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What We Do

It’s a simple premise that has achieved great success in less than three 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?

Over the course of three days during the Tribeca Film Festival, selected filmmakers and invited industry representatives meet in pre-scheduled 30-minute meetings. 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 600 meetings during the course of the program, selected participants have their work reviewed by a jury of esteemed film professionals. 2008 Jurors for Tribeca All Access included actor Jesse L. Martin; actress Joy Bryant; actor Adam Beach; actor Anthony Mackie; producer Chris Lee; author Jessica Hagedorn; actor Jamie Hector; journalist Marysol Castro; producer Neda Armian; director Patricia Riggen; and philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson.

The 2008 awards were presented to:

  • Narrative Section Prize: Pete Chatmon won $12,000 for his current screenplay, $Free.99, co-written by Candice Sanchez McClaren which tells the story of a complicated bank heist where twelve hostages quickly realize that their captor is more than he appears.
  • Emerging Narrative Section Prize: Leigh Dana Jackson won $12,000 for his screenplay, The Infinite Life of Stuart Hornsley, producer Moira Griffin, in which the lead character Stuart Hornsley is on a mission to travel back in time to win the girl that got away.
  • Documentary Section Prize: Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco won $12,000 for their documentary work-in-progress, She Wants to Be A Matador, which portrays the challenges – both physical and societal – of being a female matador.
  • Screenwriting Section Prize: Anslem Richardson won $8,500 for his screenplay, Bardos, in which two family men are forced to continuously alternate fates after a tragic car accident.

Honorable mentions were given to:

  • Narrative: Rodney Evans for his screenplay, Day Dream, set in New Orleans at the home of Buddy Bolden, the forefather of modern jazz, and Billy Strayhorn, the openly gay composer of numerous Duke Ellington tunes.
  • Emerging Narrative: Shawn Ku for his screenplay, White and Rice, producer Christina Piovesan, which tells the story of a 14-year-old boy who, after the death of his adopted mom, moves in with his grandmother to start his life over. 
  • Documentary: Lisa Collins and Mark Schwartzburt for their work-in-progress, Oscar’s Comeback, in which a small, predominantly white town in South Dakota celebrates its most famous native son, Oscar Micheaux, with a unique, “mom-and-pop” style festival.
  • Screenwriting: Kade Twist and Nathan Young for their screenplay Heavy Metal Indians.

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 in the Fall.  If you have any questions or comments please feel free to call or email us at the contact information below.

 

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments, please call (212) 941-4012 or email allaccess@tribecafilminstitute.org