Main Competition Categories:
- The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature ‚Äì “About Elly (Darbareye Elly),” directed and written by Asghar Farhadi.
- Best New Narrative Filmmaker ‚Äì Rune Denstad Langlo for “North (Nord),” written by Erlend Loe.
- Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film ‚Äì Ciar√°n Hinds in “The Eclipse,” directed and written by Conor McPherson.
- Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film ‚Äì Zoe Kazan in “The Exploding Girl,” directed and written by Bradley Rust Gray.
- Best Documentary Feature ‚Äì “Racing Dreams,” directed by Marshall Curry.
- Special Jury Mention: “Defamation (Hashmatsa),” directed by Yoav Shamir.
- Best New Documentary Filmmaker ‚Äì Ian Olds for “Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi.”
New York Competition Categories:
- Best New York Narrative ‚Äì “Here and There (Tamo i ovde),” directed and written by Darko Lungulov.
- Best New York Documentary ‚Äì “Partly Private,” directed by Danae Elon.
Short Film Competition Categories:
- Best Narrative Short ‚Äì “The North Road (La route du Nord),” directed and written by Carlos Chahine.
- Best Documentary Short ‚Äì “home,” directed by Matthew Faust
- Special Jury Mention: “The Last Mermaids,” directed by Liz Chae.
- Student Visionary Award ‚Äì “Small Change,” directed and written by Anna McGrath.
- Special Jury Mention: “Oda a la Pi√±a,” directed and written by Laimir Fano.
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