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TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 JURY OF STORYTELLERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS
Jurors include Sharon Stone, Patricia Arquette, Sanaa Lathan, Warrington Hudlin, Delroy Lindo, Elijah Wood, Bryan Cranston, Andre Holland, Margaret Cho, Hari Nef
NEW YORK - June 3, 2021 - The Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced the 2021 jury members who will select winning projects in the film, immersive, games and the festivals all new podcasts competition sections. The Festival has increased to 14 different competition categories where jurors will honor winning storytellers and creators with monetary awards and some will receive the soon to be announced unique Tribeca Festival Art Award supported by CHANEL where each year ten world-class artists donate work to be presented as an award to honored filmmakers. Jurors for Tribeca's 20th anniversary edition include a diverse roster of groundbreaking filmmakers, award-winning actors, celebrated multi-hyphenate producers and leaders from entertainment and culture including Sharon Stone, Patricia Arquette, Sanaa Lathan, Warrington Hudlin, Delroy Lindo, Elijah Wood, Bryan Cranston, Andre Holland, Margaret Cho, Hari Nef, and more..
Storytellers rallying together, sharing their admiration and inspiring growth in one another's work is one of the most inspiring parts of Tribeca, said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises and Tribeca Festival. Our jury and incredible community of talented creators are coming back to gather in-person to surround their fellow artists with support.
In addition to the awards in competition categories, for the ninth year, the Nora Ephron Award, created to honor the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer, Nora Ephron will be presented. Also, as previously announced, this year, the Festival will award the inaugural Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award to Stacey Abrams for her service and commitment to fighting against injustices.
More than 40 industry leaders were selected to honor feature length and short film categories, comprised of narrative and documentary films, as well as Storyscapes, the juried section of the Virtual Arcade. Jurors will also present the Tribeca X awards which celebrates storytelling at the intersection of entertainment and advertising. A jury has also been assembled this year to honor the best work in Games and to honor submissions in Tribeca's all new Podcast category.
The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival Awards Ceremony on June 17th where the first ever Persol Award will be presented.
The Following is a list of the 2021 Festival Jurors and their respective categories.
Feature Film Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2021 U.S Narrative Feature Competition section are:
Ana Lily Amirpour
Amirpour made her feature-film debut with A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the Iranian vampire spaghetti western that rocked the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 and was the opening selection for the New Directors/New Films series at the MoMA in New York City. At the 2014 Gotham Awards, Amirpour was honored with the Bingham Ray Award, given to an emerging filmmaker with distinctive creative vision and stylistic adventurousness that stands apart from the mainstream. Her second feature, The Bad Batch, a psychedelic cannibal-western starring Jason Momoa, Suki Waterhouse, Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey, premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival where it took home the Special Jury Prize. The Hollywood Reporter described the film as both violent and dreamy - a bewitching fusion. Born in England and raised in Bakersfield, Calif., Amirpour attended art school at San Francisco State University and graduated from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. She has a varied background in the arts, including painting, sculpting, playing bass, and fronting an art-rock band. Her third film, a surreal fantasy-adventure story set in New Orleans, Mona Lisa and The Blood Moon, will premiere in 2021, starring Kate Hudson, Jun Jong-seo, Craig Robinson, Ed Skrein, and Evan Whitten.
Derek Cianfrance
Derek Cianfrance directed, wrote and executive produced I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE, an HBO limited series starring Mark Ruffalo in his 2020 Emmy-winning role. His illustrious film work includes co-writing and executive producing THE SOUND OF METAL. Previous films include THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEAN, THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES and BLUE VALENTINE. Cianfrance has been celebrated for his music, documentary work, as well as for his high-profile, award-winning commercials.
Bryan Cranston
Bryan Cranston is an Academy Award-nominee and Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, Tony, and Olivier Award winner. Best known for his portrayal of the iconic character Walter White on AMC's Breaking Bad, and Hal on FOXs Malcolm in the Middle, Cranston made his Broadway debut as President Lyndon B. Johnson in All the Way and produced the film adaptation for HBO through his company Moonshot Entertainment. He most recently executive produced and starred in the Showtime limited series Your Honor.
Andre Holland
Andr Holland's film credits include High Flying Bird, Ava DuVernay's adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, Moonlight (Academy Award for Best Picture), Selma (Academy Award Nominee), 42, Miracle at St. Anna, and the acclaimed 2008 independent film Sugar. Holland TV Credit's include the Stephen King inspired series, Castle Rock (Hulu/Bad Robot) and Steven Soderbergh's The Knick. Holland made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning 2009 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone and most recently performed in Othello alongside Academy Award and Tony-Winning actor Mark
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