
April 16th, 2019
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THE 18TH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2019 JURY COMPRISED OF ACCLAIMED STORYTELLERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS, WRITERS AND PRODUCERS
Jurors include Angela Bassett, Rebecca Miller, Orlando von Einsiedel, Steve Zaillian, Chlo Sevigny, Debra Messing, Topher Grace, Famke Janssen, Drake Doremus, Maureen Dowd, Tig Notaro, Phoebe Robinson, Dana Harris, Julie Goldman, David Cross, DeWanda Wise, Justin Long, and more
NEW YORK, NY- March 19, 2019 -The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced the 2019 jury members who will select the winners in the film and immersive competition sections. The jurors will award work in ten different categories and honor new voices and prominent members of the creative community with unique art and monetary awards. This year's jury features acclaimed filmmakers, award-winning actors, noteworthy producers, and cultural leaders including Angela Bassett, Rebecca Miller, Orlando von Einsiedel, Steve Zaillian, Drake Doremus, Famke Janssen, Jenny Lumet, Tig Notaro, Chlo Sevigny, and more. The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24-May 5 in New York City.
For Tribeca's 18th edition, more than 51 industry leaders were selected to honor feature length and short film categories, comprised of narratives and documentary films, as well as Storyscapes, the juried section of the Virtual Arcade, presented by AT&T. The jurors will also present the Tribeca X Award, celebrating excellence in branded storytelling at the intersection of advertising and entertainment. For the first time this year, Tribeca X will expand to four categories: best feature film, short film, episodic, and VR.
The Festival will also announce the winner of the seventh annual Nora Ephron Award, presented by CHANEL, created to honor the spirit and vision of legendary filmmaker and writer, Nora Ephron, which will be selected by a jury composed of esteemed group women whose works are respected in the creative community.
At 18 were proud of our lineup of talented and diverse filmmakers and welcome our extraordinary jury, commented Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder and CEO of the Tribeca Film Festival.
The winning films, projects, filmmakers, actors, and storytellers in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Film Festival Awards ceremony at The Stella Artois Theatre @ BMCC TPAC on Thursday, May 2.
Following is a list of all 2019 Festival jurors and their respective categories:
Feature Film Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2019 U.S. Narrative Feature Competition section are:
Jonathan Ames - Jonathan Ames is the author of nine books and the creator of two television shows, Bored to Death and Blunt Talk His novella, You Were Never Really Here, was recently adapted as a film, directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Cory Hardrict- Cory Hardrict has an impressive film career spanning over 10 years. He currently stars on the series The Oath for Crackle and will next be seen in the film The Outpost with Scott Eastwood. He will star and produce the film.
Dana Harris - Dana Harris is the editor-in-chief of IndieWire.
Jenny Lumet - Jenny Lumet is the author of Rachel Getting Married for which she received the 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award, 2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award, and 2008 Washington D.C. Film Critics Association Award and NAACP Image Award.
The jurors for the 2019 International Narrative Feature Competition section are:
Angela Bassett - Actress (What's Love Got to Do With It, Black Panther), director (Whitney, American Horror Story), executive producer (9-1-1 and Otherhood).
Famke Janssen - Famke Janssen is an award-winning Dutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model, internationally known for her successful career in both feature films and on television.
Baltasar Korm kur - Baltasar Korm kur is an Icelandic director and producer. His 2012 film The Deep was selected as the Icelandic entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjav k, A Little Trip to Heaven (starring Julia Stiles and Forest Whitaker), Jar CIty, Contraband, 2 Guns (starring Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington), Everest (starring Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin), and The Oath which premiered at Toronto in 2016. His most recent film, Adrift (Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin) premiered in June 2018.
Rebecca Miller - Rebecca Miller is an award-winning filmmaker and author. She is the writer and director of six feature films: Angela (1995), Personal Velocity (2002), The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), Maggie's Plan (2015), and Arthur Miller: Writer (2017).
Steve Zaillian - Steve Zaillian won an Academy Award for his screenplay of Schindler's List. Other screenplays include Awakenings, American Gangster, The Falcon And The Snowman and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. He is also a prolific director (Searching For Bobby Fischer, A Civil Action and HBO's The Night Of).
The jurors for the 2019 Documentary Feature Competition section are:
Drake Doremus - Drake Doremus is a filmmaker who has made nine feature films, most notably the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Like Crazy.
Robert Greene - Robert Greene's films include Bisbee 17, Kate Plays Christine and Actress. He writes for Sight & Sound and is the Filmmaker-in-Chief for the Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the University of Missouri.
Julie Goldman - Julie Goldman is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary feature films and series. Julie has had over 30 films screen at the Tribeca Film Festival, including: this year's opening night film, The Apollo, One Child Nation, Life, Animated and The Kill Team.
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