The Laos-set drama “The Rocket” and the documentary about same-sex unions “Bridegroom”

The Laos-set drama “The Rocket” and the documentary about same-sex unions “Bridegroom” have won the top audience awards at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tribeca’s Heineken Audience Awards carry $25,000 cash prizes, which were given out at the festival’s wrap party and awards announcement on Saturday night.

Australian director Kim Mordaunt made “The Rocket,” which follows a young boy in rural Laos as he tries to find a new home and escape the country’s legacy of war. On Thursday, the film also won the top jury prize, and non-professional actor Sitthiphon Disamoe was named the festival’s top actor.

Tribeca patrons ranked each film on a scale of 1-to-5 as they left all of the festival’s public screenings. TFF kept a running tally of the top-ranked films throughout the festival; in the final update before Saturday’s announcement, “The Rocket” and “Bridegroom” were both in first place.

Among narrative films, “The Rocket” was followed by “A Birder’s category_ide to Everything,” “Wadjda,” “G.B.F.” and “Before Midnight.”