Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Has Come to An End

After 12 days filled with film and television premieres, Immersive and V.R. experiences, not to miss reunions, talks, and concerts, the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, came to a close on Sunday evening with an estimated attendance of more than 146,000 people to 618 screenings and Talks, and the Virtual Arcade and Tribeca Cinema360.
From April 24 – May 5, the Festival presented 111 features, 63 short films, 33 immersive storytelling projects, 18 television projects, and 21 N.O.W. (New Online Work) projects representing 44 countries. Tribeca hosted 22 Tribeca Talks and the Tribeca Celebrates Pride event honoring the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a day of conversations.
This year, 40% of the feature films had one or more women directors, people of color directed 29% of the feature films and 13% of the feature films were from individuals who identify as LGBTQIA.
Below are the award winning narrative feature projects from the Festival.

This image released by the Tribeca Film Festival shows Wendell Pierce in a scene from “Burning Cane.” The film by filmmaker Phillip Youmans won the top award at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday. The film also took awards for best cinematography and best actor for Pierce. (Phillip Youmans/Tribeca Film Festival via AP)
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
- Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature – Burning Cane written and directed by Phillip Youmans.
- Best International Narrative Feature – House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) written and directed by Bora Kim.
- Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Phillip Youmans for Burning Cane.
- Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Blow the Man Down written by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy.
- Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Haley Bennett in Swallow.
- Best Actor in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film – Wendell Pierce in Burning Cane.
- Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Kang Gook-hyun for House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae).
- Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film – Noah Land (Nuh Tepesi) written by Cenk Ertürk.
- Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film – Ji-hu Park in House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae).
- Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film – Ali Atay in Noah Land (Nuh Tepesi).
- Best New Narrative Director – Edgar Nito, director of The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero).
- The Nora Ephron Award – Rania Attieh, co-director of Initials S.G.
Until next year…enjoy!