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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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2014 AS SEEN BY OUR CO-CHAIR ooking back at 2014, I am struck by the level of increased visibility and recognition achieved by TFI-supported storytellers. From high school student and Tribeca Film Fellow® Grace McLeod, who earned national notice with a feature in The New York Times and a profile on NPR related to her film, UNDER THE TABLE, to screenwriter Graham Moore, who received the Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay for THE IMITATION GAME, the storytellers we champion rose to amazing heights. We couldn’t be more proud. NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC – the incredible documentary about hip hop artist Nasir “Nas” Jones – opened the Tribeca Film Festival® this year, which marked the first (but certainly not the last) time that a TFI-supported film was selected for this prestigious honor. But what does all of this really mean? Why is it important? We believe ensuring that a plurality of stories and voices reach as many people as possible is vital. In his Oscar® acceptance speech, Graham Moore movingly shared that, as a teenager, he’d attempted suicide because he felt “weird” and “different” and like he “did not belong.” He encouraged young people watching the broadcast to stay “weird” and “different” and assured them that they do belong – that their voices and their stories matter. And they do. Every story has the potential to inspire, to challenge, to transform. Ram Devineni’s augmented reality comic book, PRIYA’S SHAKTI, which is teaching young people in India to break from customs that turn a blind eye to violence against women, has exploded in the press (more than 400 media stories worldwide) and has been lauded by the United Nations as an incredibly effective tool for changing – and saving – lives. At TFI, we strive not only to identify the next generation of exceptional storytellers but also to ensure that their stories are realized and reaching audiences to maximum effect. Many of these projects would not happen without our grants and year-round mentoring. So we are tremendously appreciative for the support of our corporate and foundation partners and our individual donors, who generously allow us the privilege of doing this work. We are deeply committed to artists and audiences. We look ahead with great enthusiasm.
Jane Rosenthal Co-Founder and Co-Chair
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BY THE NUMBERS 2,175
SUBMISSIONS
RECEIVED
THROUGH ALL TFI’S ARTIST PROGRAMS / 135 STORYTELLERS SUPPORTED 13,000+ THROUGH
ACROSS
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STUDENTS TFI’S
PROJECTS
/
REACHED
EDUCATION
PRO-
GRAMS / 39 ORIGINAL SHORT FILMS CREATED BY STUDENTS IN TFI’S TRIBECA
TEACHES®
SCHOOL
PROGRAM
TEACHERS
/
85
TRAINED
THROUGH TFI’S BLUEPRINT FOR THE MOVING IMAGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS / 26 TFISUPPORTED FILM AND MEDIA PROJECTS SCREENED AT THE 2014 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL. ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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CONTENTS PEOPLE
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Grace McLeod
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Ram Devineni
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One9 & Erik Parker
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Graham Moore
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PLACES Tribeca Hacks
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StoryLab
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Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize
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Young Supporters Party
STATS & DATA
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Revenue
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Awards & Support
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Expenses By Category
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SPONSORS CONTRIBUTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF 4
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Interactive Day at Tribeca Film Festival 2014
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GRACE MCLEOD Director of UNDER THE TABLE
ribeca Film Fellow Grace McLeod had a momentous 2014 through her involvement with the program and TFI. Her scripted short UNDER THE TABLE tells the story of a young woman bringing her girlfriend home to her estranged Upper East Side family for Thanksgiving after her first semester of college. After the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, McLeodwas profiled in The New York Times and NPR. Further; In April 2014, she, along with other Film Fellows, screened “Local/Express,” a 2-minute-40-second original silent short, on 40 electronic billboards in Times Square.
