The Tribeca Film Festival comes to an end in just days and the competition winners have officially been announced. Leading the charge is Australian film "The Rocket" which garnered the Best Narrative Film Award and Best Actor Award for Sitthiphon Disamoe.
The winner of the Best Actress Award went to Veerle Baetens for her powerful turn in "The Broken Circle Breakdown." "Broken Circle" screenwriters Carl Joos and Felix van Groeningen also took home the Best Screenplay for a Narrative Film award. The Cinematography accolade went to "Before Snowfall" while "Whitewash" director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won Best New Narrative Director. A Special Jury mention for Best Narrative Feature" was given to "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors"and "Harmony Lessons" director Emir Baigazin also got a jury mention for his work.
The Best Documentary Feature award went to "The Kill Team" while the Best Short Narrative winner was "The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars."
For the complete list, look below. Links are provided to reviews by Latinos Post.
World Narrative Competition
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: "The Rocket"
Special Jury Mention: "Stand Clear of the Closing Doors"
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Sitthiphon Disamoe, "The Rocket"
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Veerle Baetens, "The Broken Circle Breakdown"
Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen, "Before Snowfall"
Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film: Carl Joos and Felix van Groeningen, "The Broken Circle Breakdown"
Best New Narrative Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, "Whitewash"
Special Jury Mention: Emir Baigazin, "Harmony Lessons"
World Documentary Competition
Best Documentary Feature: "The Kill Team"
Special Jury Mention: "Oxyana"
Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: Nels Bangerter, "Let the Fire Burn"
Best New Documentary Director: Sean Dunne, "Oxyana"
Short Film Competition
Best Narrative Short: "The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars"
Special Jury Mention: "Yardbird"
Best Documentary Short: "Coach"
Special Jury Mention: "Royal American"
Student Visionary Award: "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
Special Jury Mention: "Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust"
Bombay Sapphire Award for Transmedia
"Sandy Storyline," created by Rachel Falcone, Laura Gottesdiener and Michael Premo
Tribeca Online Festival
Best Feature Film: "Lil Bub & Friendz"
Best Short Film: "A Short Film About Guns"