About the Film Fellows:

As part of the Tribeca Film Fellows, students will gain a deeper knowledge of higher education and career opportunities in media through intensive workshops and direct contact with seasoned filmmakers. They will also become better educated about the independent film community and the role of international film festivals in the industry. Finally, fellows will forge new positive relationships with peers, educators and festival filmmakers that will assist with their individual, scholastic and career development.  They will even make a film together, Cityscapes, which will screen at TFI’s annual youth media screening, Our City, My Story.

CITYSCAPES
By the 2009 Tribeca Film Fellows

Edited by: Kris Kaczor
Music by: Dujeous

This spring, the Tribeca Film Fellows - 20 dynamic young filmmakers who are invited to the Tribeca Film Festival for a backstage look at the Festival and the film industry at large- descended on all five boroughs to capture the essence of the city they live in.  Presented as an introduction to Our City, My Story, Cityscapes introduces 11 short films which pay homage to the young filmmakers featured in the program and the city that all of them live in and love.

THE PROGRAM:

Mentorship:
Each film fellow is assigned a mentor throughout the program; meetings are one-on-one and are used to guide the film fellows through the film proposal process.  At the end, film fellows will have a polished proposal to pitch to the Youth Achievement Award panel and more importantly a wealth of knowledge garnered from their mentor.

Filmmaking:
The film fellows program is uniquely dedicated to serving New York city youth filmmakers, to that end, they will descend on all five boroughs to capture the essence of the city they live in. Cityscapes will be presented as an introduction to Our City, My Story at the festival.  Ahead of the short films, simultaneously paying homage to the young filmmakers featured in the program and the city that all of them live in and love.

Youth Achievement Award:
Based on their sustained effort and film proposal, two lucky film fellows will receive cash and equipment prizes at the end of the program.  These prizes are intended to make their film proposals one step closer to becoming a reality.

Screenings:
The film fellows will attend a host screenings during the festival—be it shorts, narrative or documentary features, homegrown or foreign, all will add to their film knowledge base.

Film/education related trips and events:
Trips, tours and master classes are organized to broaden the film fellows’ knowledge of film and the industry. The 2008 Film Fellows visited Miramax, Panavision and took a tour of the Film Forum’s projection booth and offices.

The deadline for submissions has now passed.