Tribeca Film Festival
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The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival
founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal
, Robert De Niro
and Craig Hatkoff
in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
on the World Trade Center
and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa
neighborhood in Lower Manhattan
.
The mission of the festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience." The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City
as a major filmmaking
center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan
.
In 2006 and 2007, the Festival had over 8600 film submissions and 1,500 screenings. The Festival's program line-up includes a variety of independent films including documentaries
, narrative features and shorts, as well as a program of family-friendly films. The Festival also features panel discussions with personalities in the entertainment world and a music lounge produced with ASCAP to showcase artists. One of the more distinctive components of the Festival is its Artists Awards program in which emerging and renowned artists celebrate filmmakers by providing original works of art that are given to the filmmakers' competition winners. Past artists of the Artists Awards program have included Chuck Close
, Alex Katz
, and Julian Schnabel
.
The tenth Tribeca Film Festival took place April 20- May 1, 2011.
The festival now draws an estimated three million people — including often-elusive celebrities from the worlds of art, film, and music — and generates $600 million annually.
narrative, documentary and short film competitions; a Restored Classics series; a Best of New York series curated by Martin Scorsese
; 13 major panel discussions; an all-day Family Festival; and the premieres of studio films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
, About A Boy
, the American remake of Insomnia
, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
as well as the American premiere of Spider-Man 3
.
The 2003 festival brought more than 300,000 people. The festival showcased an expanded group of independent feature
s, documentaries
and short film
s from around the world, coupled with studio premieres
, panel discussions, music and comedy concerts, a family festival, sports activities, and outdoor movie screenings
along the Hudson River
. The family festival featured children's movie screenings, storytelling
, family panels, workshops, and interactive games culminating in a daylong street fair that drew a crowd estimated at 250,000 people.
At the end of 2003, De Niro purchased the theater which had housed the recently closed Screening Room, an art house that had shown independent films nightly, renaming it the Tribeca Cinema. It became one of the venue
s of the festival.
In an effort to serve its mission of bringing independent film
to the widest possible audience, in 2006, the Festival expanded its reach in New York City and internationally. In New York City, Tribeca hosted screenings throughout Manhattan as the Festival's 1,000-plus screening schedule outgrew the capacity downtown. Internationally, the Festival brought films to the Rome Film Fest. As part of the celebrations in Rome, Tribeca was awarded the first ever "Steps and Stars" award, presented on the Spanish Steps
. A total of 169 feature films and 99 shorts were selected from 4,100 film submissions, including 1,950 feature submissions—three times the total submissions from the first festival in 2002. The festival featured 90 world premieres, nine international premieres, 31 North American premieres, 6 U.S. premieres, and 28 New York City premieres.
In 2009, Rosenthal, Hatkoff and De Niro were named number 14 on Barron's
list of the world's top 25 philanthropists for their role in regenerating TriBeCa's economy after September 11.
As of 2010, the festival is run as a business by Tribeca Enterprises.
In 2011, L.A. Noire
became the first video game to be recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal
Jane Rosenthal
Jane Rosenthal is an American film producer.Rosenthal was born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Providence, Rhode Island; she attended both Brown and New York University...
, Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
and Craig Hatkoff
Craig Hatkoff
Craig M. Hatkoff is an American real estate investor and philanthropist from New York City. Along with his wife Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute in 2002...
in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
on the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa
TriBeCa
Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street", and is properly bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street...
neighborhood in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
.
The mission of the festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience." The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
as a major filmmaking
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...
center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
.
In 2006 and 2007, the Festival had over 8600 film submissions and 1,500 screenings. The Festival's program line-up includes a variety of independent films including documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, narrative features and shorts, as well as a program of family-friendly films. The Festival also features panel discussions with personalities in the entertainment world and a music lounge produced with ASCAP to showcase artists. One of the more distinctive components of the Festival is its Artists Awards program in which emerging and renowned artists celebrate filmmakers by providing original works of art that are given to the filmmakers' competition winners. Past artists of the Artists Awards program have included Chuck Close
Chuck Close
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits...
