TFI-Supported Projects & Filmmakers at IFP's 31st Independent Film Week

After being supported through the Tribeca Film Institute's programs, the following projects and filmmakers will be featured in the IFP's 31st Independent Film Week, taking place in NYC September 19-24, as part of the Project Forum.  See below for more information about all of the projects.

In the No Borders International Co-Production Market section:

COCKEYED
Written by Ryan Knighton, Directed by Jodie Foster, Produced by Susan Cartsonis & Jody Hotchkiss
Supported by TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2009

  • A tough, tender, and darkly comic story whose protagonist crashes into life, slowly going blind and trying to save his brother from self-destruction.


LOOK FOR WATER
Written by Jennifer Phang & Dominic Mah, Directed by Jennifer Phang, Produced by Reuben Lim
Supported by Tribeca All Access 2009

  • A couple wakes up one morning to find they have literally lost sight of one another, igniting a path to rediscover each other and others lost along the way


YOU'RE A BIG GIRL NOW
Written & Directed by Tze Chun, Produced by Mynette Louie
Directed by Tribeca All Access alumnus Tze Chun

  • Chun's second feature film, based on the true story of his mother’s adoption by a Singaporean madam.


In the Spotlight on Documentaries section:

BEIJING TAXI
Directed & Produced by Miao Wang, Produced by Ivana Stolkiner
Supported by Tribeca All Access 2008

  • Set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing Beijing, over a two-year time period leading up to the 2008 Olympics, a portrait of the changing lives of three local taxi drivers . Beijing Taxi will also be featured in the free IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs Sneak Preview Showcase, presented by Rooftop Films.


DELTA BOYS
Directed by Andrew Berends
Supported by Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2008

  • An unprecedented intimate look at the daily lives, culture, hardships and mindset of the young rebel men who have taken up arms on the brutal Niger Delta.


GIVE UP TOMORROW
Directed & Produced by Michael Collins, Produced by Marty Syjuco, Exec. Produced by Ramona Diaz
Supported by Tribeca All Access 2008 & Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2008

  • When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of corruption.


GROWING SMALL
Directed & Produced by Jyllian Gunther, Exec. Produced by Jack Lechner
Supported by Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2009

  • The multi-year chronicle of one community's arduous and idealistic endeavor to found its own public school and re-invent urban education.


LA MUÑECA FEA (THE UGLY DOLL)
Directed by George Reyes & Claudia López, Produced by Nekisa Cooper & Diane Houslin
Supported by Tribeca All Access 2009 & Winner of TAA Creative Promise Award

  • A group of elderly sex workers in Mexico City seek peace and find community at a refuge established by a former colleague.


SONS OF PERDITION
Directed & Produced by Tyler Measom & Jennilyn Merten, Exec. Produced by Julie Goldman, Nick Fraser, Diana Barrett, Julia Parker Benello, Abigail E. Disney, & Wendy Ettinger
Supported by Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2008

  • A rare, inside look at polygamist teens who have become religious refugees in mainstream America, seen through the eyes of five exiled teens and the dictatorial prophet who has banished them from their families, community, and religious salvation.


WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS
Directed & Produced by Beth Murphy, Produced by Sean Flynn
By Beth Murphy & Sean Flynn, previously supported by Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund 2009 for The Promise of Freedom

  • A year at the Zabuli Afghan girls' school, where the battle to educate girls mirrors the battle to save Afghanistan from again becoming a failed state. What Tomorrow Brings is also participating in the Good Pitch at IFP.
     

Also at The Good Pitch:

25 TO LIFE
Directed by Michael L. Brown
Supported by Tribeca All Access 2008

  • William Brawner was infected with HIV before he turned two and kept it a secret for over twenty years. Now he seeks redemption from the women of his promiscuous past and embarks on a new phase of life with his pregnant wife, who is HIV-negative.