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Film News: 2018 Tribeca Film Festival Honors ‘Diane’ as Best U.S. Narrative Feature
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- Smuggling Hendrix
- The Albert Maysles New Documentary Director
- The Nora Ephron Prize
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NEW YORK CITY – The 17th Edition of the Tribeca Film Festival continues through April 29th, 2018, but the main jury awards were announced on April 26th at Awards Night ceremonies. “DIane,” directed by Kent Jones, was awarded Best U.S. Narrative Feature. “Smuggling Hendrix” took the honors for Best International Narrative Feature, and “Island of Hungry Ghosts” was Best Documentary Feature.
Awards were distributed in the following feature film competition categories – U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, New Narrative Director, The Albert Maysles New Documentary Director, and the Nora Ephron Prize, honoring a woman writer or director. Awards were also given in the short film categories – Narrative, Documentary, Student Visionary and Animation. For the sixth year, Tribeca awarded innovation in storytelling through its Storyscapes Award for immersive (VR) storytelling.
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Jury Awards for the 17th Tribeca Film Festival Took Place on April 26th, 2018
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“It is rewarding to honor films that tell important stories and moved our juries in profound way. Whether they excite, incite, inspire or simply entertain, it is a privilege to launch this worthy group with this special honor at Tribeca,” commented Jane Rosenthal, CEO, Executive Chair, and Co-Founder, Tribeca Film Festival.
The following are the jury awards for the 17th Tribeca Film Festival, given by category…
U.S. Narrative Competition
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’Diane,’ Directed by Kent Jones
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The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: “Diane,” directed by Kent Jones
Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Jeffery Wright in “O.G.”
Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Alia Shawkat in “Duck Butter”
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Wyatt Garfield for “Diane”
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Kent Jones for “Diane”
International Narrative Competition
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’ Smuggling Hendrix,’ directed by Marios Piperides
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Best International Narrative Feature: “Smuggling Hendrix” (Cyprus, Germany, Greece), directed by Marios Piperides
Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature: Ramus Bruun in “The Saint Bernard Syndicate” (Denmark)
Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature: Joy Rieger in “Virgins” (France, Israel, Belgium)
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film Albert Salas for “Obey” (UK)
Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film Lærke Sanderhoff for “The Saint Bernard Syndicate”
World Documentary Competition
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‘Island of Hungry Ghosts,’ Directed by Gabrielle Brady
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Best Documentary Feature: “Island of Hungry Ghosts” (Germany, UK, Australia), directed by Gabrielle Brady
Best Documentary Cinematography: Niels van Koevorden for “Tanzania Transit” (Netherlands)
Best Documentary Editing: Frederick Shanahan, Jon Kasbe, Caitlyn Greene for “When Lambs Become Lions” (USA)
Short Film Competition
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’Late Afternoon,’ Directed by Louise Bagnal
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Best Narrative Short: “Phone Duty,” directed by Lenar Kamalov (Russia)
Best Animated Short: “Late Afternoon,” directed by Louise Bagnall (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short: “Notes from Dunblane: Lessons from a School Shooting,” directed by Kim A. Snyder (USA)
Student Visionary Award: “The Life of Esteban,” directed by Inès Eshun (Belgium)
New Narrative and Documentary Director Competition
Best New Narrative Director: Shawn Snyder, director of “To Dust” (USA).
Best New Documentary Director: (AKA the Albert Maysles Award) Dava Whisenant for “Bathtubs Over Broadway” (USA)
Storyscapes Award
“Hero” (USA), created by Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari, and Brooks Brown
The Nora Ephron Prize
Nia DaCosta director of “Little Woods” (USA)
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