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Director, Producer, and Co-Writer of PRIYA’S SHAKTI
"The goals are to challenge deeply rooted patriarchal views and create empathy and identification with rape survivors – so they feel comfortable seeking justice and begin the process of healing." am Devineni exemplifies social-justice storytelling. He is the Producer, Director, and Co-Writer of PRIYA’S SHAKTI, an augmented reality comic book that challenges gender-based sexual violence in India and around the world. Supported by the TFI New Media Fund (an initiative made possible by Ford Foundation), PRIYA’S SHAKTI tells the story of a young woman named Priya, a gang-rape survivor, who is ostracized by her family, and the Goddess Parvati as they fight against gender crimes. Following TFI’s catalytic grant in 2014, PRIYA’S SHAKTI has been featured in more than 400 media stories worldwide and at TFI Interactive as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.
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ONE9 & ERIK PARKER Director, Producer, and Writer of NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC
ilmmakers One9 and Erik Parker were awarded a Tribeca All Access® grant in March 2013 as they were finishing production on their documentary NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC. After attending the industry market that TFI hosts for its grantees each year during the Tribeca Film Festival, they applied for and received a TAA Alumni grant in 2014 to help with final edits. With TFI as their champion, their film was selected as the Opening Night film at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, marking the first time a TFI-funded film secured that coveted spot. TFI’s Education team has since written a study guide to accompany the film and has hosted screenings and discussions for public school students and prison inmates.
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Writer of THE IMITATION GAME
“If this film can resituate him [Alan Turing] as one of the great geniuses of the 20th century, that is our small part, our little bit of work that we can do to give his legacy the tribute that it deserves.”
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o one will ever make that; no one will ever finance that; no one will ever be in that, Graham Moore recalls in a 2014 interview with TFI. This was a common
reaction he encountered while pitching his idea for a movie about Alan Turing, the mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma code during World War II. Undeterred, Moore applied to the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund and received a grant to write THE IMITATION GAME. Moore's script, which blends Turing’s heroic efforts with his secret (then-illegal) life as a gay man in the UK, went on to earn eight Academy Award nominations. Moore took home the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay and delivered one of the most memorable acceptance speeches of the 87th Academy Awards®, in which he revealed that he attempted suicide at age 16.
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n 2014, TFI and AT&T hosted a very successful hackathon during the annual Tribeca Film Festival. Part of TFI’s Tribeca Hacks series, this workshop
brought together media artists, technologists, and designers to create new interactive prototypes based on the theme of mobile storytelling. Since Tribeca Hacks ďŹ rst launched in 2012, TFI has held more than 30 different hackathons across the US as well as in France, Germany, Israel, and Switzerland.
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014 marked the second annual TFI/A&E IndieFilms StoryLab, a three-day workshop that provides in-depth assistance for five filmmaking teams
with documentary projects in post-production. This year’s session featured master classes by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady as well as mentorships with industry leaders including director and producer Amir Bar-Lev, producer Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment, and Julie Goldman, Chris Clements, and Carolyn Hepburn of Motto Pictures.
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aura Alsum of UCLA won the 2014 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize for her screenplay SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. Created with support
from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Prize recognizes the most outstanding science- and technology-related screenplays from the Sloan ďŹ lm school symposium: UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television; USC School of Cinematic Arts; NYU Tisch School of the Arts; AFI Conservatory; Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama; and Columbia University School of the Arts. TFI awarded Alsum a $30,000 cash prize as well as an additional $20,000 in professional services for the development of her screenplay, which follows a young athletic boy named Charlie who reinvents his persona at school after being diagnosed with a progressive neuromuscular disease.