, Alex Katz
Alex Katz
Alex Katz is an American figurative artist associated with the Pop art movement. In particular, he is known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints and is represented by numerous galleries internationally.-Life and work:...
, and Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel is an American artist and filmmaker. In the 1980s, Schnabel received international media attention for his "plate paintings"—large-scale paintings set on broken ceramic plates....
.
The tenth Tribeca Film Festival took place April 20- May 1, 2011.
The festival now draws an estimated three million people — including often-elusive celebrities from the worlds of art, film, and music — and generates $600 million annually.
History
The inaugural festival launched after 120 days of planning with the help of more than 1,300 volunteers. It was attended by more than 150,000 people and featured several up-and-coming filmmakers. The festival included juriedJuried (competition)
A juried competition is a competition in which participants' work is judged by a person or panel of persons convened specifically to judge the participants' efforts, either by the competition's stated rubric or by a subjective set of criteria dependent upon the nature of the competition or the...
narrative, documentary and short film competitions; a Restored Classics series; a Best of New York series curated by Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
; 13 major panel discussions; an all-day Family Festival; and the premieres of studio films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology...
, About A Boy
About a Boy (film)
About a Boy is a 2002 comedy-drama film directed by brothers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant as Will, Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, Academy Award nominee Toni Collette as Fiona, and Academy Award winner Rachel...
, the American remake of Insomnia
Insomnia (2002 film)
Insomnia is an American psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. The film, released on 24 May 2002, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.-Plot:...
, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 2002 American comedy-drama film starring Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd, directed and written by Callie Khouri...
, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill, publication of which began in 1999. The series spans two six-issue limited series and a graphic novel from the America's Best Comics imprint of Wildstorm/DC, and a third miniseries...
as well as the American premiere of Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
.
The 2003 festival brought more than 300,000 people. The festival showcased an expanded group of independent feature
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
s, documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
and short film
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
s from around the world, coupled with studio premieres
Premières
Premières is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, panel discussions, music and comedy concerts, a family festival, sports activities, and outdoor movie screenings
Outdoor cinema
An outdoor cinema consists of a digital or analog movie projector, scaffolded construction or inflatable projection screen, and sound system....
along the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
. The family festival featured children's movie screenings, storytelling
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
, family panels, workshops, and interactive games culminating in a daylong street fair that drew a crowd estimated at 250,000 people.
At the end of 2003, De Niro purchased the theater which had housed the recently closed Screening Room, an art house that had shown independent films nightly, renaming it the Tribeca Cinema. It became one of the venue
Venue
- Locations :* Venue , the place a case is heard* Change of venue, moving a trial to a new place* Music venue, place used for a concert or musical performance* Sport venue, place used for a sporting event...
s of the festival.
In an effort to serve its mission of bringing independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
to the widest possible audience, in 2006, the Festival expanded its reach in New York City and internationally. In New York City, Tribeca hosted screenings throughout Manhattan as the Festival's 1,000-plus screening schedule outgrew the capacity downtown. Internationally, the Festival brought films to the Rome Film Fest. As part of the celebrations in Rome, Tribeca was awarded the first ever "Steps and Stars" award, presented on the Spanish Steps
Spanish Steps
The Spanish Steps are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. The Scalinata is the widest staircase in Europe...
. A total of 169 feature films and 99 shorts were selected from 4,100 film submissions, including 1,950 feature submissions—three times the total submissions from the first festival in 2002. The festival featured 90 world premieres, nine international premieres, 31 North American premieres, 6 U.S. premieres, and 28 New York City premieres.
In 2009, Rosenthal, Hatkoff and De Niro were named number 14 on Barron's
Barron's Magazine
Barron's is an American weekly newspaper covering U.S. financial information, market developments, and relevant statistics. Each issue provides a wrap-up of the previous week's market activity, news reports, and an informative outlook on the week to come....
list of the world's top 25 philanthropists for their role in regenerating TriBeCa's economy after September 11.
