Tribeca Festival Winners: Catch The Fair One And Blind Ambition Nab Audience Awards, Joining Juried Nods For The Novice, Brighton 4th, Ascension -…

UPDATED with audience award winners. The Tribeca Festival has announced its Audience Award winners: Catch the Fair One for Best Narrative Feature, Blind Ambition for Best Documentary Feature and Ferguson Rises for Best Online Feature. The winners of the narrative and documentary categories will receive a cash prize of $10,000.

Tribecas 20th edition wrapped up on Sunday.

PREVIOUSLY: Lauren Hadaways The Novice, about a queer college freshman who joins her universitys rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top boat, has won the Best U.S. Narrative Feature Film prize at the Tribeca Festival.

Star Isabelle Furman won the best actress prize, and Todd Martin took cinematography honors for the film, the first feature for Hadaway, a former competitive rower.

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Brighton 4th, directed by Levan Koguashvili, won the fests Best International Narrative Feature Film prize, taking that honor as well as best actor for Levan Tediashvili and screenplay for Boris Frumin. Ascension, directed by Jessica Kingdon, won the top Documentary prize, while Kingdon also won the Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director.

Competition awards were given in Tribecas U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, Short Films, Immersive and the first-ever Podcast and Games categories.

Second Place for Best Narrative Feature went to Last Film Show, written and directed by Pan Nalin.

The fest on Thursday also bestowed its annual Nora Ephron Award to Chanel James and Taylor Garron for As of Yet. The award, which includes a $25,000 prize, honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker.

Heres the winners list:

AUDIENCE AWARDS

NarrativeCatch the Fair One, directed and written by Josef Kubota WladykaProduced by Mollye Asher, Kimberly Parker, Josef Kubota Wladyka

DocumentaryBlind Ambition, directed by Robert Coe and Warwick Ross, written by Warwick Ross, Robert Coe, Paul Murphy, Madeleine RossProduced by Warwick Ross and Robert Coe

U.S. NARRATIVE COMPETITION

The Founders Award for Best Feature FilmThe Novice, directed and written by Lauren HadawayProduced by Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker

Best ActressIsabelle Furman, The Novice, directed and written by Lauren HadawayProduced by Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker

Special Jury Mention: Kali Reis, Catch The Fair One

Best ActorMatthew Leone, Gods Waiting Room, directed and written by Tyler RiggsProduced by Tyler Riggs, Suvi Riggs

Best CinematographyTodd Martin, The Novice, directed and written by Lauren HadawayProduced by Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker

Best ScreenplayHannah Marks, Mark, Mary, and Some Other People, directed and written by Hannah MarksProduced by Hannah Marks, Pete Williams, Jon Lullo, Brendan Walter, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams, Stephen Braun

Special Jury Prize for Artistic ExpressionDirector Nana Mensah,Queen of Glory

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION

Best Feature FilmBrighton 4th, directed by Levan Koguashvili, written by Boris Frumin, Levan KoguashviliProduced by Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt

Best ActressBassant Ahmed & Basmala Elghaiesh, Souad, directed by Ayten Amin, written by Mahmoud Ezzat, Ayten Amin. Produced by Sameh Awad.

Best ActorLevan Tediashvili, Brighton 4th, directed by Levan Koguashvili, written by Boris Frumin, Levan Koguashvili. Produced by Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt.

Best CinematographyElisabeth Vogler, Roaring 20s, directed by Elisabeth Vogler, written by Franois Mark, Elisabeth Vogler, Nomie Schmidt, Joris Avodo. Produced by Laurent Rochette.

Best ScreenplayBoris Frumin, Brighton 4th, directed by Levan Koguashvili, written by Boris Frumin, Levan KoguashviliProduced by Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Michel Merkt, Kateryna Merkt

Special Jury Mention: Cast ensemble ofRoaring 20s

Best New Narrative DirectorNana Mensah, Queen of Glory, directed and written by Nana MensahProduced by Jamund Washington, Kelley Robins Hicks, Baff Akoto, Nana Mensah, Anya Migdal

Special Jury Mention: Mack Fisher, Cinematographer ofGods Waiting Room

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Best FeatureAscension, directed by Jessica KingdonProduced by Kira Simon-Kennedy, Jessica Kingdon, Nathan Truesdell

Best EditingShannon Swan, The Kids, directed by Eddie MartinProduced by Shannon Swan

Best CinematographyBing Liu & Joshua Altman, All These Sons, directed by Bing Liu, Joshua AltmanProduced by Zak Piper, Kelsey Carr, Bing Liu, Joshua Altman

2021 Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary DirectorJessica Kingdon, Ascension, directed by Jessica KingdonProduced by Kira Simon-Kennedy, Jessica Kingdon, Nathan Truesdell

Special Jury Mention:The Neutral Grounddirected by CJ Hunt

NORA EPHRON AWARD

Chanel James & Taylor Garron, As of Yet, directed by Chanel James, Taylor GarronProduced by Ashley Edouard, Taylor Garron

SHORT CATEGORIES

Best Narrative ShortRongfei Guo, Girl With a Thermal Gun, directed and written by Rongfei GuoProduced by Du Yating

Special Jury Mention: Leylak

Best Animated ShortReza Riahi, Navozande, The Musician, directed and written by Reza RiahiProduced by Eleanor Coleman, Stphanie Carreras, Philippe Pujo

Special Jury Mention: Dirty Little Secret,directed by Jeff Scher, andTry To Fly, directed by The Affolter Brothers

Short Documentary AwardRyan White, Coded, directed by Ryan WhiteProduced by Christopher Leggett, Jessica Hargrave, Conor Fetting-Smith, Rafael Marmor, Marc Gilbar

Student Visionary AwardRobert Brogden, Six Nights, directed and written by Robert BrogdenProduced by Robert Brogden, Kelley Zincone, Izrael Lopez

PODCAST AWARD

Non-FictionHouse of Pod and Wild Bird Trust, Guardians of the River

FictionJames Kim and Brooke Iskra, Vermont Ave.

Special Jury Mention: Brooklyn Santa

TRIBECA X AWARD

Best FeatureDear Santa, Director: Dana Nachman; Brand: The United States Postal Service

Best EpisodicBlack Owned, Director: Rodney Lucas; Brand: Square

Best ShortChinese New Year-Nian, Director: Lulu Wang; Brand: Apple

ImmersiveCurrent, Creator: Annie Saunders; Brand: Brookfield Properties

GAMES

2021 Games AwardNorco, from Geography of Robots, published by Raw Fury

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION CATEGORIES

Best Immersive Narrative Competition AwardMichle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Yasmin Elayat, The Changing Same: Episode 1

Best Creative Nonfiction Competition AwardAnnie Saunders, Current

Storyscapes AwardFelix Gaedtke, Gayatri Parameswaran, Kusunda

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