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2011 TRIBECA JURY ANNOUNCED  E-mail
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 00:55

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The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors – a diverse and talented group of 38 individuals, including award-winning filmmakers and screenwriters, celebrated actors, respected journalists and media pioneers. They will be divided among the six competitive Festival categories and will announce the winning films, filmmakers and actors in those categories at the TFF Awards Night ceremony on April 28 hosted by Gideon Yago, which will be streamed live on TribecaFilm.com. The 2011 Festival runs from April 20 – May 1.

“This year’s jury is made up of a range of accomplished individuals in their respective fields, bringing a fresh and well-rounded perspective,” said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. “It’s an honor to have a jury of such caliber watching and discussing the films in competition this year.”

Following is a list of all 2011 Festival jurors and their respective categories.

World Competition Categories:

The jurors for the 2011 World Narrative Competition are:

  • Souleymane Cissé:
  • Scott Glenn: 
  • David Gordon Green:
  • Rula Jebreal:
  • Art Linson: 
  • Jason Sudeikis: 
  • Dianne Wiest: 

The jurors for the 2011 World Documentary Competition are:

  • Amir Bar-Lev:
  • Michael Cera:
  • RJ Cutler: 
  • Abigail Disney: 
  • Whoopi Goldberg: 
  • Louie Psihoyos:
  • Peter Scarlet:

Emerging Competition Categories:

The jurors for the 2011 Emerging Narrative Competition are:
  • Paul Dano:
  • Atom Egoyan: 
  • Zoe Kazan:
  • Anna Kendrick:
  • Rainn Wilson: 

 The jurors for the 2011 Emerging Documentary Competition are:

  • Margaret Bodde:
  • Jared Cohen: 
  • J.D. Heyman: 
  • Lauren Hutton:
  • Annie Sundberg: 

Short Film Competition Categories:

The jurors for the 2011 Narrative Short Film Competition are:

  • David O. Russell: 
  • Nora Ephron:
  • Ceci Kurzman:
  • Denis Leary:
  • Fran Lebowitz:
  • Paul Schneider: 
  • Jimmy Wales:

The jurors for the 2011 Documentary and Student Short Film Competitions are:

  • Ahmed Ahmed:
  • Agnes Gund: 
  • Zoe Kravitz: 
  • Nicole Lapin:
  • Lisa Shields:
  • Christine Vachon:
  • Patrick Wilson: 

Together, the six TFF juries will award $175,000 in cash and prizes.  Festival winners will also receive a piece of original art by an acclaimed artist as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program.

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