As of 2010, the festival is run as a business by Tribeca Enterprises.
In 2011, L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire is a 2011 crime video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows. It was released as a 3-disc game for the Xbox 360 console, which prompts the player to switch to another disc at certain points in the...
became the first video game to be recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival.
Best Narrative Feature
- 2011 - She MonkeysShe MonkeysShe Monkeys is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Lisa Aschan, starring Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin and Isabella Lindqvist. The film focuses on psychological power struggles between two teenage girls engaged in equestrian vaulting.-Cast:...
, directed by Lisa Aschan - 2010 – When We LeaveWhen We LeaveWhen We Leave is a 2010 German drama film, produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag, which highlights the problem of honour killings by depicting the drama of a Turkish family living in Germany.-Cast:* Sibel Kekilli - Umay* Nizam Schiller - Cem...
, directed by Feo AladagFeo AladagFeo Aladag is an Austrian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.-Early life and acting:Aladag was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. She began her film career as an actress, completing her training in London and Vienna from 1990-1995... - 2009 – About EllyAbout EllyAbout Elly is a 2009 Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi. It is the fourth film by Farhadi. The film is about the relationship among some middle class families in Iran....
, directed by Asghar FarhadiAsghar Farhadi-Career:Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for... - 2008 – Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas AlfredsonTomas AlfredsonTomas Alfredson is a Swedish film director, best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In...
- 2007 – My Father My LordMy Father My LordMy Father My Lord is a 2007 Israeli film directed by David Volach, a former Israeli Haredi. It won the Founder's Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival.-Plot:...
, directed by David Volach - 2006 – Iluminados por el fuegoIluminados Por El FuegoBlessed by Fire is an Argentine film about the Falklands War written and directed by Tristán Bauer. The film features Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín and Hugo Carrizo among others...
, directed by Tristán BauerTristán BauerTristán Bauer is an Argentine film maker and screenwriter. His work has received several international awards, particularly for his films Iluminados por el fuego , Después de la tormenta and Cortázar .Bauer serves, from 2007 as the director of the Public Media System of... - 2005 – Stolen Life, directed by Li Shaohong
- 2004 – Green HatGreen HatGreen Hat is a Chinese film from 2004 and the debut of screenwriter Liu Fendou. Starring Li Congxi, Liao Fan, and Dong Lifan, the film tells the story of two men, one a bank robber, and one a police officer and their shared problem of unfaithful partners...
, directed by Liu FendouLiu FendouLiu Fendou is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and film producer.- Biography :Born in Beijing, Liu Fendou spent some time in the United States in his youth doing "generally doing a whole lot of nothing" until returning to Beijing in 1995.Upon his return to China, Liu entered into the film... - 2003 – Blind ShaftBlind ShaftBlind Shaft is a 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day northern China. The film was written and directed by Li Yang , and is based on Chinese writer Liu Qingbang's short novel Shen Mu .-Production history:Most of the filming took place 700...
, directed by Li YangLi Yang (director)Li Yang is a Chinese writer-director. Though often grouped with the so-called Sixth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, he is in fact closer in age to the Fifth Generation and in interviews has denied membership with either group, claiming that such labels are only artificial differentiations.Born... - 2002 – Roger DodgerRoger Dodger (film)Roger Dodger is a 2002 American comedy-drama noir that explores the relationship between men, women, and sex. Directed by Dylan Kidd and starring Campbell Scott and Jesse Eisenberg, the film follows Roger Swanson and his nephew during a night on the town in search of sex.-Plot:After cynical New...
, directed by Dylan Kidd
Best New Narrative Filmmaker
- 2011 - Park Jungbum for The Journals of Musan
- 2010 – Kim Chapiron for Dog PoundDog Pound (film)Dog Pound is a 2010 film directed by Kim Chapiron and co-written with Jeremie Delon. It is a French film which is highly influenced by the British borstal film Scum.-Plot:...
