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Meet the Tribeca Filmmakers #10: Meera Menon Creates A Picture of Idealized Youth and Female Friendship in 'Farah Goes Bang'
After her family immigrated to the U.S. from India in the 1970s, Megan Menon split her time between Indian dance concerts, the mall and filming her friends in the backyard with her father's camcorders. She grew up in a house of artistsand now with "Farah Goes Bang," has finally finished her first fe...
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Meet the Tribeca Filmmakers #9: Dave Carroll Reveals the Perceptual Limitations of 'Bending Steel'
Dave Carroll makes his filmmaking debut with the documentary "Bending Steel," which follows Chris Schoeck who overcomes physical, mental and perceptual limitations to prove his superhuman strength. Both Carroll and Schoeck embarked on their dreams late in life, but "Bending Steel" reminds us that it...
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Tribeca Film Institute Announces Four Projects to Receive $140K from Sloan Filmmaker Fund
The Tribeca Film Institute today announced the four projects that will receive financial and creative support from the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund. A total of $140,000 in funds will be awarded and recognized at this year's Tribeca Film Festival (April 17-28).
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Tribeca Exclusive: A Woman Loses Her Virginity While Campaigning for Kerry Edwards in 'Farah Goes Bang' Trailer
In the new indie, "Farah Goes Bang," making its world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, "Circumstance" star Nikohl Boosheri plays the titular Farah, a woman trying to lose her virginity while on the road campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 with her friends. Farah and her friends K.J. an...
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Tribeca Roundup: Trailers For Michael Haneke Doc & Drug Tale ‘Deep Powder’ Plus New Images From ‘A Case of You’
It’s that time of year again and the Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner. Here are a few images and trailers here and there to give us a taste of what is to come from April 17th-28th. True to Tribeca’s characteristic range, we have new images and trailers from a documentary about a highl...
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Meet the 2013 Tribeca Filmmaker #8: Jacob Kornbluth Makes the Move to Documentaries For Economy Doc 'Inequality For All'
Jacob Kornbluth's third film marks a dramatic change for the director from his previous two scripted releases "Haiku Tunnel" and "The Best Thief in the World." "Inequality For All" his third feature, is his first documentary and the heavy subject matter, focusing on the widening income gap in Americ...
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Meet the 2013 Tribeca Filmmaker #7: Kat Coiro Continues Her Hot Streak With Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood Starring 'A Case of You'
Even if one hasn't seen any of the films by director Kat Coiro, it's almost impossible to not admire her amazing rise in the past few years, creating two shorts and three features since 2010, beginning with her short "Idiots" and the premiere of her first feature length "L!fe Happens," at the 2011 L...
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Meet the 2013 Tribeca Filmmaker #6: David Zieff Chronicles the Life of an Extreme Sports Genius in 'McConkey'
For almost three decades filmmaker David Zieff has been working in various facets of the film industry, with projects as varied as the Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary winner "Crazy Love," recent Toronto entry "Paul Williams: Still Alive," and the Oscar winning doc "The Cove." All the whil...
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Meet the 2013 Tribeca Filmmaker #5: Jessica Oreck Explores The Relationships Between Mammals in 'Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys'
Jessica Oreck waited four years to release the follow-up to her SXSW premiering documentary film "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo," which traced the cultural ties between insects and Japan's fascination with them. While set far from her previous film's Japanese setting, "Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Co...
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Tribeca Film Festival Announces Honorees for Disruptive Innovation Awards, Includes Twyla Tharp, Glenn Beck, Morgan Spurlock
Honorees have been announced for the Tribeca Film Festival's Disruptive Innovation Awards, which will honor innovative pioneers and game-changers across various disciplines and domains on April 26.
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