Tribeca Talks 2008
Tribeca Talks returns with more must-see one-on-one conversations, a filmmaker master class, and Tribeca Talks Industry, a brand-new series exploring the business of entertainment. Featuring Mike Figgis, Jehane Noujaim, isabella Rosselini, Shane Meadows, and 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 digital cameras known as the “Fig Rig.” A world-class director, writer, and composer, Figgis believes that cinema is today's best storytelling medium, and his constant evolution in digital filmmaking challenges the way we experience those stories.
This special Tribeca Talks is hosted by Skillset's Trailblazers program—a showcase for the best and brightest of new British cinema talent.
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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 of Pangea Day (May 10, 2008), a moment when people all over the world will stop, watch, and listen to each other's stories around the planet's first global campfire. Moderated by TED curator Chris Anderson.
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Tribeca Talks: Injecting the American Dream
Part of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival
America'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 embracing steroids and human growth hormones like never before, spurring a furious debate about the ethics of enhancement. Join Christopher Bell, who documented his brothers' struggle to be “the best,” BALCO founder Victor Conte, Jon Romano and Mark Haskins in a provocative discussion about the pitfalls and promise of the asterisk era, and where we go from here. Moderated by Steroid Nation author Shaun Assael.
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Tribeca Talks Industry: What You See Is What You Get
Sponsored by Kodak
Bringing 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 village! But what the audience finally sees on the big screen is really dependent on two key players – the Director and the Cinematographer. These roles are so intricately entwined with each other that no film would look quite the same without their collaboration. Join us for a discussion with these artists including directors Jonathan Levine (The Wackness), Joshua Seftel (War, Inc.) and Aaron Woodley (Tennessee), cinematographer David Greene (Tennessee) and Director of Photography Fred Murphy and learn how this collaboration turns vision into reality. Moderated by American Cinematographer writer John Calhoun.
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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, Meadows brings a thoroughly unique style to filmmaking. With each of his films—including this year's TFF pick Somers Town—Meadows gives audiences a front-row seat to the lives of disenfranchised youth. In this Tribeca Talks event moderated by film journalist Anthony Kaufman, Meadows and writer Paul Fraser discuss their film and the broader film industry.
This Tribeca Talks Industry panel is hosted by Skillset's Trailblazers program—a showcase for the best and brightest of new British cinema talent.
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Tribeca Talks Industry: Click to View: The Future of New Media
Hosted by The Hollywood Reporter
Writers fought for it, directors want it, and actors are next in line. What is “new media,” and what does it mean for artists and audiences? Join those on the frontlines of this fast-growing industry for a conversation with Gaurav Dhillon (Jaman.com), Rick Cotton (Executive Vice President & General Counsel, NBC Universal) and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini—whose series of short films were created for mobile devices—about what we watch, make, and distribute outside the multiplex. Moderated by Georg Szalai (The Hollywood Reporter).
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Tribeca Talks Industry: Reuse, Remix & Renew
Being an indie filmmaker is expensive—emotionally, financially, and legally. Many young artists don't have the tools to create the films they want or to license them for future use. How does one navigate the uncharted legal waters of the internet, blogs, and podcasts? How can a “some rights reserved” approach to copyrighting benefit
filmmakers and film fans alike? Join moderator Paul “DJ Spooky” Miller, Tiffany Shlain (filmmaker, founder of The Webby Awards), Eric Steuer (Contributing Editor, Wired; Creative Director, Creative Commons), and Himanshu Singh (USC Gould School of Law) for a discussion about technology, intellectual property, and the future of participatory media. Moderated by Georg Szalai (Hollywood Reporter)
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