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Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper hosted by Barnes & Noble Union Square -- New York Stories

Shaped by the sights, sounds, and characters abuzz in its boroughs, New York is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter city. How do filmmakers approach this ever-changing landscape to render our hometown and its ultra-contrasting neighborhoods? Panelis... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Checking Up On Docs: A Conversation With Sheila Nevins

As the landscape of nonfiction film continues to evolve in today's complex market, the documentary form has taken on a more central role in filmmaking around the world. For more than 20 years, Sheila Nevins and HBO Documentary Films have been at t... read more

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Tribeca Talks: A Conversation with Julian Schnabel

Julian Schnabel, renowned artist and director of Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, and Lou Reed's Berlin (TFF '07) will discuss his previous work and show a clip from his new film, Miral, due out this fall. In conver... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Docs Doing It Right

Documentary filmmaking is no walk in the park. The demanding conditions, inexhaustible research, mobile subjects, and sometimes impossible access is enough to make any documentarian's head spin. Even the most weathered of the bunch will run into o... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Dollars and Sense: Making the Most of Your Budget

Filmmakers know what's important in making their film: the best script, the best actors, and getting the biggest bang for every dollar spent on production. Whether it's $100,000 or $100 million, managing resources and getting the utmost creative i... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Is the Sky Really Falling? A Closer Look at the Future of Film Distribution

Depending on who you ask, the landscape of film distribution is changing either for the better or worse. So which is it? Is the sky really falling on the film industry? Join filmmakers, sales agents, and distributors in a discussion about enabling... read more

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FAME! I'm Gonna Live Forever!

In my stars I am above thee; but be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - Twelfth Night Ah, to be famous. The money, the lifestyle, the paparazzi picking through your ga... read more

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Does Whatever A Spider Can

It's a super-sized superhero Tribeca Talks event! Join the people who bring our favorite webbed hero to the big screen - filmmakers Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin, Kevin Feige, and Grant Curtis as they discuss stretching the limits of imagination with th... read more

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Tribeca Talks: Injecting the American Dream

Part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film FestivalAmerica's performance-enhancing appetite has never been bigger. And it's not just in professional sports or Hollywood. From high school locker rooms to anti-aging clinics, our nation is e... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry: What You See Is What You Get

Sponsored by KodakBringing a story to the screen is no easy feat. First, there is the script, then finding the actors, the money, the crew (what exactly is a grip?)… It really does take a villa... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry: Shane Meadows

Hosted by Skillset With more than 30 short films to his name, self-taught director, writer, and sometime actor Shane Meadows is one of the shining stars of British cinema. A 2008 BAFTA winner for This Is England... read more

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Tribeca Talks: Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis is still considered an “indie” film maverick. He was ahead of the digital filmmaking trend with 2000's Timecode, is a founding patron of the online community Shooting People, and created a stabilizer for digit... read more

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Tribeca Talks: Pangea Day, TED & Tribeca

If you had the world's attention, what story would you tell? The Tribeca Film Festival joins CNN's Christiane Amanpour and TED Prize-winning filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) to discuss the launch o... read more

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TRIBECA TALKS: Morgan Freeman

A ClickStar is born…Not content to bask in the glow of Oscar or rest honorably on his laurels, Morgan Freeman, through his production company Revelations Entertainment, has partnered with chipmaker Intel to herald the forthcoming revolution in onl... read more

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TRIBECA TALKS: Morgan Freeman

A ClickStar is born...Not content to bask in the glow of Oscar or rest honorably on his laurels, Morgan Freeman, through his production company Revelations Entertainment, has partnered with chipmaker Intel to herald the forthcoming revolution in o... read more

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TRIBECA TALKS: Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

Three time Grammy winner, multi-platinum selling musician, record label executive and producer. Chris "Ludacris" Bridges is one of today's fastest rising young actors with critically acclaimed performances in "Crash," "Hustle and Flow," and "Law ... read more

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TRIBECA TALKS: Tiki Barber, No Pain...No Gain...

Broken bones, torn ligaments, concussions. Tiki Barber's tenure as the New York Giants' premiere running back may prove to be the perfect training ground for a career in entertainment and news. Jonathan Tisch sits down with the master of rushing... read more

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Prodigies, Nobelists and Penguins: Science and Stereotypes in the Movies

Drawing on several new films at this year's festival -- Vitus, Nobel Son, and Eye of the Dolphin -- and such acclaimed movies as A Beautiful Mind, Proof, Good Will Hunting, The Aviator, March of the Penguins and more, Tribeca Talks brings filmmake... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - ESPN Films Beyond the Playing Field

ESPN Films has become an industry heavyweight in the genre of sports filmmaking. With the success of 30 for 30, ESPN Films has broken away from what was traditionally thought of as a sports film and redefined the genre. By showcasing stories of p... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Does the Cloud have a Silver (Screen) Lining?

We have seen the major studios launch cloud-based solutions to respond to shifting consumer content consumption patterns. The emergence of the tablet as a serious "screen" and the proliferation of online digital platforms provide filmmakers and di... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - The Business of Entertainment

Bloomberg returns with its signature program The Business of Entertainment. This year's discussion, "Going Global: Will Co-Production Save the Film Industry?" focuses on the recent rise of international co-production, exploring the benefits and ob... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - New Filmmakers on Film

Panavision's New Filmmaker Program has helped young directors and cinematographers break into the industry for the past 25 years, supporting films such as Requiem for a Dream and Napoleon Dynamite. While a growing number of filmmaker... read more

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Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper hosted by Barnes & Noble Union Square--Based on the Book

Successfully adapting a book to a film can be a challenging task. What are the elements that can best translate from the page to the screen? How faithful must the adaptation be to the original work? Is it possible to create a version of the story ... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - Imagine More

Project Imagin8ion was the first user-generated photo contest to inspire a Hollywood film and resulted in the Ron Howard production when you find me, shot using Canon cameras. Join us for a screening of this short film and a behind-the-scenes tour... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry - The Future Is Short: Storytelling in the Digital Age

As the Internet and other platforms like Hulu, Netflix, Yahoo!, and the New York Times become more commercially viable as distribution outlets for good stories told through film, the opportunities for creating original short-form content have neve... read more