World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery

‘We Come as Friends’ (Director: Hubert Sauper) — We Come as Friends is a modern odyssey, a science fiction–like journey in a tiny homemade flying machine into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, Africa’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, a “civilizing” pathology transcends the headlines—colonialism, imperialism, and yet-another holy war over resources. World Premiere.

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

‘I Origins’ (Director and screenwriter: Mike Cahill) – A PhD student studying molecular biology with a specialty in eye evolution leaves his lab to go to a party and has an intense, but fleeting, encounter with a mysterious, masked model who escapes into the night. With only a picture of her stunning and iconic eyes, he tracks her down, and they fall in love… Cast: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi

– Donal O’Connor