Tuesday, May 3, 2011

10th Tribeca Film Festival (2011) - Award Winners


The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival announced its 2011 award winners last Thursday in a ceremony held at the W Union Square Hotel in New York.  I look forward to seeing some of these films in the coming months.   

Here are the major award winners:
   

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature
She Monkeys
Directed by Lisa Aschan - Sweden


Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
Carice Van Houten in Black Butterflies
Directed by Paula Van Der Oest - Germany, Netherlands, South Africa


Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
Ramadhan "Shami" Bizimana in Grey Matter
Directed by Kivu Ruhorahoza - Rwanda, Australia


Best Cinematography
Luisa Tillinger for Artificial Paradises
Directed by Yulene Olaizola - Mexico


Best Screenplay
Jannicke Systad Jacobsen for Turn me on, goddammit
Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen - Norway


Best New Narrative Director
Park Jungbum, writer and director, The Journals of Musan
South Korea


Special Jury Mention
Kivu Ruhorahoza, writer and director of Grey Matter
Rwanda, Australia


Heineken Audience Award
Give Up Tomorrow
Directed by Michael Collins - U.K., USA

See the full list of winners here.

7 comments:

The Angry Vegetarian said...

I read something about She Monkeys not too long ago, but haven't heard of anything else :(

The Game Store Guy said...

I feel bad that I hadn't heard of any of these til now. :/

Bonjour Tristesse said...

Don't worry, neither did I.

Beasts in Human Skin said...

They look like films that would win at the Tribeca Film Festival. I can't say that any jump out at me...

Jesse Cohen said...

All very thought provoking especially She monkeys.

The Angry Lurker said...

Looked up SheMonkeys, sounds interesting, someone described it as a female western, good work.

Bonjour Tristesse said...

Indeed it does sound interesting

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