SLOAN STUDENT GRAND JURY PRIZE
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YOUNG SUPPORTERS PARTY
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FI members enjoy exclusive benefits including private screenings, discounts on tickets to the Tribeca Film Festival, compli-
mentary access to TFI Interactive, free movie passes, and a prime spot at TFI’s annual membership party. In 2014, “Young Supporter” members hit the lanes at Brooklyn Bowl and savored free food, drinks, and a set by DJ Questlove. ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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STATS & DATA
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REVENUE 2014
$5,544,792
2013
$5,752,929
2012
$5,274,121
2011
$6,018,368
2010
$3,210,316
2011 2013 2014 2012
2010 ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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AWARDS & SUPPORT TFI NEW MEDIA FUND
TFI/ESPN PRIZE
TFI DOCUMENTARY FUND
TFI/ESPN FUTURE FILMMAKER PRIZE
TRIBECA ALL ACCESS
IWC FILMMAKER AWARD
SLOAN STUDENT GRAND JURY PRIZE
TFI LATIN AMERICA MEDIA ARTS FUND
0.9%
TFI SLOAN FILMMAKER FUND
GUCCI TRIBECA DOCUMENTARY FUND
$11,905
OTHER
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PROJECT
13.5% $174,000
$107,0 00
8.3%
$1
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1.9% $25,000
1.6% $20,000
2.3%
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$139,8
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$222,450
17.3%
TOTAL: $1,285,022
PROGRAM EXPENSES GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FUNDRAISING EXPENSES
82% $5,293,444
10% $623,638
8% $546,970 ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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THE PARTNERS THAT MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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2014 CONTRIBUTORS $1,000,000+
TRIBECA ENTERPRISES
HOLLIDAY FOUNDATION INFLUENCE FILM FOUNDATION
FORD FOUNDATION
$25,000+
ALA AND RALPH ISHAM
$500,000+
A&E INDIEFILMS
TANNY D. AND R. COURT JONES
MONTBLANC
JEFFREY ALTMAN
KALAM RESEARCH & MEDIA
THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
SERENA ALTSCHUL
GEORGE KLEIN
THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
BNY MELLON
PETER LEWIS
CANACINE
JULIE AND BRUCE MENIN
$250,000+
NANCY AND STEVEN CROWN
MJS FOUNDATION
ESPN FILMS
MARK DALTON
TIME WARNER FOUNDATION
TONY DELLA SALLA
NEON ARTS, NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION
MARINA AND PAUL DONAHUE
PATTY NEWBURGER
$150,000+
GALE AND IRA DRUKIER
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
BLOOMBERG
MARTY EDELMAN
ANNE O'SHEA
GUCCI
HEINEKEN
ADAM RIEMER
THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION
ILLY
JOANN RIGGIO
IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN
MAY ELLEN AND GERALD RITTER
PATTY JARAMILLO AND HOWARD RUBIN
TAMARA ROBINSON
THE ORCHARD SAVE THE STARFISH FOUNDATION
$75,000+ ROBERT DE NIRO KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN
PABLO SALAME
BROOKE AND DANIEL NEIDICH
KARI AND TODD WAGNER
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
TIME WARNER INC.
OVERBROOK FOUNDATION
$50,000+
THE RUDIN FOUNDATION
ACCESS INDUSTRIES
SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
ANTIQUORUM
VARIETY
AT&T BLAVATNIK FAMILY FOUNDATION
$10,000+
JANE BOON AND NORMAN PEARLSTINE
ACADEMY FOUNDATION
RON BURKLE
VALERIE BOOM AND JAMES GUNDERSON
CNN FILMS
CANDESCENT FILMS
KERING FOUNDATION
PEGGY AND MARK ELLIS
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST THE PERELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
VINCENT ROHAN
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
KERIANNE FLYNN
WEILL MUSIC INSTITUTE OF CARNEGIE HALL THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK
$5,000+ BARBARA BELLETTI THE BLOOMINGDALE'S FUND OF THE MACY'S FOUNDATION TORY BURCH GRETCHEN AND STEPHEN BURKE MIKE CHAVET DOUGLAS DURST SANFORD EHRENKRANZ KATIE FORD
BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES
SANDRA AND LAURENCE GLUCK
ALICE HARRIS
GRUBMAN, INDURSKY & SHIRE, P.C.
