30 April, 2005
The winners of the Tribeca Film Festival were announced this evening at a ceremony at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Stolen Life, a film by China’s Li Shaohong. El Perro Nego: Stories of the Spanish Civil War was the winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award, and Alicia Scherson was named Best New Narrative Filmmaker for her excellent Play. Desperate Housewives’ Felicity Huffman was named Best Actress for her work as a conflicted transsexual parent in Transamerica. Click through for a full list of winners after the jump.
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: Stolen Life (Sheng Si Jie)
Best Documentary Feature: El Perro Negro:Stories from the Spanish Civil War
Best New Narrative Filmmaker: Alicia Scherson, Play
Best New Documentary Filmmakers: Jeff Zimbalist & Matt Mochary, Favela Rising
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Cees Geel, Simon
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
NY Loves Film Documentary: Rikers High Best Made in New York Narrative Feature: Red Doors
Kids Pick for Best Family short: Spandex: A Father’s Tale
Student Visionary Award: Dance Mania Fantastic
Best Documentary Short: The Life of Kevin Carter
Best Narrative Short: Cashback
Tribeca Film Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenplay Development Winners: C Penny Penniston (Love is Brilliant) and Shawn Lawrence Otto (Hubble: A Science Noir About the Mystery of the Universe and the Heart of Man)
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Narrative Feature: The Life & Times of H.J. Hermin
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Documentary Feature: Nice Bombs
Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Award for Screenwriting: The Undeniable Charm of Sloppy Unruh
Audience Award: Street Fight
