The winners are in for the Tribeca Film Festival 2016 awards! Top honors went to Demetri Martin’s directorial debut DeanCraig Atkinson’s documentary Do Not Resist, which takes a look at the militarization of U.S. police forces; and Udi Aloni’s Junction 48, a love story between two Palestinian hip-hop artists who use their music to fight against social injustice.

Dean, starring Martin as a man who falls for a woman (Gillian Jacobs) while his father (Kevin Kline) prepares to sell his family home in the wake of his mother’s death, took home the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature. Outstanding individual performances also included The Fixer's Dominic RainsMackenzie Davis in Always Shine, and Alan Sabbagh for The Tenth Man. The full festival will wrap up this April 24th.


Check out the winner's list below (via Variety):

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2016 AWARD WINNERS

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Photo by Adam Newport-Berra

U.S. NARRATIVE  FEATURE COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature Dean, written and directed by Demetri Martin.

Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film –Dominic Rains in The Fixer.

Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Mackenzie Davis in Always Shine.

Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Michael Ragen for Kicks.

Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Women Who Kill written by Ingrid Jungermann.

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE  FEATURE COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

The Best International Narrative Feature Junction 48, written and directed by Udi Aloni.

Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film –Alan Sabbagh in The Tenth Man.

Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film – Radhika Apte in Clean Shaven, a part of Madly.

Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Kjell Vassdal for El Clasico.

Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film – Perfect Strangers written by Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini, and Rolando Ravello.


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Film Still by Craig Atkinson

WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

Best Documentary Feature Do Not Resist, directed by Craig Atkinson (USA).

Best Documentary Cinematography – Cinematography by Jarred Alterman for Contemporary Color (USA).

Best Documentary Editing – Editing by Bill Ross for Contemporary Color (USA).

DIRECTING AWARDS:

Best New Narrative Director Award — Priscilla Anany, director of Children of the Mountain (USA, Ghana).

Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award — David Feige for Untouchable (USA

SHORT FILM COMPETITION CATEGORIES:

Best Narrative ShortHold On (Houvast), directed by Charlotte Scott-Wilson (Netherlands).

Best Documentary ShortExtremis directed by Dan Krauss (USA).

Student Visionary AwardPing Pong Coach (乒乓), directed by Yi Liu. (Taiwan R.O.C., USA).

STORYSCAPES AWARD

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness created by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, and James Spinney. Winner receives $10,000, presented by AT&T. The award was given by Jessica Brillhart, Saschka Unseld, and Olga Serna, Senior Marketing Manager, AT&T.

THE NORA EPHRON PRIZE

Rachel Tunnard, director, writer and editor of Adult Life Skills (UK).

TRIBECA X AWARD

Hearing Colors created by Greg Brunkalla for Samsung.


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