The winner of the Tribeca Film Festival have been announced. Here they are:
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature
Let the Right One In (Lat den rätte komma in), directed by Tomas Alfredson (Sweden).
Jury Comments: “For its mesmerizing exploration of loneliness and alienation through masterful reexamination of the vampire myth.”
Best New Narrative Filmmaker
My Marlon and Brando (Gitmek), directed by Hüseyin Karabey (Turkey, Netherlands, UK).
Jury Comments: “For its skillful blending of documentary style with a classic love story and ultimate creation of a truly modern and unlikely international heroine.”
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello in Somers Town, directed by Shane Meadows (UK).
Jury Comments: “For an extraordinary and exhilarating rendering of a friendship found, the Narrative Feature Jury is awarding the Best Actor prize to this magical team.”
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
Eileen Walsh in Eden, directed by Declan Recks (Ireland).
Jury Comments: “For her exquisite rendering of a lonely wife aching to be seen and heard.”
Best Documentary Feature
Pray the Devil Back to Hell, directed by Gini Reticker (USA).
Jury Comments: “In a relentless pursuit of peace, the women of Liberia show us how community, motherly love, and perseverance can change the fate of a society. Pray the Devil Back to Hell is a reminder that we have the power to say ‘Enough!’ to the atrocities of our world.”
Best New Documentary Filmmaker
Old Man Bebo, directed by Carlos Carcas (Spain).
Jury Comments: “We the jury feel that Carlos Carcas showed us that if you truly have art in your body and soul it will find its way out into the world. We applaud the filmmaker for bringing Old Man Bebo into our consciousness.”
New York State LOVES Film Best Documentary
Zoned In, directed by Daniela Zanzotto (USA,UK).
Special Mention: Hotel Gramercy Park, directed by Douglas Keeve (USA).
Jury Comments: “This was a challenging and spirited discussion with two clear favorites: both films are very different and the jury felt that both should get equal mention even though only one gets the prize. We thought Hotel Gramercy Park was a highly entertaining and moving story about a New York family and a New York institution coming to terms with a changing city, but in the end we felt Zoned In deserved the prize for having the bravery to tell a seemingly typical story that ends up revealing bold and difficult truths.”
Made In NY Narrative
The Caller, directed by Richard Ledes (USA).
Jury Comments: “The Caller superbly uses its New York locations, from the sleek mid-town high-rises to the desolate Brooklyn Bridge piers, to create a chilling and finally stirring suspense movie: an unusual thriller whose mysterious plot finally exposes the mysteries of the heart.”
Best Narrative Short
New Boy, directed by Steph Green.
Jury Comments: “New Boy took us on a complete emotional journey. It was moving, funny, and powerful.”
Best Documentary Short
Mandatory Service, directed by Jessica Habie.
Jury Comments: “Mandatory Service, a perspective of war and conflict from participants themselves. The Israeli’s empathy for the Palestinians is not a perspective we glimpse too often in Western media.”
Student Visionary Award
Elephant Garden, directed by Sasie Sealy.
Jury Comments: “Elephant Garden captured the inner life of a beautiful young girl and her confusion as she becomes a young adult. Wonderful visual storytelling, and the performance of Kelley Mack is stellar.”