TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2023 JURY OF STORYTELLERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, WRITERS, AND PRODUCERS

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TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2023 JURY OF STORYTELLERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, WRITERS, AND PRODUCERS

Jurors include Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu, Dianna Agron, Zoey Deutch, Zazie Beetz, Kate Siegel, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, Nina Dobrev, Clea DuVall, Piper Perabo, Chance the Rapper, Noah Centineo, Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Ahn, Chloe Grace Moretz, and more

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NEW YORK - (June 1, 2023) - The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced the 2023 jury members who will select winning projects in the film, immersive, games, and audio storytelling sections. The Festival has 15 different competition categories for which jurors will honor winning storytellers and creators with artistic awards.

This year's festival jury include a diverse roster of groundbreaking filmmakers, award-winning actors, celebrated multi-hyphenate producers, and leaders from entertainment and culture, including Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu, Zoey Deutch, Dianna Agron, Zazie Beetz, Kate Siegel, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, Nina Dobrev, Clea DuVall, Piper Perabo, Chance the Rapper, Noah Centineo, Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Ahn, Chloe Grace Moretz, and more. In addition to the awards in competition categories, the Nora Ephron Award, created to honor the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer, will be presented.

We are thrilled to announce the jury for the 2023 Tribeca Festival, said Tribeca Festival Executive Vice President of Artist Relations and Special Events Nancy Lefkowitz. The diversity of perspectives and experiences across all verticals are representative of the myriad voices reflected in this year's program.

More than 58 industry leaders were selected to honor feature-length and short film categories, composed of narrative and documentary films, as well as Storyscapes, the juried section of immersive. A jury has also been established to honor the best work in games and to honor submissions in Tribeca's returning audio storytelling category.

The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 15th.

The following is a list of the 2023 Festival Jurors and their respective categories. For the latest updates on programming follow @Tribeca and #Tribeca2023 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and to purchase passes and ticket packages for the 2023 Tribeca Festival, go to tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets.

About the Tribeca Festival

The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music, audio storytelling, games, and XR. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment. Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning talent, curates innovative experiences, and introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres, exhibitions, conversations, and live performances.

The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca Festival will celebrate its 22nd year from June 7-18, 2023 in New York City.

In 2019, James Murdoch's Lupa Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.

About the 2023 Tribeca Festival Partners

The 2023 Tribeca Festival is presented by OKX and with the support of our partners: AT&T, Audible, Black Women on Boards, Canva, CHANEL, City National Bank, Diageo, Easterseals Disability Services, Expensify, Indeed, NBC4 and Telemundo 47, NYC Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment, National CineMedia, New York Magazine, Novartis, P&G, ServiceNow, Spring Studios New York, The Wall Street Journal, Tubi, United Airlines, Variety and Vulture.

Feature Film Competition Categories

The jurors for the 2023 U.S. Narrative Feature Competition section are:

Ramin Bahrani

Academy Award, BAFTA, WGA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani is the Iranian-American writer, director, and producer of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, 99 Homes, The White Tiger and most recently his debut feature documentary, 2nd Chance. Bahrani is a Guggenheim Fellowship winner and his cinematic oeuvre is housed in the permanent collection at the MoMA in NYC. Currently he is adapting a six-part limited series of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. As producer, Bahrani's films include Alexandre Moratto's Socrates (2018) and 7 Prisoners (2021), Alex Camilleri's Luzzu (2020), Saim Sadiq's Joyland (2022) and Angus MacLachlan's A Little Prayer (2023).

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch most recently can be seen in NOT OKAY for Searchlight/Hulu as well as SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY'S for Amazon/Hello Sunshine. She starred in and produced both films. She can also be seen in Focus Feature's film THE OUTFIT from director Graham Moore starring opposite Mark Rylance, for which she was nominated for best supporting performance at the British Independent Film Awards. Zoey's other credits include Sony's sequel to ZOMBIELAND from director Ruben Fleischer and THE POLITICIAN, staring opposite Ben Platt and Jessica Lange. Deutch starred in and produced the independent feature BUFFALOED, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and released for Magnolia to rave reviews. Deutch's films FLOWER, directed by Max Winkler, and VINCENT N ROXXY both also premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Deutch can also be seen as the female lead of Netflix's hit romantic comedy SET IT UP, starring opposite Glen Powell. Additional credits include Russo-Young's BEFORE I FALL, w

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