The folks flock to "City Island."
By Alison Willmore on 05/04/2009
Filed under: Festivals
Raymond De Felitta's "City Island," a comedy starring Andy Garcia set in the little-known New York neighborhood of its title, turned out to tbe the crowd favorite at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, winning the Heineken Audience Award. Marshall Curry's "Racing Dreams" and mockumentary "Midgets Vs. Mascots" were the runners-up.
"Racing Dreams" was already lauded with a jury prize for Best Documentary -- the rest of the awards, which were announced on Thursday, are listed below.
World Narrative Competition
Best Narrative Feature: "About Elly"
Best New Narrative Filmmaker: Rune Denstad Langlo for "North"
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Ciarán Hinds in "The Eclipse"
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Zoe Kazan in "The Exploding Girl"
Best Documentary Feature: "Racing Dreams"
Special Jury Mention: "Defamation"
Best New Documentary Filmmaker: Ian Olds for "Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi"
New York Competition
Best New York Narrative: "Here and There"
Honorable Mention: "Entre nos"
Best New York Documentary: "Partly Private"
Short Film Competition
Best Narrative Short: "The North Road"
Best Documentary Short: "home"
Special Jury Mention: "The Last Mermaids"
Student Visionary Award
Winner: "Small Change"
Special Jury Mention: "Oda a la Piña"
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