About Tribeca All Access

What We Do

It’s a simple premise that has achieved great success in less than seven years: provide unheralded and established filmmakers with unprecedented access to industry professionals, giving them the contacts and confidence they need to make their movies.

Who Comes?

Tribeca All Access participants are filmmakers from traditionally under-represented communities with great stories and a desire to tell them. Industry representatives come from production, distribution and development companies, as well as agencies and law firms that have a passion for contributing diverse voices to the film industry.

For industry representatives, TAA is a place to meet exceptionally talented filmmakers, find new and exciting scripts covering a range of genres and budgets, and get a first look at new documentary works-in-progress.

What Happens?

During the first week of the Tribeca Film Festival, selected filmmakers and invited industry representatives meet in pre-scheduled 30-minute one on one meetings in hopes of acquiring new business deals or tracking exceptional talent. Other activities include an orientation day, as well as dedicated workshops and panels. See what Tribeca All Access alumni are up to now.

We were working on getting Jonestown made when we participated in TAA, and it was really great to meet so many people in the industry who have the power to green-light ideas and help turn them into films. TAA is an important opportunity for novices and established documentarians, and I am still in contact with some of the people I met there years ago.

— Stanley Nelson, TAA ‘04 Alum

 

The Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards

In addition to facilitating over 450 meetings during the course of the program, selected participants have their work reviewed by a jury of esteemed film professionals. 2009 Jurors for Tribeca All Access included actress Viola Davis; actress Sanaa Lathan; producer Fenton Bailey, producer Anne Carey, actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, actor Luis Guzman, director Darnell Martin; producer Amy Robinson, documentary filmmaker Ellen Kuras; journalist Lola Ogunnaike, and actor Lance Reddick.

The 2009 awards were presented to:

  • Narrative Section Prize: Miguel Aviles for "Somnium," in which one man confronts his darkest fears, through his dreams in order to salvage his life and get his true love back. 
  • Emerging Narrative Section Prize: Andrew Bui for "Bronxopolis," in which geeky Vietnamese teen turns his crush on his Dominican neighbor into a comic book character that is far from their lives in the Bronx. 
  • Documentary Section Prize: George Reyes for "La Muncea Fea (The Ugly Doll)," in which a group of elderly sex workers in Mexico City seek peace and find community at a refuge established by a former colleague. 
  • Screenwriting Section Prize: Jonho Ferreira aka "Piper" for "Walter's Boys," in which a clandestine training operation led by an ex-CIA agent recruits urban teens, but faces treacherous consequences from the trainee's intent to break free whith the help of a former mentor. 

Honorable mentions were given to:

  • Narrative: Jennifer Phang for "Look for Water," in which 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.
  • Emerging Narrative: Hugo Perez for "The Immaculate Conception, " in which the death of Maria's popstar Poblito, leaves her with the chance to make a decision that may finally bring her happiness, but requires some divine intervention. 
  • Documentary: Stephen Maing for, "High Tech, Low Life," in which truth and ptential fame motivates a young Chinese vegetable seller to become China's first citizen reporter, covering controversial and censored news via his blog, digital camera and blackberry. 

Projects

Download the 2008 Program Guide (PDF)

Download the 2007 Program Guide (PDF)

Download the 2006 Program Guide (PDF)

Download the 2005 Program Guide (PDF)

Download the 2004 Program Guide (PDF)

Application Deadline

Submissions are currently closed and will re-open Monday, September 14, 2009.
Deadlines for the 2010 Tribeca All Access project submissions:
  • September 14, 2009 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN
    • October 26th, 2009 – EARLY DEADLINE
  • December 14, 2009 – FINAL DEADLINE  
Submission forms and complete information regarding eligibility for the 2010 Tribeca All Access program will be available starting Monday, September 14, 2009.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments, please call (212) 274-8080 ext. 27 or email allaccess@tribecafilminstitute.org