Tribeca Awards 2012

[Rachel Galvin]

TRIBECA AWARDS--

The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival closed on Sunday, April 29. Below is the complete list of award winners:

WORLD NARRATIVE COMPETITION:

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature
"War Witch," directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada)

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
Dariel Arrechada and Javier Nuñez Florian as Raul and Elio in "Una Noche," directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA)

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
Rachel Mwanza as Komona in "War Witch," directed by Kim Nguyen (Canada)

Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film
Cinematography by Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder for "Una Noche," directed by Lucy Mulloy  (UK, Cuba, USA)
(Special Jury Mention: Alex Catalan for "Unit 7")

Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film
"All In" ("La Suerte en Tus Manos"), written by Daniel Burman and Sergio Dubcovsky and directed by Daniel Burman (Argentina)

Best New Narrative Director
Lucy Mulloy, director of "Una Noche" (UK, Cuba, USA).
(Special Jury Mention: P. Benoit, director of "Stones in the Sun"; and Sharon Bar-Ziv, director of "Room 514")

WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:

Best Documentary Feature
"The World Before Her," directed by Nisha Pahuja (Canada).
(Special Jury Mention: "The Revisionaries," directed by Scott Thurman)

Best Editing in a Documentary Feature
"The Flat" ("Hadira"), edited by Tali Halter Shenkar, directed by Arnon Goldfinger (Israel, Germany)

Best New Documentary Director
Jeroen van Velzen for "Wavumba" (Netherlands)
(Special Jury Mention: Christian Bonke and Andreas Koefoed, directors of "Ballroom Dancer")

SHORT FILM COMPETITION:

Best Narrative Short
"Asad," directed by Bryan Buckley (USA)
(Special Jury Mention: Ritesh Batra, writer and director of "Café Regular Cairo")

Best Documentary Short
"Paraíso," directed by Nadav Kurtz (USA)
(Special Jury Mention: David Darg and Bryn Mooser, directors of "Baseball in the Time of Cholera")

Student Visionary Award
"Stitches," directed by Adiya Imri Orr (Israel)
(Special Jury Mention: Tati Barrantes and Andinh Ha, writers and directors of "Adirake")

TRIBECA (ONLINE) FILM FESTIVAL:

Tribeca (Online) Film Festival Best Feature Film: "On The Mat," directed and written by Fredric Golding (USA)

Tribeca (Online) Film Festival Best Short Film: "CatCam," directed by Seth Keal (USA)

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