- 2009 – Rune Denstad Langlo for NorthNorth (2009 film)Nord is a Norwegian film from 2009 written by Erlend Loe and directed by Rune Denstad Langlo.Nord was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize....
- 2008 – Huseyin Karabey for My Marlon and Brando
- 2007 – Enrique Begne for Two Embraces
- 2006 – Marwan HamedMarwan HamedMarwan Hamed is a young Egyptian film director who is the son of author Wahid Hamed and journalist Zeinab Sweidan. His debut was a short film entitled Li Li followed by a major feature film entitled The Yacoubian Building based on a novel by Alaa Al Aswany and starring Adel Imam.He has taken part...
for The Yacoubian BuildingThe Yacoubian Building (film)The Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian film based on the novel of the same title by author Alaa Al Aswany. It has been reported to be the highest-budgeted film in the history of Egyptian cinema.-Background:... - 2005 – Alicia Scherson for Play
- 2004 – Liu FendouLiu FendouLiu Fendou is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and film producer.- Biography :Born in Beijing, Liu Fendou spent some time in the United States in his youth doing "generally doing a whole lot of nothing" until returning to Beijing in 1995.Upon his return to China, Liu entered into the film...
for Green HatGreen HatGreen Hat is a Chinese film from 2004 and the debut of screenwriter Liu Fendou. Starring Li Congxi, Liao Fan, and Dong Lifan, the film tells the story of two men, one a bank robber, and one a police officer and their shared problem of unfaithful partners... - 2003 – Valeria Bruni TedeschiValeria Bruni TedeschiValeria Bruni Tedeschi, also spelled Bruni-Tedeschi, is an Italian-French actress.-Personal life:...
for Il est plus facile pour un chameau - 2002 – Eric EasonEric Eason-Manito:His first feature film Manito premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize and went on to win 16 awards on the International Festival Circuit including Best Film at the SXSW Film Festival, Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the...
for ManitoManito (film)Manito is a 2002 American Independent film written and directed by first time film maker Eric Eason. Shot in the cinema verite style, Manito chronicles 48 incident-packed hours in the lives of a Washington Heights Latino family....
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film
- 2011 - Ramadhan "Shami" Bizimana in Grey Matter
- 2010 – Eric ElmosninoEric ElmosninoEric Elmosnino is a French actor and musician of jewish origin. He is best known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in the film Gainsbourg for which he won the César Award for Best Actor....
in Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) - 2009 – Ciarán HindsCiarán HindsCiarán Hinds is an Irish film, television and stage actor. He has built up a reputation as a versatile character actor appearing in such high profile films as Road to Perdition, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich, There Will Be Blood and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. His television roles include...
in The EclipseThe Eclipse (film)The Eclipse is a 2009 Irish supernatural drama film directed by Conor McPherson and stars Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle and Aidan Quinn.-Premise:... - 2008 – Thomas TurgooseThomas Turgoose-Early life:Thomas was born on 11 February 1992 and brought up in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He attended Wintringham School.- Career :In his first film role in 2006, he played the lead character, Shaun, in This Is England, written and directed by Shane Meadows...
and Piotr Jagiello for their roles in Somers TownSomers Town (film)Somers Town is a 2008 film directed by Shane Meadows, written by Paul Fraser and produced by Barnaby Spurrier. It stars Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Kate Dickie, Perry Benson, and Elisa Lasowski... - 2007 – Lofti Ebdelli in Making Of. (Akher film)
- 2006 – Jürgen VogelJürgen VogelJürgen Peter Vogel is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer.-Biography:Jürgen Vogel is the son of a Hamburg waiter and a housewife. He worked as a child model, later had various jobs and visited the Munich drama school for one day. In 1985 he moved to Berlin, where he shared a...
