The 23rd Tribeca Festival announced winners in its competition categories, with the top honors going to Griffin in Summer for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Bikechess for Best International Narrative Feature, and Hacking Hate for Best Documentary Feature.
The following competition categories were given awards: U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, Short Film, Audio Storytelling, Games, Human / Nature, Nora Ephron, Viewpoints, AT&T Untold Stories, and Tribeca X.
The Festival, hosting more than 570 events across New York City will conclude June 16th, 2024.
“After a banner year of Tribeca programming, I do not envy our jurors’ task of selecting this year’s winners,” said Tribeca Festival Director. “I’m delighted to see they’ve chosen to honor a diverse, international, adventurous group of films that truly reflect the Tribeca spirit. We can’t wait to continue to follow and support all these films’ journeys into the world.” – said SVP of Programming Cara Cusumano
2024 Winners and Special Jury Mentions, as selected by the 2024 Festival Jury, are as follows:
U.S. NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Griffin in Summer, director Nicholas Colia (United States) – World Premiere
Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature: Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux for Jazzy (United States) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Performance in a U.S. Feature: Joshua Burge for Vulcanizadora (United States) – World Premiere
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature: Nicholas Colia for Griffin in Summer (United States) – World Premiere
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature: Alejandro Mejia for The Knife (United States) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Cinematography in a U.S. Feature: Ki Jin Kim for Bitterroot (United States) – World Premiere
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Best International Narrative Feature: Bikechess, director Assel Aushakimova (Kazakhstan) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for an International Narrative Feature: Yasemin Samdereli for Samia (Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden) – World Premiere
Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature: Yu Aier for Some Rain Must Fall (China) – North American Premiere
Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature: Celina Murga, Juan Villegas, Lucía Osorio for The Freshly Cut Grass (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, United States) – World Premiere
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature: Constanze Schmitt for Some Rain Must Fall (China) – North American Premiere
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Best Documentary Feature: Hacking Hate, director Simon Klose (Sweden, Denmark, Norway) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for a Documentary Feature: Made in Ethiopia, directors Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan (United States, Canada, Ethiopia, Denmark, Korea, United Kingdom) – World Premiere
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature: Ezra Wolfinger for Shelf Life (United States) – World Premiere
Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: Rupert Houseman for Antidote (United Kingdom) – World Premiere
BEST NEW NARRATIVE DIRECTOR AWARD
Nnamdi Asomugha for The Knife (United States) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for New Narrative Director: Nicholas Colia for Griffin in Summer (United States) – World Premiere
ALBERT MAYSLES AWARD FOR BEST NEW DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Debra Aroko and Nicole Gormley for Searching for Amani (Kenya) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for New Documentary Director: Elizabeth Ai for New Wave (United States) – World Premiere
VIEWPOINTS AWARD
Viewpoints Award: Come Closer, director Tom Nesher (United Kingdom) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Viewpoints: Witches, director Elizabeth Sankey (United Kingdom) – World Premiere
NORA EPHRON AWARD
Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge for Don’t You Let Me Go (Uruguay) – World Premiere
HUMAN / NATURE AWARD
Dust to Dust (Japan) – International Premiere
SHORTS COMPETITION
Best Narrative Short: Ripe!, director Tusk (United States, Spain) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Narrative Short: Alarms, director Nicolas Panay (France) – New York Premiere
Best Documentary Short: Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World, director Julio Palacio (United States) – New York Premiere.
Best Animated Short: In the Shadow of the Cypress, directors Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi (Iran) – New York Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Animated Short: Budō, directors Amanda Aagard and Alexander Toma (Sweden) – International Premiere
Student Visionary Award: Nay Tabbara for Ebb & Flow (Lebanon, Qatar) – World Premiere
Special Jury Mention for Student Visionary: Jamie Perault for Budd, Sweat & Tearz (United Kingdom) – World Premiere
Best Music Video: Never Ending Song, performed by Conan Gray (United States)
TRIBECA GAMES AWARD
Goodnight Universe (United States) – World Premiere.
TRIBECA AUDIO STORYTELLING COMPETITION
Fiction Audio Storytelling Award: The Skies are Watching . g-yet-relatable characters. Classic and timeless meets cutting edge.”
Narrative Nonfiction Audio Storytelling Award: Delejos (United States, Canada,Puerto Rico).
Independent Fiction Audio Storytelling Award: Red for Revolution (United States).
Independent Nonfiction Audio Storytelling Award: Back to the Water: More than One Octopus (South Africa, United States).
AT&T PRESENTS UNTOLD STORIES
Lilian T. Mehrel for Honeyjoon
TRIBECA X AWARD COMPETITION
Best Commercial: Michael CeraVe from CeraVe and Ogilvy PR, directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim
Best Feature: Audrey’s Children from UTA and Ronald McDonald House Charities, directed by Ami Canaan Mann
Best Episodic: The Santa Stories from Coca Cola and WPP Open X/VML, directed by Steven Caple Jr. and Bryce Dallas Howard
Best Short: One Good Reason from ServiceNow, Tribeca Studios, and directors Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill
Best Games & Immersive: MLB The Show Storylines: The Negro Leagues by PlayStation Studios, directed by Jarred Schiff, Gavin Filipiak, Ramone Russell, and Brandon Akiaten.
Best Audio: Science will Win, by Pfizer
Best Content Creator: Jacksonville Jaguars 2023 Schedule Release Video from the Jacksonville Jaguars, directed by Asher Grodman
Social Impact Award: …One Good Reason from ServiceNow, Tribeca Studios, and directors Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill
Environmental Impact Award: Project Maji: Waters of Change Vr Experience from Born Studios and directors Bilge Tekin, Dominic Clarke, and Nicholas Masters-Waage
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