Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Announces Awards: Carice van Houten, Shami Bizimana take top honors

TheTribeca Film Festivalannounced its 2011 award winners Thursday evening in a ceremony at theW Union Square Hotel. Festival foundersRobert De NiroandJane Rosenthalpersonally honored the Best Feature Film,"She Monkeys,"about rivals on a girls’ equestrian team inSweden."Turn Me On, Goddammit,"about a young Norwegian woman's sexual coming of age, won the Best Screenplay award, and Park Jungbum was named Best New Director for his drama,"The Journals of Musan,"in which a North Korean defector begins a new life inSouth Korea.

The acting prizes went toShami Bizimanafor his turn as a persistentRwandanfilmmaker in"Grey Matter,"andCarice van Houten, who plays true-life poetIngrid Jonkerin"Black Butterflies."Jurors for the narrative features includedDianne Wiest,Atom Egoyan,Zoe Kazan, andRainn Wilson.

The Best Documentary award was given to Alma Har'el's experimental vision of theSalton Sea,"Bombay Beach,"while the Best New Documentary Director wasPablo Croce, who made"Like Water,"a portrait of Ultimate Fighting championAnderson Silva."Semper Fi,"the non-fiction chronicle of a Marine's toughest battle, earned a Best Editing award.Whoopi Goldberg,Michael Cera, andLauren Huttonwere among the jurors voting in the documentary categories.

Short film winners included theUKcrime thriller"Man and Boy"and"Incident in NewBaghdad,"which explores an American soldier’s experience inIraq.

The Tribeca (Online) Film Festival winners were"Donor Unknown,"a documentary about the many children born from a single sperm donor, and the fantasy gaming satire“The Dungeon Master.” Votes for the Tribeca (Online) awards were open to those who visited the festival’s website.

The Audience Award, which is also open to viewers, will be announced on Saturday night, and all the winners will be screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday. For schedules and tickets, visitwww.tribecafilm.com.

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