Griffin in Summer won the Founders Award for best U.S. narrative feature as well as two additional awards: special jury mention for new narrative director for Nicholas Colia and best screenplay in a U.S. narrative feature, which also went to Colia.
Meanwhile, Bikechess won Best International Narrative Feature, and Hacking Hate won BestDocumentary Feature. Don’t You Let Me Go won the 12th annual Nora Ephron Award and Come Closer and Witches topped the first Viewpoints Competition.
Additionally, Nnamdi Asomugha’s The Knife won two awards: best cinematography in a U.S. narrative feature (Alejandro Mejia) and the best new narrative director award for Asomugha.
Some Rain Must Fall also won two awards.
A full list of this year’s winners follows.
U.S. NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature
Griffin in Summer, director Nicholas Colia
Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature
Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux for Jazzy
Special Jury Mention for Performance in a U.S. Feature
Joshua Burge for Vulcanizadora
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature
Nicholas Colia for Griffin in Summer
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature
Alejandro Mejia for The Knife
Special Jury Mention for Cinematography in a U.S. Feature
Ki Jin Kim for Bitterroot
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Best International Narrative Feature
Bikechess, director Assel Aushakimova (Kazakhstan)
Special Jury Mention for an International Narrative Feature
Samia, director Yasemin Samdereli (Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden)
Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature
Yu Aier for Some Rain Must Fall (China)
Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature
Celina Murga, Juan Villegas, Lucía Osorio for The Freshly Cut Grass (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, United States)
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature
Constanze Schmitt for Some Rain Must Fall (China)
BEST NEW NARRATIVE DIRECTOR AWARD
Nnamdi Asomugha for The Knife (United States)
Special Jury Mention
Nicholas Colia for Griffin in Summer (United States)
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Best Documentary Feature
Hacking Hate, director Simon Klose (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Special Jury Mention for a Documentary Feature
Made in Ethiopia, directors Xinyan Yu, Max Duncan (United States, Canada, Ethiopia, Denmark, Korea, United Kingdom)
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature
Ezra Wolfinger for Shelf Life (United States)
Best Editing in a Documentary Feature
Rupert Houseman for Antidote (United Kingdom)
ALBERT MAYSLES AWARD FOR BEST NEW DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR
Debra Aroko and Nicole Gormley for Searching for Amani (Kenya)
Special Jury Mention
Elizabeth Ai for New Wave (United States)
VIEWPOINTS AWARD
Come Closer, director Tom Nesher (United Kingdom)
Special Jury Mention
Witches, director Elizabeth Sankey (United Kingdom)
NORA EPHRON AWARD
Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge for Don’t You Let Me Go (Uruguay)
HUMAN / NATURE AWARD
Dust to Dust (Japan)
SHORTS COMPETITION
Best Narrative Short
Ripe!, director Tusk (United States, Spain)
Special Jury Mention for Narrative Short
Alarms, director Nicolas Panay (France)
Best Documentary Short
Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World, director Julio Palacio (United States)
Best Animated Short
In the Shadow of the Cypress, directors Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi (Iran)
Special Jury Mention for Animated Short
Budō, directors Amanda Aagard and Alexander Toma (Sweden)
Best Music Video
Never Ending Song, performed by Conan Gray (United States)
Student Visionary Award
Nay Tabbara for Ebb & Flow (Lebanon, Qatar)
Special Jury Mention for Student Visionary
Jamie Perault for Budd, Sweat & Tearz (United Kingdom)
TRIBECA GAMES AWARD
Goodnight Universe (United States)
TRIBECA AUDIO STORYTELLING COMPETITION
Fiction Audio Storytelling Award
The Skies Are Watching (United States)
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
More to come.