HBO
HIVE DIGITAL MEDIA LEARNING FUND IN THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST
HEARST MAGAZINES KOBRA INTERNATIONAL JUDY MCGRATH
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STEVE MERCZYNSKI
ABIGAIL DISNEY
JOSH LIEBERMAN
NICOLE MILLER
KAREN DUBROW
JOE MARCHESE
MICHAEL OKEN
ROBERT DUFKIS
ANA MARTINY
IVAN ORLIC
CANDACE DYAL
LUCY METCALF
PERRI PELTZ
DAVID EARLS
JODE MILLMAN
LISA AND RICHARD PERRY
STEPHEN EDBERG
MORGAN STANLEY
PHILLIP POTEAT
ERIC EISNER
JULIUS NASSO
HEATHER RANDALL
ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
CHRIS NOLAN
JOHN ROCHE
ELI N. EVANS
NY RACING ASSOCIATION
MARK ROHL
EXPLORING THE ARTS
EDWARD OMERT
TAMI ROSEN
JAN AND BILL FARBER
ALAN PATRICOF
JANE ROSENTHAL
SAL FAZIO
TONY PRIOLETTI
ILONA SAIC
STEPHANIE AND MICHAEL FERDMAN
IRENE AND DAVID RITTER
MARY AND DAVID SOLOMON
BARRY FRIEDBERG
AYALA AND JULES ROBERTS
SAFIE TAHERI
SONIA GARCIA-ROMERO
TAUBMAN COMPANY
DOMINIC GENOVESE
HON. YDANIS RODRIGUEZ, DISTRICT 10
ANNE TEMPLETON
DOUG GIAMBRONE
CYNTHIA THORNTON
MARK GILBERT
THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY
JARED GLADSTONE
JAMIE WOLF
GOOGLE ALLEN GRUBMAN
$1,000+
LESLIE GRUSS
THOMAS AJAMIE
MAX GUEN
MARINA ARSENIJEVIC
MARC HANDELMAN
ALBERTA ARTHURS
RENEE HARBERS
RONNIE AND BOB BAILIN
IDIT HAREL
EDWINA AND JOHNNY BARBIS
VICTOR HOBSON
KHALIL BARRAGE
DAVID HRYCK
BENEVITY COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND
LISA HSIA
DANNY BENNETT JOHANNA BENNETT ALEXIANDREA BORDEN JACOB BURKE JENNIFER CALVERT HOLLY CAO AND BOB HELLMAN MARK CARBONE HON. MARGARET CHIN, DISTRICT 1 DAWN CHIRWA JAMES COLEMAN REBECCA AND JARED COHEN PHYLLIS COOK CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY JUSTIN DALY
PAUL HUCHRO JENNIFER MAGUIRE ISHAM ROBERT JONES STEPHEN JONES JON KAMEN YUE-SAI KAN STEVE AND WAYNE KASS NANCY KELLEY PETER KELLNER ELIZA AND HARRIS KEMPNER ALEXIS KNOPP ELLIE LANDON STEWART LANE KATHY LEIBOWITZ
IRIS SCHWARTZ DANIEL SMALL KERRY SMITH TONI AND MARTIN SOSNOFF JEFFREY STONE ARTHUR SULZBERGER, JR. GAY TALESE JOSEPH TAVARES BROOKE THOMPSON DIANA TIMOFYEYEVA TRIBECA FILM CENTER VEL RECORDS TAMMY VROULOS CHAIM WACHSBERGER JAMES WOLIN LANA WOLKONSKY LYNA ZERROUKI
$250+ LUBNA ABU-OSBA JESSICA AMBROSE NISA AMOILS MICHELE ANTHONY NICHOLAS APPS CHANDRA BAIRD NICOLE BELLINA DANIEL BEYDA MICHAEL BRAMS
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CAITLIN BURNS
JIM MASER
JAMIE SWEENEY
DONALD CAMPBELL
AMANDA MCBAINE
MARILYN TAUB
JOSEPH CARINO
PATRICK MCGARRY
KEVIN TOWNSON
JOSEPH CARUNCHO
KEN MEISELMAN
ALICE WANG
LISA CHANOFF
DEBORAH MESSEMER
NOLA WEINSTEIN
TRACY AND BOB CHINERY
RON MEYER
MAX WEISSBERG