in Der Freie Wille - 2005 – Cees GeelCees GeelCees Geel is a Dutch television and film actor. His notable credits include in the TV miniseries :Anne Frank: The Whole Story and in the film :Simon .-Filmography:...
in SimonSimon (2004 film)Simon is a 2004 Dutch drama film directed by Eddy Terstall.The story is about two male friends, one heterosexual and one gay. Same sex marriage and euthanasia are prominent themes of the film. The film has won four Golden Calves.-Plot:... - 2004 – Ian HartIan HartIan Hart is an English stage, television and film actor.-Early life:Hart, the grandson of Irish immigrants, was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He is one of three siblings and was brought up in a Roman Catholic family...
in Blind FlightBlind FlightBlind Flight is a 2004 British film, directed by John Furse, starring Ian Hart and Linus Roache. It is based on the true-life story of the kidnapping and imprisonment of the Irish academic Brian Keenan and the English journalist John McCarthy, two of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis... - 2003 – Igor Bareš in Výlet and Ohad KnollerOhad KnollerOhad Knoller is an Israeli actor.Ohad Knoller is the son of journalist Judith Knoller. He is married to actress Noa Raba-Knoller with whom he has a son....
in Yossi & JaggerYossi & JaggerYossi & Jagger is a 2002 Israeli romantic drama film directed by Eytan Fox about soldiers at the Israel – Lebanon border who try to find some peace and solace from the daily routine of war.-Plot:...
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film
- 2011 - Carice van Houten in Black ButterfliesBlack ButterfliesBlack Butterflies is a Dutch film about the life of South-African poet Ingrid Jonker. The film was directed by Paula van der Oest and premiered in the Netherlands on February 6th before being released on March 31, 2011...
- 2010 – Sibel Kekilli in When We LeaveWhen We LeaveWhen We Leave is a 2010 German drama film, produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag, which highlights the problem of honour killings by depicting the drama of a Turkish family living in Germany.-Cast:* Sibel Kekilli - Umay* Nizam Schiller - Cem...
- 2009 – Zoe KazanZoe Kazan-Early life and education:Kazan was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, and the granddaughter of film and theatre director Elia Kazan...
in The Exploding Girl - 2008 – Eileen WalshEileen Walsh-Biography:Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Walsh was raised in a Catholic household, and had no intention of becoming an actress, until she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister, who was also an actress, and young Eileen began to attend theatre workshops...
in Eden - 2007 – Marina HandsMarina Hands- Biography :Hands is the daughter of British director Terry Hands and French actress Ludmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter of painter Pierre Dmitrienko. She studied acting at the Cours Florent and the CNSAD in France, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England...
in Lady ChatterleyLady Chatterley (film)Lady Chatterley is a French film by Pascale Ferran. An adaptation of the novel John Thomas and Lady Jane by D. H. Lawrence, it was released in the UK on 24 August, 2007.... - 2006 – Eva HolubováEva HolubováEva Holubová is a Czech actress. She has starred in a number of films. She is known for being self-cured from alcoholism . At the moment she can be found at Divadlo Kalich where she plays in several performances.-Selected filmography:...
in Holiday Makers - 2005 – Felicity HuffmanFelicity HuffmanFelicity Kendall Huffman is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as executive producer Dana Whitaker on the ABC television show Sports Night , which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination, and as hectic supermom Lynette Scavo on the ABC show Desperate...
in TransamericaTransamerica (film)Transamerica is a 2005 independent comedy-drama film produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman , who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby .... - 2004 – Fernanda MontenegroFernanda MontenegroFernanda Montenegro is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress, mostly recognized for her leading role in Central Station, which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Brazilian actor to be nominated.She is commonly revered as one of Brazil's finest...
in O Outro Lado da RuaThe Other Side of the StreetThe Other Side of The Street or O outro lado da rua is a Brazilian film written and directed by Marcos Bernstein and released in 2004... - 2003 – Valeria Bruni TedeschiValeria Bruni TedeschiValeria Bruni Tedeschi, also spelled Bruni-Tedeschi, is an Italian-French actress.-Personal life:...
in Il est plus facile pour un chameau
Best Documentary Feature
- 2011 - Bombay Beach, directed by Alma Har'elAlma Har'elAlma Har'el is a music video and commercial director.Har'el was born in Tel Aviv, where she began her film career as a video artist, mixing live video content for music concerts around Europe. After moving to the US she established herself as music video director, creating several critically...
