After a week-plus of offering fans and press the chance to screen films ahead of release and even acquisition, the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival announced its Jury Award and Audience Award winners on Thursday, June 16 and Sunday, June 19, respectively.
Per their jury, Sarah Elizabeth Mintz’ won the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature (Good Girl Jane). Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature was awarded to Ben Snyder (Allswell).
JURY AWARDS
Good Girl Jane
Mintz’ debut feature was the runaway goldmine of the festival, struck from out of left field. The film also garnered a Best Actress nod for its lead, Rain Spencer. She plays a lonely Los Angeles teenager as a fish-out-of-water at a new school due to being bullied out of her previous one.
Andie MacDowell stars as Jane’s mother, Ruth, who struggles to keep her daughter from falling in too deep with the drug crowd that’s more than piqued her interest.
“Substance abuse carries a lot of shame, a lot of misconception,” Mintz told Deadline, while recalling how a bout with real-life addiction as a high school freshman informed her work. “What mattered was to shed some light on the isolation I felt. I know that had I seen that type of isolation on the screen, it would truly have affected me, made me feel less alone.”
Of her win, Mintz is in total disbelief. “I am over the moon. I did a lot of really ugly crying in front of a bunch of people. I want to see that, if someone has video. Or maybe not.”
Allswell
Ben Snyder’s film, from a deservedly winning screenplay co-penned by star Elizabeth Rodriguez, is a character-driven “Nuyorican Odyssey,” according to IMDb. It follows Daisy (Rodriguez), her sister and her sister-in-law navigating the terrain of Daisy’s postabusive
relationship child surrogate pursuits.
Michael Rispoli (The Sopranos, The Rum Diary) costars as sister Ida’s partner, Ray, in a film that features countless interconnected plots about an extended family walking the thin balancing beam of love and estrangement in the modern day.
Think Parenthood for the Latino community, but a film that viewers from all walks of life can enjoy. It sports equal touches of raucous humor and cutting heartbreak, with each emotional extreme woven in seamlessly from fade in to fade out.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
In association with presenting partner OKX, Tribeca Festival announced the Audience Award for its 21st annual event.
Our Father, The Devil, featured as part of its ‘Indeed Juneteenth’ programming, took home the top prize on the audience slate. “The Best Narrative Feature – Audience Award” selection follows the unnerving tale of a medical worker’s past coming back to haunt her in quick fashion.
Cherry, Sophie Galibert’s requiem for a 25-year-old given 24 hours to decide what to do about her unplanned pregnancy, won “Best Online Premiere at the festival that’s proudly promoted its
“Tribeca at Home” service. The streamer carries a considerable portion of Tribeca’s 2022 catalog, will run through June 26 for all subscribed parties, and is available via Apple TV+ and Roku.
Stay tuned for The Messenger’s continued coverage of films screened in collaboration with 2022 Tribeca Film Festival over the coming weeks.
