| TED KRUCKEL 05.18.09 2:06 PM |
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Careful Spending and Energetic Staffing Net (Nearly) a Million for Sloan-Kettering
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 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Spring Ball
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“You know, it isn’t easy to raise $1 million at a dinner anymore,” co-chairwoman Muffie Potter Aston told me energetically at the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s (M.S.K.C.C.) second annual Spring Ball, held May 13 at the Plaza Hotel. “The money just doesn’t come in automatically.” Tell me about it.
The next day, in a phone follow-up, the philanthropist admitted to being “a little tired; we danced til after midnight,” but relieved to have come very close to the seven-figure milestone. “We cut way back on decor spending, Andrew did a great job with a really tight budget.”
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| EVENT REPORT 04.29.09 5:01 PM |
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New Tribeca Film Festival Sponsor DirecTV Debuts With 2009 Media Lounge
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 | DirecTV's makeshift marquee
Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash |
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With Target and its filmmaker lounge no longer in the picture at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, freshman sponsor DirecTV picked up the slack by building a press center and media lounge in a former futon store just south of Union Square on University Place.
Over the course of the festival's 12-day run, DirecTV has teamed up with a handful of other sponsors—Snapple, Heineken, Zone Perfect, and L'Oreal—for a media headquarters called the DirecTV Tribeca Press Center. The hub, produced by DirecTV director of national media events Brad Setting and New York-based Kuki Design, hosts interviews, photo-ops, roundtable discussions, and probably a few naps through the festival's close on Sunday.
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| NEWS 04.23.09 2:37 PM |
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Fewer Films and Renewed Community Focus Define 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
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The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival officially bowed yesterday with a screening of Woody Allen's latest film, Whatever Works, and an after-party at the Royalton Hotel. This year marks a decidedly low-key iteration of the eight-year-old festival, with just 85 movies premiering. (Previous years have seen as many as 157.) Parties and sponsorships all look to be subdued, as organizers with Tribeca Enterprises emphasize community events and consumer spending downtown.
This year actually finds much of the action taking place in SoHo. The festival continues its relationship with Apple, holding filmmaking events, screenings, and discussion's at its Prince Street retail flagship. Eric Bana, Natalie Portman, and Nia Vardalos are all scheduled to appear during the series. Just a few blocks away, the Chanel store will host a gallery exhibition of this year's featured local artists, whose donated works will again serve as the awards for the festival's winning filmmakers.
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| NEWS 02.17.09 4:16 PM |
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Tribeca Film Festival Recruits Sundance Director
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Tribeca Enterprises, the group that owns and operates New York's annual Tribeca Film Festival, announced today that 19-year Sundance Festival veteran Geoffrey Gilmore will join the team as chief creative officer.
Gilmore climbed the ranks at Sundance over nearly two decades to become director, working alongside founder Robert Redford. He was responsible for film selection, artistic direction, and festival management and is credited with attracting some of the biggest successes independent film has seen. At his new job in New York, he'll be charged with expanding the Tribeca brand and the festival's global strategy, leading creative initiatives, and sharpening the organization's ambitious goals of making the local festival more of an international presence in the film world.
The eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival kicks off April 22 and lasts through May 3. —Michael O'Connell
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| NEWS 11.24.08 12:52 PM |
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Tribeca Film Festival to Head to Arabian Gulf
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Yesterday, at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Qatar Museums Authority announced a joint partnership that will launch the Tribeca Film Festival Doha in November next year. Modeled after the New York-based cinematic showcase, the festival in the Arabian Gulf state will feature a variety of documentaries, new Hollywood releases, and independent movies as well as outdoor screenings and kid-friendly films. It will also include panel discussions, dubbed the Doha Conversations.
