A teenage writer and director took home the top prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for his tale of an alcoholic preacher in rural Louisiana, festival organizers announced Thursday. The prize, the Founders Award for best narrative feature, was one of several awards for “Burning Cane,” which its filmmaker, Phillip Youmans, now 19, has said was inspired by the blues. He also won for the movie’s cinematography, and Wendell Pierce, who stars as the troubled clergyman, won best actor in an American feature. Best actress in an American movie went to Haley Bennett, who plays a pregnant woman obsessed with consuming dangerous objects in the thriller “Swallow.”[Nine Tribeca debuts worth checking out.] On the international side, “House of Hummingbird” (Beol-sae), directed by Bora Kim, was named best feature, and its star, Ji-hu Park, best actress.

Source: International New York Times May 02, 2019 22:52 UTC