Carice van Houten awarded for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival 2011

Carice van Houten in Black Butterflies (2011). Photo: courtesy of the artist

 

The award winners for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival have been announced on the website...
Congratulations to Carice van Houten for her role in Black Butterflies!

The 10th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by founding sponsor American Express, announced the winners of its competition categories at a ceremony hosted at the  W Union Square in New York City.  

The world competition winners were chosen from 12 narrative and 12 documentary features from 21 countries, which includes the Netherlands. Carice van Houten won the award for Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film in Black Butterflies.
Best New Director prizes were awarded for both narrative and documentary films, selected from all feature films by a first-time director throughout the program. Awards were also given in four categories in the short film competition. This year’s Festival included 93 features and 60 short films from 40 countries.

The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival runs until May 1.