The inaugural film fest is set to take place November 10 to 14, 2009, at the Museum of Islamic Art and other cinemas in Doha. —Anna Sekula
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| FROM THE EDITORS 05.06.08 3:01 PM |
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Tribeca Film Festival Mixes Thriller Zombies, Big Premieres, and Sponsored Lounges
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The Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up Sunday, completing 12 days of indie movie screenings, big-budget studio premieres, sponsored lounges, lavish parties, outdoor events, concerts, and more. (Spokespeople confirm that the total attendance was just under 400,000.) We covered a variety of the offerings, from Thriller zombies at the Drive-In to American Express's new entertainment and hospitality lounge. And we talked to Joshua Cicerone, vice president and creative director of Dalzell Productions (the company that produces the festival) to hear about a typical day during the festival and how he works with city agencies to coordinate the event's logistics. You can find an archive of all of our coverage here.
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| NEWS 05.06.08 10:37 AM |
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Music and Movies Split Attention at Tribeca Film Festival
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 | Bad Veins at Breaking the Band
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The Tribeca Film Festival married different forms of entertainment throughout its 12-day run this year, and that meant that movies had to share the limelight. Many events surrounding the festival incorporated art, sports, education, and—more and more—music, including the fourth appearance of the ASCAP Music Lounge and the return of the Breaking the Band concert.
What distinguishes Tribeca from festivals like, say, South by Southwest is that the film and music portions don't exist as separate entities. Both music events were tied into film and showcased artists selected for their success on film and television soundtracks. (The idea was to give new artists the opportunity to work with filmmakers and for the 2008 festival's more established lineup to gain more exposure.)
“Tribeca is such a huge supporter of music,” said Grammy-nominated music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas, who worked with the festival to curate the Breaking the Band event. “Directors and producers see the value in new music. It makes sense that there would be a fusion at the festival.”
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| EVENT REPORT 05.02.08 6:01 PM |
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Target Filmmaker Lounge Brings Rock and Movies Together With Logos
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 | Target's branded bungalow
Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash |
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Where celebrities, filmmakers, and industry types go, so must heavily branded sanctuaries for them to hold quick meetings, catch up with work, or just relax. This year’s Tribeca Film Festival has them in spades, and one that runs for the festival’s duration is the Target Filmmaker Lounge at Parsons.
The mega-retailer is never one to shy away from over-the-top branding, so the gallery is fitted head to toe in red and white, with barely a square inch not showcasing a signature bull's-eye. Target has put on the Filmmaker Lounge in the past, but the new venue gave them considerably more space this year. Designer Daphne Shirley at ShirleyGirl decided to break up that space to allow for more private spots for people to gather.
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| NEWS 05.01.08 2:40 PM |
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New York Not the Best Town for a Film Fest?
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In a New York Times article published yesterday, David Carr addresses the pitfalls and advantages of having a film festival in New York. Despite its speedy growth, big premieres, and growing number of distribution deals, the Tribeca Film Festival still pales in comparison to its older siblings at Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Venice, and Cannes.
Carr writes that one reason might be the absence of an isolated festival experience, typical of most destination events: “Anybody who has been trapped on a Sundance shuttle bus will tell you that much of the kinetic energy and serendipity that makes for the festival experience derives from the isolation and absence of distraction. New York City is the headquarters of distractions, making it difficult for Tribeca to grab attention.”
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| NEWS 04.29.08 5:02 PM |
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AmEx Adds Hospitality Lounge With Programming to Tribeca Festival
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 | Tina Fey at the Insider Center
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The Tribeca Film Festival's founding sponsor, American Express, added a new facet to this year's festivities: an entertainment and hospitality lounge dubbed the Insider Center. Taking over the Union Square Ballroom for nine days, the program is a place for filmmakers and card members to gather in the heart of the festival’s northern hub.
“It was originally a celebration of the neighborhood, and now it’s just a renewed commitment to the human spirit of filmmaking and storytelling,” said Jessica Igoe, director of global sponsorship marketing at American Express, of the festival. “We’ve signed on for five more years.” Each year the AmEx teams spends roughly six months preparing for the festival, always with the goal of bringing something new to the table.
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