Tribeca All Access 2010 Program Announcement

Tribeca All Access 2010 Program Announcement

The 2010 Tribeca All Access (TAA) program will hold six days of events taking place April 19 – 24 during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, held from April 21 – May 2, 2010. A year round program of the Tribeca Film Institute, Tribeca All Access supports the careers of filmmakers who hail from communities traditionally under-represented in the film industry.

Projects

20 U.S.-based filmmakers will participate with narrative scripts and documentary work-in-progress. In addition, 4 international projects will participate through partnerships with the UK Film Council and Canadian Film Centre. The selected filmmakers along with their accredited team members will have access to workshops, networking opportunity, and one on one meetings with registered industry at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Please visit the industry corner for more info on the selected filmmakers and projects.

2010 Program and Events

This year’s program will begin with a Kick Off celebration that will help build the relationships of the selected filmmakers and the industry. The celebration will include a tribute honoring the 20th anniversary of the film House Party and feature a special performance by guests of honor and original cast members Kid & Play and Full Force along with producer Warrington Hudlin and DJ Whiz. TAA alumnus K’naan, will also perform his song Wavin’ Flag, the official song for the upcoming 2010 FIFA/Coca Cola World Cup. The participants will gather the next day for a welcome lunch , where the selected filmmakers and Tribeca All Access supporters can meet and discuss the events and goals ahead. The selected filmmakers will also get to participate in special workshops with respected Industry personnel and later get feedback on their pitch before taking part in three days of one on one scheduled meetings with the registered Industry. A special TFI award show will conclude the week of networking, pitching, and advancement of their careers.

TAA Creative Promise Award

At the 2010 TFI Award Celebration a total of $35,000 will be awarded in juried cash prizes to selected TAA winners through the TAA Creative Promise Award. Amongst the 2010 Tribeca All Access narrative jurors are Anthony Anderson, Anika Noni Rose, Hill Harper, Michael Kang, Kadeem Hardison, Victoria Rowell, and Kelly Rutherford. The 2010 Tribeca All Access Documentary jurors are Rebecca Cammisa and Linda Goode Bryant

TAA Alumni at the Tribeca Film Festival

This year, two TAA alumni are included as official selections of the Tribeca Film Festival:

Monica & David, directed by Alexandra Codina (2007 TAA participant) Feature Documentary in World Documentary Competition Category – North American Premiere at TFF, Broadcast premiere on HBO October 2010-- Monica and David are in love. Truly, blissfully in love. They also happen to have Down syndrome. Alexandra Codina’s affectionate and heartwarming documentary is an intimate, year-in-the-life portrait of two child-like spirits with adult desires. Supported (and, for more than 30 years, sheltered) by endlessly devoted mothers, Monica and David prepare for their fairy tale wedding and face the realities of married life afterward.

Billy and Aaron, directed by Rodney Evans (2008 TAA participant) – Billy and Aaron is a short drama about African-American composer Billy Strayhorn and the personal and professional consequences of his decision to live as an openly gay man within the homophobic jazz milieu of the 1940’s.

Other TAA Alumni Updates

Since last year’s program 2009 TAA juror Fenton Bailey has signed on to become the Executive Producer for La Muneca Fea (Ugly Dolls). Co-directors and 2009 TAA alumniGeorge Reyes and Claudia Lopez were the recipients of last year’s Creative Promise Award for Documentary. Lydia Dean Pilcher will serve as Producer of The Sisterhood of Night after meeting TAA Alumni, Caryn Waechter (Director) and Marilyn Fu (Screenwriter), at the 2008 Festival. The film was the TAA Creative Promise Award winner for Screenwriting. Victoria Fredrick (LAF Studios and Manager of Terrence Howard) recently optioned 2009 TAA alumni Kat Candler’s, Spider in the Bathtub, which she co-wrote. After meeting writer Stephanie Sanditz at TAA, Greenestreet Films has hired her to write an upcoming movie.