[From April 19th to the 29th, Flixist will bring you live coverage of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Keep an eye out for news, features, interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films to hit the festival circuit in 2012.]
We’ve had a lot of great coverage of the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival so far, and it’s even going to spill into next week. There are a couple more films to see as the festival winds down this weekend, a couple more reviews to write, and we even have some filmmaker interviews coming up that you don’t want to miss.
That said, last night the Tribeca Film Festival announced its award winners. Some of the big winners included:
- War Witch – Best Narrative Feature, Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
- Una Noche – Best New Narrative Director, Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film, Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film
- Unit 7 – Special Jury Mention – Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film
- The World Before Her – Best Documentary Feature
- The Revisionaries – Special jury Mention – Best Documentary Feature
The full list of winners is after the cut. We’ve got some catching up to do. Stay tuned for reviews of some of these award winners and other films.
World Narrative Competition Categories
- 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: Una Noche, cinematography by Trevor Forrest and Shlomo Godder; directed by Lucy Mulloy (UK, Cuba, USA)
- Special Jury Mention – Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film: Unit 7, cinematography by Alex Catalán; directed by Alberto Rodriguez (Spain)
- Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film: All In (La Suerte en Tus Manos), written by Daniel Burman and Sergio Dubcovsky; directed by Daniel Burman (Argentina)
Best New Narrative Director
- Best New Narrative Director: Lucy Mulloy for Una Noche (UK, Cuba, USA)
- Special Jury Mention – Best New Narrative Director: P. Benoit, director of Stones in the Sun (USA, Haiti); and Sharon Bar-Ziv, director of Room 514 (Israel)
World Documentary Competition Categories
- Best Documentary Feature: The World Before Her, directed by Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
- Special Jury Mention – Best Documentary Feature: The Revisionaries, directed by Scott Thurman (USA)
- Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: The Flat (Hadira), edited by Tali Halter Shenkar; directed by Arnon Goldfinger (Israel, Germany)
Best New Documentary Director
- Best New Documentary Director: Jeroen van Velzen for Wavumba (Netherlands)
- Special Jury Mention – Best New Documentary Director: Christian Bonke and Andreas Koefoed, directors of Ballroom Dancer (Denmark)
Short Film Competition Categories
- Best Narrative Short: Asad, directed by Bryan Buckley (USA)
- Special Jury Mention – Best Narrative Short: Café Regular, Cairo, directed by Ritesh Batra (Egypt, India)
- Best Documentary Short: Paraíso, directed by Nadav Kurtz (USA)
- Special Jury Mention – Best Documentary Short: Baseball in the Time of Cholera, directed by David Darg and Bryn Mooser (Haiti)
- Student Visionary Award: Stitches, directed by Adiya Imri Orr (Israel)
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)
