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Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival Jury
Announced; America Ferrera, Alicia Keys, Brooke Shields, Zoe Cassavetes and
Whoopi Goldberg among 35 Jurors
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Omar P.L. Moore/PopcornReel.com
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Today the Tribeca Film Festival announced that 35 jurors will be on hand to
judge this year's Festival films.
America Ferrera, Alicia Keys, Brooke Shields, Zoe Cassavetes and Whoopi Goldberg
are among the jurors for the New York City-based Festival, which runs from April
21 through May 2.
The juries will award more than $130,000 combined to the six winners.
In a statement released today, Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal
said, "This year's jury features the same impressive range and depth as our
films playing in competition. They are distinctive and accomplished
storytellers, artists and entrepreneurs from the worlds of film, theater,
culture, fashion, television and new media -- all of whom share a passion for
film, a thirst for discovery and a spirit of independence."
Here's the breakdown of jurors in their respective categories:
2010 World Narrative Competition
Hope Davis, actress
Aaron Eckhart, actor
John Hamburg, director
Cheryl Hines, actress and director
John Ridley, screenwriter and producer
Gary Ross, writer/producer/director
Gary Winick, director and producer
2010 World Documentary Competition
Jessica Alba, actress
Margaret Brown, director and producer
Marshall Brown, documentary filmmaker
Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedian, humanitarian
Aidan Quinn, actor
Eric Steel, director and producer
2010 Best New York Narrative Competition
Selma Blair, actress
Zach Braff, actor/writer/director
Zoe Cassavetes, director
Darko Lungulov, director
Andrew McCarthy, actor
2010 New York Loves Film Documentary Competition
America Ferrera, actress
Dave Karger, writer
Dan Klores, director, producer
Scott Neustadter, screenwriter
Kate Snow, NBC news correspondent
2010 Narrative Short Film Competition
Justin Bartha, actor
Katherine Dieckmann, director, screenwriter
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former CEO of Twitter
Peter Facinelli, actor
Brooke Shields, actress and author
2010 Documentary and Student Short Film Competition
Perry Miller Adato, director
Tim Armstrong, CEO and chairman of AOL
Jared Cohen, author, member of U.S. Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff
Scandar Copti, director
Larry Gagosian, art gallery magnate/specialist/dealer
Alicia Keys, singer/songwriter/producer/actress
Sharin Neshat, director, visual artist
For more information on purchasing tickets for the Ninth Annual Tribeca Film
Festival, visit www.tribecafilm.com or
call 866-941-3378.
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