Media Arts Fellowship

News and Events

Here's the latest news about the activities of Media Arts Fellows.

Press Releases

2008 Media Arts Fellowships - 22 Filmmakers and Media Artists Receive $715,000 for Artistic Excellence
[New York, NY April 29, 2008] Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) today announced the recipients of its 2008 Media Arts Fellowships; the Fellowship program was founded and is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. This year, TFI awarded $715,000 to 22 innovative filmmakers and media artists. Tribeca Film Institute CEO Brian Newman along with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker [...]

TFF to Combine its Tribeca Film Institute with Renew Media

Remembering Helen Hill

Renew Media Fellows in Toronto and Venice Fests

Priamo Lozada

An Interview With Kelly Reichardt

We asked Kelly Reichardt a few questions about life as a media maker.

What advice would you give to someone starting out in the field?

When you go to shoot - find a DP with a lighting background. Your DP does not need a camera background - you have an AC for the loading of film and focus and you can set up your own shots. Lighting is the main thing you desire from a DP and someone to look after the exposures.

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Upcoming Events

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Fellows News: April, May, June 2008

The 27th Black Maria Film Festival, a traveling festival which premiered in February in New Jersey and traveled nationwide through May, featured work by Tony Buba, Seoungho Cho, Helen Hill, Leighton Pierce and Andrei Zagdansky.

Michael Paul Britto contributed work to the group show Homebase III, in which seventeen international artists transformed a historical townhouse in Harlem with site-specific artwork addressing the notion of Home. Homebase III was exhibited in April and May.

Nanobah Becker participated in Tribeca All Access program, with her Fellowship-funded project FULL. This narrative follows a young gay Navajo man forced to return home to the queer Native American nightlife culture of Albuquerque, New Mexico after failing as a disc jockey in New York City.

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