Tribeca Film Festival

Submission Criteria

Submissions should be a screenplay or documentary work in progress, and intended to be 5-30 minutes when completed. However, filmmakers are encouraged to find the most effective way to tell their story and its central themes in a concise manner.

Each submission must:

• Demonstrate that each individual can ‘make an imprint’ and change the world around them.
• Convey a clear picture of how one person can act to make the world a better place by fighting injustice, helping people in need or practicing reconciliation.
• Inspire people through compelling content to mirror Nelson Mandela’s values in one’s day-to-day life and local community, as well as to problems that face the world.

Submissions open Monday, June 8 and close Monday, August 31.

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Winner Selection

Tribeca All Access (TAA) will narrow the entries to 10-15 finalists. Finalists will be presented to 46664 and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa on September 21, 2009. The Foundation will judge the finalists’ submissions in October and select 5 winners to receive the Mandela Day Tribeca All Access Award, a grant in the amount of $10,000 each to put toward the making of the short film. 46664 will announce the winners in November 2009. All applicants will be notified by email no later than Monday, November 16th.

Recipients of the Mandela Day Tribeca All Access Award will have the opportunity to have their completed film shown at a special Tribeca All Access screening event during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in NYC.

About The Tribeca Film Institute

The Tribeca Film Institute is dedicated to creative innovation in film and media arts. The Institute creates original programs that draw on the unifying power of film to promote creativity, understanding, tolerance and global awareness.

About Tribeca All Access

Tribeca All Access (TAA), a year round program of the Tribeca Film Institute, is designed to help foster and nurture relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities in the film industry.