- 2010 – Monica & DavidMonica & DavidMonica & David is a documentary about a young married couple with Down syndrome, directed by Alexandra Codina. The movie was produced by Deborah Dickson and Alexandra Codina. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival , and opened at Laemmle's Fallbrook 7 in California...
, directed by Alexandra Codina - 2009 – Racing DreamsRacing Dreams (film)Racing Dreams is a 2009 documentary film directed by Marshall Curry. It follows two boys and one girl through a season of World Karting Association racing...
, directed by Marshall CurryMarshall CurryMarshall Curry is a documentary filmmaker. His first feature-length film, Street Fight, was nominated for an Academy Award and a News and Documentary Emmy. His second film, Racing Dreams, won Best Documentary and was runner up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009... - 2008 – Pray the Devil Back to HellPray the Devil Back to HellPray the Devil Back to Hell is a documentary film directed by Gini Reticker and produced by Abigail Disney. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Documentary. The film had its theatrical release in New York City on November 7, 2008.The film documents...
, directed by Gini Reticker - 2007 – Taxi to the Dark SideTaxi to the Dark SideTaxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Alex Gibney, and produced by Eva Orner and Susannah Shipman, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature...
, directed by Alex GibneyAlex GibneyAlex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time."... - 2006 – The War TapesThe War TapesThe War Tapes is the first documentary film of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to be produced by the soldiers themselves. The film follows three New Hampshire National Guard soldiers before, during, and after their deployment to Iraq about a year after the invasion...
, directed by Deborah ScrantonDeborah ScrantonDeborah Scranton is the director of The War Tapes, a documentary detailing the personal stories of soldiers in the Iraq War. It was the first of its kind in that she sent the soldiers video cameras so they can shoot raw footage of their actual, on hand experiences in combat... - 2005 – El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War, directed by Péter ForgácsPeter ForgacsPéter Forgács is a media artist and independent filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s, which document ordinary lives that were soon to be ruptured by an extraordinary historical...
- 2004 – Arna's ChildrenArna's ChildrenArna's Children is a 2003 Israeli/Dutch documentary film directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel about a children's theater group in Jenin in the Palestinian territories established by Arna Mer-Khamis, the director's mother, an Israeli Jewish political and human rights activist.The film...
, directed by Danniel DannielDanniel DannielDanniel Danniel is an award winning Israeli film director, screenwriter and film editor living in the Netherlands since at least 1980.He graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in 1981...
and Juliano Mer-KhamisJuliano Mer-KhamisJuliano Mer-Khamis was an Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist of Jewish and Christian Arab parentage. On 4 April 2011, he was assassinated by a masked gunman in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where he established the Freedom Theatre....
and The Man Who Stole My Mother's Face, directed by Cathy Henkel - 2003 – A Normal Life, directed by Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiElizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an award-winning film director and producer. Her first film won Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2003...
and Hugo Berkeley - 2002 – Chiefs, directed by Daniel Junge
Best New Documentary Filmmaker
- 2011 - Pablo Croce for Like Water
- 2010 – Clio Barnard for The Arbor
- 2009 – Ian Olds for Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal NaqshbandiFixer: The Taking of Ajmal NaqshbandiFixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi is a documentary by Ian Olds that shows the kidnapping of Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo and interpreter Ajmal Naqshbandi and the events leading to the release of the former and the murder of the latter by the Taliban...
