Tribeca2022: Best U.S. Narrative Film at Fest is ‘Good Girl Jane’

NEW YORK – The 21st Tribeca Film Festival announced their Jury Prizes for 2022 on June 16th. Best U.S. Narrative was rewarded to “Good Girl Jane,” an adolescent story of young love, written/directed by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz. Best International Narrative goes to “January” and Best Documentary is “The Cave of Adullam.”

“January” is a Lativian/Lithuanian/Polish production concerning an aspiring filmmaker searching for “sides” in the backdrop of Latvian independence, directed by Viesturs Kairiss. “The Cave of Adullam” (USA) regards raising boys under the auspice of martial arts, and it’s directed by Laura Checkoway.

Best U.S. Narrative Feature for 2022 is ‘Good Girl Jane,’ directed by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz
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Awards were distributed in the following feature film competition categories – U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Documentary, New Narrative Director, and the Nora Ephron Prize, honoring a woman writer or director. Awards were also given in the short film categories – Narrative, Documentary, Student Visionary and Animation. New Directors were also honored with Narrative Awards, Documentary (AKA the Albert Maysles Award) and The Nora Ephron Award

“Today’s honorees are a testament to the vitality of cinematic storytelling, representing the most exciting achievements across countries, genres, and platforms,” said Cara Cusumano, Festival Director and Vice President of Programming, “We are proud to recognize such a diverse and innovative group of works and creators with today’s well-deserved award winners.”

The following are the jury awards for the 21st Tribeca Film Festival of 2022, by category…

U.S. Narrative Competition

Rain Spencer in ‘Good Girl Jane’
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The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: “Good Girl Jane” directed by Sarah Elizabeth Mintz.

Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film: Rain Spencer in “Good Girl Jane”

Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Azuli Anderson for “Next Exit”

Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film Ben Snyder and Elizabeth Rodriguez for “Allswell”

Special Jury Prize for Best Performance Liz Carbel Sierra for “In God’s Time”

International Narrative Competition

January
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Best International Narrative Feature: “January” (Lativia/Lithuania/Poland), directed by Viesturs Kairiss

Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature: Dorota Pomykala in “Woman on a Roof” (Poland/France/Sweden)

Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature Film Jan Mayntz for “We Might as Well Be Dead” (Germany/Romania)

Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film Martín Boulocq and Rodrigo Hasbún for “The Visitor ” (Bolivia/Uraguay)

Documentary Competition

The Cave of Andullam
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Best Documentary Feature: “The Cave of Andullam” (USA), directed by Laura Checkoway

Best Documentary Cinematography: Boris Levy for “The Wild One” (France)

Best Documentary Editing: Christopher McGlynn for “The Cave of Andullam”

Short Film Competition

Night Ride
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Best Narrative Short: “Night Ride,” directed by Eirik Tveiten (Norway)

Best Animated Short: “More Than I Remember,” directed by Amy Bench (USA)

Best Documentary Short: “Stranger at the Gate,” directed by Joshua Seftel (USA)

Student Visionary Award: “Daydreamers,” directed by Ante Pask (Belgium)

New Narrative and Documentary Director Competition

Best New Narrative Director: Michelle Garza for “Huesera” (Mexico)

Special Jury Mention for Best New Narrative Director: Floor van der Meulen for“Pink Moon” (Italy/Netherlands/Slovenia)

Best New Narrative Director: (AKA the Albert Maysles Award) Edward Buckles for “Katrina Babies” (USA)

The Nora Ephron Prize

Michelle Garza for “Huesera”

ADDITIONALLY: For Audio Storytelling, Human/Nature, AT&T Untold Stories, Tribeca X, Games and Immersive Awards, CLICK HERE [19].

[21]	By PATRICK McDONALD [22] Editor and Film Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com [21]