feature: Before the Beast Returns by Sterlin Harjo.
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Documentary Feature: Outside the Box by Lacey Schwartz.
Honorable mention - Free Angela & All Political Prisoners by Shola Lynch.
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Screenwriting: Milton Liu for John Hughes Ruined My Life.
Honorable mention - Ose Oyamendan for Resistance.
