And that’s a wrap!
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The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up this past weekend after announcing the winners of the two Audience Awards, powered by Infor.
The big winners of the night were Here Alone, a film about a virus that ravaged human civilization, leaving two groups of survivors: those who have managed to avoid infection, and those driven to madness, violence, and an insatiable bloodlust, directed by Rod Blackhurst who received the Narrative award.
The other lucky winner was The Return, a film about the California’s controversial and notoriously harsh three-strikes law, directed by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway who received the Documentary award.
Each award winner received a cash prize of $10,000. Additionally as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program, Here Alone receives Zak Kitnick’s Untitled (acrylic, ink and phosphorescent pigment on paper) and The Return receives Clifford Ross’s Horizon XI (silver-Gelatin print.)
“It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like Here Alone and the powerful and affecting documentary The Return. While very different films, both highlight the resilience of the human spirit,” said Genna Terranova, Festival Director, Tribeca Film Festival.
Runners up for the audience award were Children of the Mountain directed by Priscilla Anany for the narrative award and Midsummer in Newtown directed by Lloyd Kramer for the documentary audience award.
Throughout the festival audience members were able to vote by using their mobile devices and going to tribecafilm.com/vote and rating the film they just experienced on a scale of 1-5 stars.
If film lovers missed the chance to see the Audience Award winners and runner-ups at the festival they got a chance to catch a screening on April 24 at Regal Park Stadium 11, along with the winners selected by the TFF Jury.
