Tribeca Youth at TFF 2010
Tribeca Film Institute’s Youth Programs use the power of film to help harness and direct the energy, vision and promise of New York City’s high school students. Through a broad range of programming, students with an interest in cinema have the opportunity to learn more about film and about how to use film to think about their own lives, stories, communities and careers.
To register for any of TFI’s Youth Programs during the Tribeca Film Festival, please visit our website.
TFI’s Youth Programs are made possible by Time Warner, JP Morgan Chase, Con Edison, GWFF, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts and the Department of Youth & Community Development.
The Tribeca Film Institute is proud to invite NYC students, youth filmmakers and educators to our programming held throughout the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. The public events at TFF 2010 are listed below. Learn more about all our programs at www.tribecafilminstitute.org/youth.
Tribeca Youth Screening Series
The Tribeca Youth Screening Series brings students, year-round, to free screenings of educationally-relevant films. TFI creates study guides for each film and produces Q&A sessions with filmmakers or panel discussions following each screening.
To attend one or more of our screenings, please complete our reservation form, found at www.tribecafilminstitute.org/youth. All events are free of charge.
Climate of Change
Directors: Brian Hill
April 23, 12pm
@ SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street)
A group of 13-year-olds in India rally against the use of plastics. A renaissance man in Africa teaches villagers to harness solar power. Self-described "hillbillies" in Appalachia battle the big business behind strip mining. Tilda Swinton beautifully narrates this rich and inspiring documentary—from the producers of An Inconvenient Truth—about a world of regular people taking action in the fight to save our environment. Executive produced by Participant Media and the Alliance for Climate Protection. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Brian Hill!
The Space Between
Director: Travis Fine
April 27, 12pm
@ SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street)
Lonely flight attendant Montine McLeod (Academy Award® nominee Melissa Leo) becomes responsible for a 10-year-old Pakistani-American boy traveling solo when news of the 9/11 attacks grounds their flight in Texas. After learning the boy's father works in the World Trade Center, McLeod musters the compassion she could never afford her own family, and the two embark on a heartrending road trip to meet an uncertain future in New York City. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Travis Fine! (High school audiences only.)
Monica & David
Director: Alexandra Codina
April 28, 12pm
@ SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street)
Monica and David are in love. Truly, blissfully in love. They also happen to have Down syndrome. Alexandra Codina's affectionate and heartwarming documentary is an intimate, year-in-the-life portrait of two child-like spirits with adult desires. Supported (and, for more than 30 years, sheltered) by endlessly devoted mothers, Monica and David prepare for their fairy tale wedding and face the realities of married life afterward. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Monica, David, and filmmaker Alexandra Codina!
Earth Made of Glass
Director: Deborah Scranton
April 29, 12pm
@ SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street)
A president and a citizen—bound together by a profound love of country and an unquenchable desire to see the truth revealed—fight to uncover the mystery behind a murder and France's hidden role in the horrific 1994 Rwandan genocide. This powerful investigative documentary from the director of The War Tapes (best doc, TFF '06) is driven by the inspiring and uplifting stories of Rwandan president Paul Kagame and genocide survivor Jean-Pierre Sagahutu. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Deborah Scranton, producer Reid Carolin, and cast members from the film! (subtitled; recommended for high school students)
Community Events
To attend one of these events, please complete our reservation form at www.tribecafilminstitute.org/youth. All events are free of charge.
Coming Up Tribeca: Six Degrees of Separation
April 22, 8-9:30pm
@ The Apple Store in Soho (103 Prince Street)
This symposium aims to present young, aspiring filmmakers (and students interested in film) with accurate advice about the challenges of breaking into the film industry. By illuminating the resources filmmakers gain through partnership with media organizations like Tribeca, young filmmakers will understand the opportunities that become available through making connections with these organizations. We aim to celebrate the diverse experience of filmmakers that have come through Tribeca by providing a panel of different filmmakers and professionals that have either participated in Tribeca programs or currently work at Tribeca. A conversation around the various careers that have been supported by Tribeca will show the unique perspective of how to get your movie made and navigate the business of making movies.
Next Steps: From High School to Higher Ed
April 22, 4:30-6:30pm
@ DCTV (87 Lafayette Street)
Are you a young filmmaker thinking about higher education? Interested in studying film after high school, but don’t know where to begin? This event is your chance to get connected to the educational choices available to you as you move on to the next step! Join us for an opportunity to meet and speak with professors, students, and school representatives from film programs at 10 outstanding New York institutions. Students, teachers and young filmmakers are all welcome to attend and access the resources needed help to make the best choices about the future, and find film programs that match your interests.
Youth-Made Work
To attend one of these events, please complete our reservation form at www.tribecafilminstitute.org/youth. All events are free of charge.
Our City, My Story
April 30, 12pm
@ BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers Street)
Come celebrate the incredible vision, excellence, and diversity of New York City youth-made media. Curated by the Tribeca Film Institute, this annual screening showcases the best of the NYC youth work during the Tribeca Film Festival. This year, the program will focus on work that demonstrates the core principles of the new Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts: The Moving Image—an innovative guide produced in partnership with the NYC Department of Education and Tribeca Film Institute that outlines clear expectations for the study of film, television, and animation from early elementary school through high school graduation. Large audiences are welcome.
Tribeca Teaches Premiere of Project: Perception
April 29, 6:00pm
@ BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers Street)
Join us for the world premiere of Project: Perception, seven documentary short films created by students from Bronx Preparatory Charter School, CAMBA at IS 269 and CAMBA at PS 271. 120 students spent a semester conceiving of and filming their own short documentary films. Each of these films explores a person, place, or thing that is different than it first appears.
About the Tribeca Film Institute
The Tribeca Film Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving audiences and artists year-round. While TFI’s mission remains grounded in the heart of its New York City founding, its reach and influence in the film community has expanded to capture international acclaim and participation. Since its inception in 2001, TFI has become an industry-recognized institution. Administering a dozen major programs annually, TFI reaches 10,000 people through its year-round programming in New York City as well as its featured initiatives at the Tribeca Film Festival.