- 2008 – Carlos Carcass for Old Man Bebo
- 2007 – Vardan HovhannisyanVardan HovhannisyanVardan Hovhannisyan is an Armenian director and producer.From 1988 to 1991, Vardan Hovhannisyan was a freelance cameraman and covered the hot regions and ethnic conflicts related to the post-Soviet transition for the international news. He was twice captured as a prisoner of war during the...
for A Story of People in War and PeaceA Story of People in War and PeaceA Story of People in War and Peace is a 2007 Armenian documentary film about Armenian filmmaker Vardan Hovhannisyan personal understanding of the human costs of war... - 2006 – Pelin Esmer for The Play
- 2005 – Jeff ZimbalistJeff ZimbalistJeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist is an American filmmaker best known for his films Favela Rising, The Two Escobars, and The Scribe of Urabá....
and Matt Mochary for Favela RisingFavela RisingFavela Rising is a 2005 documentary film by American directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary. It was produced by Sidetrack Films and VOY Pictures. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2005 where it won the award for Best New Documentary Filmmaker for Zimbalist and Mochary... - 2004 – Paulo Sacramento for The Prisoner of the Iron Bars: Self-Portraits
Best New York Narrative
- 2010 – MonogamyMonogamy (film)Monogamy, directed and co-written by Dana Adam Shapiro, is about the strained relationship of an engaged Brooklyn couple, Theo and Nat...
, directed by Dana Adam ShapiroDana Adam ShapiroDana Adam Shapiro is an American film director, best known for his directorial work on the 2006 Academy Award nominated documentary Murderball.-Career:... - 2009 – Here and ThereHere and There (film)Here and There is a Serbian film which was premiered at the Belgrade Film Festival FEST 2009. Starring David Thornton and Branislav Trifunović with supporting turns from Cyndi Lauper, Mirjana Karanović, Jelena Mrđa and Antone Pagan....
, directed by Darko Lungulov - 2008 – The CallerThe Caller (2008 film)The Caller is a 2008 film by Richard Ledes. The film, which stars Frank Langella and Elliot Gould, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where it won the Made in NY Narrative Award. The screenplay was co-authored with Alain Didier-Weill.-Plot:...
, directed by Richard LedesRichard LedesRichard Ledes is an award-winning American filmmaker and writer based in New York City.-Background:Ledes began making Super 8 films at the age of twelve and would return to filmmaking later in life.... - 2007 – The Education of Charlie BanksThe Education Of Charlie BanksThe Education of Charlie Banks is a 2007 drama film directed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, and Chris Marquette...
, directed by Fred DurstFred DurstWilliam Frederick "Fred" Durst is an American musician, director, producer and actor, well known as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.-Early life:... - 2006 – The TreatmentThe Treatment (2006 film)The Treatment is an American romantic comedy film released in 2006 starring Chris Eigeman and Famke Janssen and produced and directed by Oren Rudavsky.It is based on a novel with the same title by Daniel Menaker.-Plot:...
, directed by Oren RudavskyOren RudavskyOren Rudavsky is an award-winning documentary filmmaker specializing in work on religion outside the mainstream. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1979.- As director :* At the Crossroads: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe Today... - 2005 – Red DoorsRed DoorsRed Doors is a 2005 American film directed by Georgia Lee. The independent film features a Chinese American family.-Plot:Red Doors tells the story of the Wongs, a bizarrely dysfunctional Chinese-American family living in the New York suburbs. Ed Wong has just retired and plots to escape his...
, directed by Georgia LeeGeorgia LeeGeorgia Lee is an independent film director. Her work includes the 2006 film Red Doors.- Personal life :Lee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to immigrants from Taiwan. She was raised primarily in Waterford, CT in the house that is featured in her film Red Doors. She received an A.B. in... - 2004 – The Time We Killed, directed by Jennifer Todd Reeves
Best New York Documentary
- 2010 – The Woodmans, directed by C. Scott Willis
- 2009 – Partly Private, directed by Danae Elon
- 2008 – Zoned In, directed by Daniela Zanzotto
- 2007 – A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and The Warhol Factory, directed by Esther Robinson
- 2006 – When I Came HomeWhen I Came HomeWhen I Came Home is a 2006 documentary directed by Dan Lohaus about homeless veterans in the United States - from those who served in Vietnam to those returning from the Iraq War...
