WINNERS OF THE 2018 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

"Diane", the feature film debut from Kent Jones who also happens to be the executive director of the New York Film Festival, took the top prize of Best Narrative Feature at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. This film stars Mary Kay Place as a widow who has spent her life helping others and finds herself forced to face her own identity. "Diane" also received the Best Screenplay prize for Jones and Best Cinematography. The jury named Alia Shawkat as Best Actress for her work in Miguel Arteta’s "Duck Butter" which has just opened in limited release in U.S. theaters and Jeffrey Wright won Best Actor for the prison drama, "O.G.".

Here is a partial list of winners of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival:

JURY AWARD WINNERS

Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: "Diane"
Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Alia Shawkat, "Duck Butter"



Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Jeffrey Wright, "O.G."
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Kent Jones, "Diane"
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Wyatt Garfield, "Diane"
Best International Narrative Feature: "Smuggling Hendrix" (Cyprus, Germany, Greece)
Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film: Joy Rieger, "Virgins" (France, Israel, Belgium)
Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film: Rasmus Bruun, "The Saint Bernard Syndicate (Denmark)



Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film: Lærke Sanderhoff, "The Saint Bernard Syndicate" (Denmark)
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film: Albert Salas, "Obey" (U.K.)



Best Documentary Feature: "Island of the Hungry Ghosts"
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Film: Niels van Koevorden, "Tanzania Transit" (Netherlands)



Best Editing in a Documentary Film: Frederick Shanahan, Jon Kasbe and Caitlyn Greene, "When Lambs Become Lions"

WORLD NARRATIVE AWARD WINNERS

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: "Virgin Mountain" (Iceland, Denmark)
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Gunnar Jónsson, "Virgin Mountain" (Iceland, Denmark)
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Hannah Murray, "Bridgend" (Denmark)
Best Cinematography: Magnus Jønck, "Bridgend" (Denmark)
Best Screenplay: Dagur Kári, "Virgin Mountain" (Iceland, Denmark)
Best Narrative Editing: Oliver Bugge Coutté, "Bridgend" (Denmark)

WORLD DOCUMENTARY AWARD WINNERS

Best Documentary Feature: "Democrats" (Denmark)
Special Jury Mention: "In Transit" (U.S.A.)
Best Documentary Editing: Valerio Bonelli, "Palio" (U.K., Italy)

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

Narrative Feature Award: "To Dust"
Runner-up Narrative Feature Award: "Mapplethorpe"
Documentary Feature Award: "United Skates"
Runner-Up Documentary Feature Award: "Momentum Generation"

THE NORA EPHRON PRIZE

"Sworn Virgin" (Albania, Germany, Italy, Kosovo, Switzerland)