Tribeca 2005: Winners Announced

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