JENNIFER COHEN
NATIA MOSASHVILI
JOAN WOLFSON
MEREDITH COLLINS
SHAKER MUASHER
KELVIN ZLOCHEVSKY
STEVEN CORSO
KARIN AND EDWARD NADRICZNY
KIM COSTA
SIMON NASHT
BRETT DOBIN
ANTHONY NICHOLSON
PAUL DONAHUE
AARON O'BRIEN
TANAZ ESHAGHIAN
MARIO OCCHICONE
LISA MARIA FALCONE
TAKUMI OMINE
CASEY FELAGO
HILARY PACKER
NINA FRORIEP
MARK PALERMO
KERRY FULTON
DOMINIKA PASTERNAK
JEN GATIEN
AYESHA PAYNE
RHODA GLICKMAN
AMY PECKHAM
MICHAEL GOSS
KELLY PHITOUSSI
MELANIE GRISANTI
BIANCA POSTERLI
COLLEEN HAMMOND
ANTHONY PRIVITELLI
AUSTIN HOFFMAN
DAVID RABINOWITZ
EMILY HYUN
DEBRA RAINONE
MARK JACOBSON
RAQUEL RESTIVO
JAMES JANOWSKY
DENISE RICH
ELISABETH JONSSON
DIANE RICHARDS
KATHRYN JORDAN
KELLY RICHTER
EMILY JOSLIN
GABRIELE ROMAGNOLI
SIMON KHAN
SALLY ROSEN
OMAR KHAZAMOV
CYNDI RUUD-JOHNSON
JONI KLEIN
MIKE RYAN
PHYLLIS JO KUBEY
LORI SACKLER
VIJAY KUMAR
ELVIS SANTANA
TODD LAWTON
SARI SCHORR AND WILLIAM RASKIN
JEFF LEBLANC
ROBERT SEIGAL
NANCY LEFKOWITZ
STEPHANIE SERRA
HEATHER LEONARD
TIFFANY SHLAIN
ASTRID VON LIECHTENSTEIN
ITURRI SOSA
LOS CABOS ARTE Y CULTURA
VICKI SPEEGLE
CHARLES LYONS
MICHAEL STERN
MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP
SEVERNA STEVENSON
RICHARD MASHAAL
DENISE SWEENEY
TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Robert De Niro
Serena Altschul
Co-Chair
Jared Cohen Raphael De Niro
Jane Rosenthal
Martin L. Edelman
Co-Chair
Eli N. Evans Craig Hatkoff
Alberta Arthurs
Lisa Hsia
Vice Chair
Jennifer Maguire Isham Sheila Nevins Patty Newberger Norman Pearlstine Ronald Perelman Sam Pollard Scott Rechler Martin Scorsese Todd Wagner Jeffrey Wright
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STAFF LAURA BANDEL
INGRID KOPP
Director of Development, Institutional Giving
Director, Digital Initiatives
ANNE BECKER
JOHN LEE
Director of Marketing
Manager, Feature Programming
SHARESE BULLOCK-BAILEY
AMELIE LEENHARDT
Tribeca Teaches Manager
Coordinator, Digital Initiatives
VEE BRAVO
RACHEL MILLER
Director of Education
Coordinator, Feature Programming
ZACHARY CALDWELL
BRYCE NORBITZ
Content Manager
Executive Assistant
ERIC DIMITRATOS
OPEYEMI OLUKEMI
Manager, Marketing and Development
Manager, Digital Initiatives
PAOLA ESPINOSA
ELIZABETH PEREZ
OfďŹ ce Manager
Program Associate, Education
JASON GUERRASIO
JOSE RODRIGUEZ
Web Editor
Manager, Documentary Programming
COLLEEN HAMMOND
ARTEMIS SHAW
Director of Development, Individual Giving
Tribeca Film Fellows Associate
ALEXANDRA HANNIBAL
HECTOR SILVA
Coordinator, Documentary Programming
Designer
RYAN HARRINGTON
DANIEL SU
Vice President, Artist Programs
Technology Director
BETH JANSON Executive Director
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