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Here are all the winners from the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

The festival announced the United States and International Awards on Thursday afternoon.

Justin Carissimo
Thursday 21 April 2016 22:41 BST
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NEW YORK—Hosts of the 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival announced the big winners of this year’s competitions on Thursday afternoon.

In the US category, Demetri Martin’s directorial debut Dean won the top honor in the narrative features competition. Winning in the best documentary was Do Not Resist, which follows the militarization of police departments across the country. For the International spotlight, Junction 48 won best narrative feature.

“We are proud to celebrate the winning filmmakers, artists, and creators from our 15th edition,” Jane Rosenthal, festival co-founder, said in a statement. “Their stories have entertained, inspired, and challenged us to think about the world and we are grateful to them for sharing their work with us.”

You can find the complete list of winners below.

US Narrative Feature Competition

The Founders Award for Best Narrative FeatureDean, written and directed by Demetri Martin.

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Best Actor in a US Narrative Feature Film – Dominic Rains in The Fixer.

Best Actress in a US Narrative Feature Film – Mackenzie Davis in Always Shine.

Best Cinematography in a US Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Michael Ragen for Kicks.

Best Screenplay in a US Narrative Feature FilmWomen Who Kill written by Ingrid Jungermann.

International Narrative Feature Competition

Best International Narrative FeatureJunction 48, written and directed by Udi Aloni.

Amnon Zalait

Best Actor in an International Narrative Feature Film – Alan Sabbagh in The Tenth Man.

Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature Film – Radhika Apte in Clean Shaven, a part of Madly.

Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film – Cinematography by Kjell Vassdal for El Clásico.

Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature FilmPerfect Strangers, written by Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paolo Genovese, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello.

World Documentary Competition Categories

Best Documentary FeatureDo Not Resist, directed by Craig Atkinson (USA).

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Best Documentary Cinematography – Cinematography by Jarred Alterman for Contemporary Color (USA).

Best Documentary Editing – Editing by Bill Ross for Contemporary Color (USA).

Directing Awards

Best New Narrative Director Award — Priscilla Anany, director of Children of the Mountain (USA, Ghana).

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Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award — David Feige for Untouchable (USA)

Short-Film Categories

Best Narrative Short Hold On (Houvast), directed by Charlotte Scott-Wilson (Netherlands).

Best Documentary ShortExtremis directed by Dan Krauss (USA).

Student Visionary AwardPing Pong Coach (乒乓), directed by Yi Liu. (Taiwan R.O.C., USA).

Storyscapes Award

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness created by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, and James Spinney.

Ex Nihilo (Ex Nihilo)

The Nora Ephron Prize

Rachel Tunnard, director, writer, and editor of Adult Life Skills (UK).

Tribeca X Award

Hearing Colors, created by Greg Brunkalla for Samsung.

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