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EXCLUSIVE: AT&T is about to give us some major Shark Tank vibes with a film twist with their upcoming AT&T Presents: Untold Stories pitch event which will livestream on April 22 ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival which kicks off April 24 and continues through May 5. Now in its third year, AT&T partners with the Tribeca…

Tribeca Film Institute has selected 14 scripted and documentary projects for the 16th annual Tribeca All Access program which amplifies stories from historically underrepresented voices. The Tribeca All Access program has supported over 560 filmmakers since it was first established in 2004. It is the Institute’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Tribeca Film Institute, Gucci and the Oath Foundation today announced the 2018 grant recipients for the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund. Six feature-length films that explore social issues, especially those affecting women and girls, will receive a total of $150,000. The program, funded by Gucci with…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tribeca Film Institute and ESPN have awarded three grants in their annual Short Documentary Program. This year's recipients are Jessie Adler for The Boxers of Brule, Matt Kay for Little Miss Sumo and Taylor Hess and Erin Sanger for Mack Wrestles. All three of the 2018 grantees showcase athletes as…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is supporting 16 new feature projects from Latin America and the Caribbean. 12 will receive grants, each worth up to $10K. Projects, which range from development stage to post-production, will get financial support, mentoring and workshops. Filmmakers come from Cuba, Chile…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) revealed today 10 grant winners for the 15th annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) program, which puts the spotlight on stories from historically underrepresented voices. The 10 projects, seven of which are directed by women, include scripted and documentary projects. Recipients…

In an interview on UK talk show The Russell Howard Hour, John Oliver expressed regret over the outcome of his “failed” confrontation with Dustin Hoffman during a Wag the Dog Q&A session in New York this month. “It didn’t really go anywhere constructive, so the whole thing made me feel sad,” Oliver said. When Howard…

In a striking and raw demonstration of the angst that has accumulated over Hollywood’s sexual harassment scandals, HBO host John Oliver sparred with Dustin Hoffman during an awkward 45-minute Q&A intended as a prologue to a 20th-anniversary screening of the film Wag the Dog. (Check out the video of the exchange below…

In the midst of increasingly prominent conversation about the barriers faced by women breaking into the film industry, Tribeca, in partnership with Chanel, has launched Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program. The program is a three-day workshop that will provide project support, master classes…

The Tribeca Film Institute has unveiled its grant winners for this year’s TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, which supports filmmakers with cash and guidance on their films that focus on science, math and technology. It’s always a cool bunch of projects in a genre that is surely underserved, and with this year’s batch of…

UPDATES: The Tribeca Film Institute has chosen Newton’s Laws Of Emotion as the winner of the 2013 TFI Sloan Filmmaker Prize. The project will receive a $10,000 cash prize to help fund completion of the film. The Sloan prize is awarded to a project that has the most potential to succeed in fulfilling the program’s…

Barnett Brettler‘s Waking Hours is set in a dystopian world where people are losing the ability to sleep and follows a British border agent as he leaves the safety of his country to search for the woman he loves. The Tribeca Film Institute today announced he is the recipient of the 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation…