'Virgin Mountain', 'Democrats' win Tribeca Film Festival Awards2015

Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Icelandic-Danish film 'Virgin Mountain' and Danish documentary 'Democrats' have won the top narrative feature and documentary awards, respectively, at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.

Another Danish film, Jeppe Ronde's 'Bridgend,' also did well in the narrative categories, nabbing honors for actress (Hannah Murray), cinematography (Magnus Jonck) and editing (Oliver Bugge Coutte), the Deadline reported.

The winners were chosen from 101 feature films, 60 shorts and five immersive storytelling projects submitted from 38 countries, with 175,000 dollars in prize money distributed among them. The festival's winning films will be screened during the final day, April 26, at venues throughout New York City.

And some of the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival award winners are:

The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature - Virgin Mountain

Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film -Gunnar Jonsson as Fusi in Virgin Mountain

Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film - Hannah Murray as Sara in Bridgend

Best Documentary Feature - Democrats, directed by Camilla Nielsson

Best New Narrative Director - Zachary Treitz director of Men Go to Battle

Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award - Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands for Uncertain

Best Narrative Short - Listen, directed by Hamy Ramezan and Rungano

Best Documentary Short - Body Team 12 directed by David Darg

The Nora Ephron Prize: Sworn Virgin, directed by Laura Bispuri and written by Francesca Manieri and Bispuri.