Cynematik

Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature

Film: My Father My Lord (Hofshat Kaits)
Director: David Volach
Prize: $50,000
Art Prize: Maternal Nocturne by Stephen Hannock

Sponsored by Amium

Best New Narrative Filmmaker

Film: Two Embraces (Dos Abrazos)
Director: Enrique Begne
Prize: $25,000
Art Prize: Reach, 2007 by Kiki Smith

Sponsored by American Express

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature

Actor: Lofti Ebdelli
Film: Making Of (Akher film)
Director: Nouri Bouzid
Prize: 2 Business Elite ticket vouchers for anywhere Delta
travels

Sponsored by Delta Air Lines

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature

Actress: Marina Hands
Film: Lady Chatterley
Director: Pascale Ferran
Prize: 2 Business Elite ticket vouchers for anywhere Delta
travels

Sponsored by Delta Air Lines

Best Screenplay

Film: Making Of (Akher film)
Screenwriter/Director: Nouri Bouzid
Prize: $15,000
Art Prize: Reel to Reel by Joel Perlman

Sponsored by Axium

Honorable Mention for Screenplay

Film: Lost in Beijing (Ping Guo)
Screenwriters: Li Yu, Fang Li
Director: Li Yu

Honorable Mention for Screenplay

Film: Half Moon (Niwemang)
Screenwriter/Director: Bahman Ghobadi

World Documentary Feature Competition

Best Documentary

Film: Taxi to the Darkside
Director: Alex Gibney
Prize: $25,000
Art Prize: S.P. II, 1997 by Chuck Close

Sponsored by Axium

Best New Documentary Filmmaker

Film: A Story of People in War & Peace
Director: Vardan Hovhannisyan
Prize: $25,000
Art Prize:Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, South Africa 1995 by
Bruce Weber

Sponsored by American Express

Special Jury Mention

Film: We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
Director: Paul Taylor

Short Film Competition, Narrative

Best Narrative Short

Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short

Film: Super Powers
Directors: J. Mitchell Anderson, Jeremy Kipp Walker
Prize: $5,000

Prize Generously Donated by Todd Wagner of 2929 Entertainment

Student & Documentary Short Competition

Best Documentary Short

Film: A Son’s Sacrifice
Director: Yoni Brook
Prize: $5,000
Art Prize: Deb 2000 by Deborah Kass

Sponsored by Apple

Student Visionary Award

Film: Good Luck Nedim (Sretan Put Nedime)
Director: Marko Santic
Prize: Apple Mac Pro Desktop with a 23" Display and Final
Cut Studio 2
Art Prize: Untitled (4/6/06) by Carroll Dunham

Prize Generously Donated by the Barbara Gladstone Gallery

Student Visionary Award

Film: A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol
Factory
Director: Lee Wang
Prize: Apple Mac Pro Desktop with a 23" Display and Final
Cut Studio 2

Sponsored by Apple

New York Competition

"NY Loves Film" – Documentary

Film: A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol
Factory
Director: Esther Robinson
Prize: $5,000
Art Prize: Ivy with Marilyn, Boston by Nan Goldin

Sponsored by The New York State Governor’s Office for Motion Picture and Theater
Development

"Made In NY" – Narrative

Film: The Education of Charlie Banks
Director: Fred Durst
Prize: $5,000
Art Prize: Hurricane II Tribeca Film Festival Poster by
Clifford Ross

Sponsored by The New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting

Special Jury Recognition

Film: The Killing of John Lennon
Director: Andrew Piddington
Art Prize: Hurricane II Tribeca Film Festival Poster by
Clifford Ross

Sponsored by The New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting

CADILLAC AWARD

Film: TDB
Director: TDB
Prize: $25,000