DOHA TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES COMPETITION JURY LED BY LEGENDARY EGYPTIAN ACTRESS YOSRA

International Jury also includes Salma Hayek Pinault, Nick Moran, Bhavna Talwar and Danis Tanovic

Eight new titles added to Festival Programme

18 October 2010 (Doha. Qatar) - The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) today announced that internationally acclaimed Egyptian actress Yosra has been appointed President of the Jury for the 2nd annual Festival, October 26 – 30, 2010.

Yosra replaces previously announced Jury President Hany Abu-Assad who has had to step back from his role due to a delay in production with his latest film, The Courier, currently shooting on location in Louisiana.

Yosra will be joined by four other outstanding and diverse members of the film industry who comprise the inaugural jury –  prolific Academy Award nominated actress, producer and director Salma Hayek Pinault (FridaUgly Betty), English actor, writer, and director Nick Moran (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels),Indian director Bhavna Talwar (Dharm) and Bosnian  screenwriter and film director of the Academy Award winning No Man’s Land, Danis Tanovic. Together they will choose the winners of the Festival’s Arab Film Competition: Best Arab Film and Best Arab Filmmaker who will each receive monetary awards of US$100,000.

Additionally, the festival has also added seven more feature films to its programme - including Andrew Lau’s Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen, John Curran’s Stone starring Robert De Niro and Edward Norton, Machete starring Jessica Alba, Danny Trejo and Don Johnson, Casino Jack starring Kevin Spacey and a special IMAX presentation of Paranormal Activity 2.

ROBB NAMED AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY BOARD PRESIDENT,
THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS ANNOUNCED
For Immediate Release
September 27, 2010

Contact: Agnes Varnum, Communications Manager, Austin Film Society
               agnes@austinfilm.org or 512-322-0145 x3213
(Austin, TX)--The Austin Film Society is pleased to announce Catherine Robb of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP taking the helm as the President of the Board, and adds three new directors to its Board: actor and producer Todd Allen, retired Xerox executive Gloria Castro, and Troublemaker Studios business manager Kevin Dartt. Each new director serves a three-year term.

Austin Film Society Grants $111,000 To Texas Filmmakers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, August 30, 2010

Austin Film Society Media Contacts:

Bryan Poyser, Director of Artist Services                               Agnes Varnum, Communications Manager
512.322.0145 x 3204, bryan@austinfilm.org                         512.322.0145 x 3213, agnes@austinfilm.org

(Austin, TX) - The Austin Film Society is very proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund(TFPF) and Travel Grant programs, which this year gave away a total of $111,000 in cash and goods and services to 33 projectsfrom emerging Texas filmmakers. AFS has now given out over $1.1 million to 293 film and video projects since the program began in 1996.

Cash grants totaling $93,000 and $6,000 worth of Kodak film stock and $5,000 in in-kind services from Seattle-based Alpha Cine Labs will be dispersed to 24 projects to recipients of the Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund, adding to cash grants totaling $7,000 in stipends already dispersed to 10 Texas filmmakers via the Travel Grant program. The largest grant this year went to Ausinite Patrick Bresnan’s documentary feature VIETNAM APPRECIATION DAY, about a subculture of Vietnam War reenactors in suburban Pennsylvania. He received a $9,000 post-production grant for the film.

"The Austin Film Society is humbled by the hundreds of individuals and companies that contributed to make this year's Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund possible," said Rebecca Campbell, executive director of the Austin Film Society. "It goes to show how committed our community is to independent, diverse voices in filmmaking."


TENTH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
2011 DATES AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2011 FESTIVAL TO BE HELD APRIL 20 – MAY 1, 2011
* * *

New York, NY (August 25, 2010) – The Tribeca Film Festival announced today that the tenth annual Tribeca Film Festival will be held April 20 – May 1, 2011.

The Festival has also announced a Call for Submissions for narrative and documentary features as well as for short film entries.

Deadlines to submit U.S. and International films for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival are as follows:

September 13, 2010 – SUBMISSIONS OPEN

November 5, 2010 – EARLY DEADLINE, FEATURES & SHORTS

December 10, 2010 – OFFICIAL DEADLINE, ALL FEATURES AND SHORTS
COMPLETED IN 2010

January 10, 2011 – LATE DEADLINE, 2010 FEATURE LENGTH WORK-IN-PROGRESS AND FILMS COMPLETED AFTER OFFICIAL DEADLINE

Starting September 13, 2010, submission forms and complete information regarding eligibility for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival will be available atwww.tribecafilm.com/festival. Questions regarding submissions may be directed to entries@tribecafilmfestival.org or by calling
212.941.2305.

About Tribeca Film Festival:
Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center, New York City to spur the economic and
cultural revitalization of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music and culture.

The Festival’s mission is to help filmmakers reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center. Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors. The Tribeca Festival has screened over 1100 films from over 80 countries since its first festival in 2002. Since its founding, it has attracted an international audience of more than 3.25 million attendees and has generated an estimated $660 million in economic activity for New York City.



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