I am a big fan of “Dean” and “Always Shine.” I was really glad to see these movies get some recognition this year. Overall, it’s been a really good Tribeca Film Festival. Here’s to 2017!!!

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2016 AWARD WINNERS

U.S. NARRATIVE  FEATURE COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature Dean, written and directed by Demteri Martin.
Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film –Dominic Rains in The Fixer.
Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Mackenzie Davis in Always Shine.
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Michael Ragen for Kicks.
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Women Who Kill written by Ingrid Jungermann.

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE  FEATURE COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
The Best International Narrative Feature Junction 48, written and directed by Udi Aloni.
Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film –Alan Sabbagh in The Tenth Man.
Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film – Radhika Apte in Clean Shaven, a part of Madly.
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Kjell Vassdal for El Clasico.
Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film – Perfect Strangers written by Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini, and Rolando Ravello.

WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
Best Documentary Feature Do Not Resist, directed by Craig Atkinson (USA).
Best Documentary Cinematography – Cinematography by Jarred Alterman for Contemporary Color (USA).
Best Documentary Editing – Editing by Bill Ross for Contemporary Color (USA).

DIRECTING AWARDS:
Best New Narrative Director Award — Priscilla Anany, director of Children of the Mountain (USA, Ghana).
Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award — David Feige for Untouchable (USA

SHORT FILM COMPETITION CATEGORIES:
Best Narrative ShortHold On (Houvast), directed by Charlotte Scott-Wilson (Netherlands).
Best Documentary ShortExtremis directed by Dan Krauss (USA).
Student Visionary AwardPing Pong Coach (??), directed by Yi Liu. (Taiwan R.O.C., USA).

STORYSCAPES AWARD
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness created by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, and James Spinney. Winner receives $10,000, presented by AT&T. The award was given by Jessica Brillhart, Saschka Unseld, and Olga Serna, Senior Marketing Manager, AT&T.

THE NORA EPHRON PRIZE
Rachel Tunnard, director, writer and editor of Adult Life Skills (UK).

TRIBECA X AWARD
Hearing Colors created by Greg Brunkalla for Samsung.

By Rudie Obias

Lives in Brooklyn, New York. He's a freelance writer interested in cinema, pop culture, sex lifestyle, science fiction, and web culture. His work can be found at Mental Floss, Movie Pilot, UPROXX, ScreenRant, Battleship Pretension and of course Shockya.com.

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