, directed by Dan Lohaus - 2005 – Rikers High, directed by Victor Buhler
- 2004 – Kill Your IdolsKill Your IdolsKill Your Idols was a hardcore punk band from Long Island/New York City, New York. The band was active from 1995 through 2007. They were signed to SideOneDummy Records....
, directed by Scott CraryScott CraryScott Crary is a film director, producer and writer based in New York City.Crary filmed, produced, edited, and directed the film Kill Your Idols, a documentary examining three decades of New York art punk bands....
Best Narrative Short
- 2010 – Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here, directed by Bekhi Sibiya
- 2009 – The North Road, directed by Carlos Chahine
- 2008 – New Boy, directed by Steph Green
- 2007 – The Last Dog in Rwanda, directed by Jens AssurJens AssurJens Assur is a Swedish photographer, director, scriptwriter and film producer.-Early career:Jens Assur started his career at Dagbladet in Sundsvall, as a reporter and photographer, 1986-1990....
- 2006 – The Shovel, directed by Nick Childs
- 2005 – CashbackCashback (film)Cashback is the name of two films directed by Sean Ellis: a 2004 short film and a 2006 feature film. Both were produced by Lene Bausager, starring Sean Biggerstaff and Emilia Fox. The feature was released by Magnolia Pictures in late 2006 and also starred Michelle Ryan...
, directed by Sean EllisSean EllisSean Ellis is British film director, writer, and producer. He is best known for his films Cashback and The Broken .- Career :... - 2004 – Shock Act, directed by Seth Grossman
- 2002 – Bamboleho, directed by Luis Prieto
Best Documentary Short
- 2010 – White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ JunebugWhite lines and the fever: The Death of DJ JunebugWhite Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug is a documentary film directed by Travis Gutiérrez Senger in 2010.The story of Junebug's double-life as a DJ and drug dealer. Recalling the Bronx in the early 1980's, this documentary explores the old-school days of hip-hop and the dangerous...
, directed by Travis Senger - 2009 – Home, directed by Mathew Faust
- 2008 – Mandatory Service, directed by Jessica Habie
- 2007 – A Son’s Sacrifice, directed by Yoni Brook
- 2006 – Native New YorkerNative New Yorker (film)Native New Yorker is the title of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival Best Documentary Short by Steve Bilich.Filmed with a 1924 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera, Shaman Trail Scout 'Coyote' takes a journey which transcends time, from Inwood Park , down a native trail , into lower Manhattan Native New...
, directed by Steve Bilich - 2005 – The Life of Kevin Carter, directed by Dan Krauss
- 2004 – Sister Rose's PassionSister Rose's Passion"Sister Rose's Passion" is a 2004 short documentary film directed by Oren Jacoby. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and won the Best Documentary Short Award at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival....
, directed by Oren JacobyOren JacobyOren Jacoby is a director and producer of documentary films, including Constantine's Sword , "Sister Rose's Passion" , The Shakespeare Sessions , Stage on Screen: The Topdog Diaries , The Beatles Revolution , and Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself... - 2003 – Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones, directed by Harvey Wang
- 2002 – All Water Has a Perfect Memory, directed by Natalia Almada
Student Visionary Award
- 2010 – some boys don't leave, directed by Maggie Kiley
- 2009 – Small Change, directed by Anna McGrath
- 2008 – Elephant Garden, directed by Sasie Sealy
- 2007 – Good Luck Nedim, directed by Marko Santic and Someone Else's War, directed by Lee Wang
- 2006 – Dead End Job, directed by Samantha Davidson Green
- 2005 – Dance Mania Fantastic, directed by Sasie Sealy
- 2004 – Independent Lens' (American Made), directed by Sharat Raju