Tribeca Film Festival
Summary
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Manhattan.The mission of the film festival is "to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience." The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan.With over 250 films and 1,000+ screenings in both 2006 and 2007, the Tribeca Film Festival has become one of the most prominent film festivals in the world.
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YouTube: “We are to cable what cable was to broadcast”
We want TV-sized audiences for our original programming, and we’re prepared to promote big like TV.
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Top talent further erases distinctions between YouTube & TV [with video]
YouTube has lifted the curtain on more professionally produced programming starring household-name talent, ready to impress both viewers and advertisers.
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Advertising: YouTube Channels Court Advertisers at NewFronts
A YouTube presentation completed two weeks of events intended to help digital media companies attract money from marketers that might otherwise be spent on television.
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Punch Media Wants to Redefine Tablet Advertising
There have been a few stabs at iPad-native newspapers and magazines, with limited success, but the just-released Punch is taking a different tack with its new app. It'smore of a collection of apps-within-app, wherein each one—represented as an item on the Punch bookshelf—opens into an interactive editorial feature.
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Rob Lowe brings Politico, Huffington Post to a ‘Knife Fight’
Rob Lowe stars in a new film about spin and political campaigns, “Knife Fight,” which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. The trailer for the movie, which describes itself as “cleverly incorporating the always-on news cycle into… Read more.
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Inside Vanity Fair's Tribeca Film party: Free cigs
The Event: Vanity Fair's Cocktails to Celebrate the Eleventh Tribeca Film FestivalThe Date: April 17, 2012 The Venue: The State Supreme Courthouse in Manhattan The crowd: Actors, movie producers, millionaires. . . and media and party reporters The Bar: Champagne, a selection of liquor, Stella Artois and loosie cigarettes The Food: Foie gras and other passed apps by Thomas Keller The Swag: Don't be greedy.
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Judge Dismisses Bloggers’ Class Action Suit Against Huffpo; Plaintiff Says He’ll Appeal
Arianna Huffington attending the premiere of The Union at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia).
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Vimeo debuts Focus Forward, a film series about the big ideas in tech
There’s no time like the present to be using technology to do something really big. Of course, a lot of people and companies are already doing just that — but unfortunately, they don’t always get the kind of wide exposure they deserve. That may be partly because the media coverage of such big-picture, highly technical projects is not as accessible and absorbing as it could be.
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Tribeca Film: Future of Film: What Really Lies Beneath the SOPA Debate?
The battle raging around the SOPA bill these past several weeks has been fascinating to watch. There have been a lot of blog posts and interviews full of bluster and confrontation, some sanctimonious, others nasty, and yes, also informative. It is worth spending the time to read them all to get a feel for the complete picture of this epic battle.
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Tribeca Film: Future of Film: If We Build It, Will They Come?
Movie theater attendance was down in 2011, but Tribeca's COO asks: What can we learn from pro sports?.
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