NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, announced the winners of its two Audience Awards: the audience choice for Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature films, sponsored by AT&T.Plus One, written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer, was honored with the Narrative Audience Award and Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, was given the Documentary Audience Award. The winner of each re...

NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER It's your last chance to catch #Tribeca2019!  There are still plenty of opportunities to see some amazing new films and events before It wrap up Sunday.  This year's Festival included 113 feature-length films, 63 short films, and 33 immersive storytelling projects representing 44 countries. Screenings of the award-winning films will take place throughout the final day of the Festival, Sunday, May 5th, at various venues. ...

Phillip Youmans and Jane Rosenthal speak onstage at Awards Night - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on May 2, 2019 in New York City. Photo© Mustafa Önder     NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER   Phillip Youmans was just 17 and finishing high school when he completed his lyrical debut feature film, "Burning Cane." Now, his movie has won the top award at the 18th Tribeca Film Festival.   The 18th annual Tribeca Film Fes...

  Photo: David Magdael & Associates, Inc.   Chinese filmmaker Yang Sun and American director S. Leo Chiang partner on a documentary profile of prolific visual artist Maleonn.   NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER Inspired by childhood memories and the fleeting age of time, noted Chinese multimedia artist Maleonn conceives an ambitious project that tests the limits of his creative talents in Our Time Machine, an affecting but somewhat episodic...

Blue Nefertiti performes in the Boom Boom Room of the Standard Hotel at the event organized by New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT)  NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER , April 29, 2019  Photos© Mustafa ÖNDER http://mustafaonder.com Copyright ©2019 Mustafa Önder, All Rights Reserved.   ...

NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER This year the Tribeca Film Festival’s Tribeca Immersive, which leads as an incubator for innovation and is a global stage where top VR creators choose to debut their latest work, showcasing more than 30 cinematic and cutting-edge virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality experiences by top artists who push the boundaries of storytelling with technology. Tribeca Immersive encomes two events that run the duration of the F...

    NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER   The Tribeca Film Festival will kicks off April 24 with the world premiere of HBO documentary “The Apollo” at the iconic Harlem venue. The documentary by director Roger Ross Williams follows the history of the Apollo, and includes new interviews with Patti LaBelle, Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson and Jamie Foxx. It also tracks a new production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “B...

  NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER Chloe wine is served during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival awards night after party at Gallery at Dream Downtown on April 26, 2018 in New York City. Photo © Mustafa Önder Photo © Mustafa Önder Guests enjoy the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival awards night after party at Gallery at Dream Downtown on April 26, 2018 in New York City. Photo © Mustafa Önder   Mustafa ÖNDER htt...

2018 Tribeca Film Festival Awards: ‘Diane,’ ‘Smuggling Hendrix,’ and More Take Top Honors NEW YORK, NY:  Mustafa ÖNDER Alia Shawkat was named best actress in a US narrative feature for Duck Butter, while best actor honours went to Jeffrey Wright for O.G. Best Cinematography in a US narrative feature Film went to Wyatt Garfield for Diane. The Nora Ephron Award awarded a $25,000 prize to writer-director Nia DaCosta for Little Woods. T...

NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER The Filmmaker Welcome Party during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at The Bowery Hotel on April 20, 2018 in New York City.   Photographs by © Mustafa Önder http://mustafaonder.com Copyright ©2018 Mustafa Önder, All Rights Reserved.   ...

NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER Guests enjoy the STUDIO 54 The Documentary Tribeca Film Festival Party at Night Fever Pop Up Disco / The Museum of Sex, on April 24, 2018 in New York City  STUDIO 54 The Documentary Tribeca Film Festival Party at Night Fever Pop Up Disco / The Museum of Sex, on April 24, 2018 in New York City  STUDIO 54 The Documentary Tribeca Film Festival Party at Night Fever Pop Up Disco / The Museum of Sex, on April 2...

  NEW YORK, NY:  Article and Photos by Mustafa ÖNDER Tribeca Immersive: Two premier programs to experience. A new virtual-reality take on “War Games” and interactive and immersive projects that feature Rosario Dawson, Lupita Nyong’o, Alicia Vikander and the band OK Go are among the projects on tap for the Tribeca Film Festival's 2018 lineup of immersive, interactive and virtual reality titles. Tribeca has been an early champion ...

  NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER On Friday, April 20th, Megu on West 16th street played home to the BACK ROADS pre-screening cocktail party with cast  Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz, June Carryl followed by the 7 Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss by ing Through The Gateway Chosen By The Holy Storsh Post Tribeca screening party, with producer Elijah Wood and actors Sam Huntington, Kate Micucci, Dan Harmon, Josh ...

NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER Guests enjoyed "A night at the Roxy with Movie" during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2018 at The Roxy Hotel in New York City.   Spencer Ludwig performs  "A night at the Roxy with Movie" during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2018 at The Roxy Hotel in New York City.   Daya performs onstage "A night at the Roxy with Movie" during the...

NEW YORK, NY: Mustafa ÖNDER GOLDCREST, NYWIFT, PGA & WIP hosted "A celebration of Female Producers at Tribeca" Party during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at Common Ground Bar on April 18, 2018 in New York City. •Goldcrest operates as leaders in picture finishing, sound and dailies. In the last two years Goldcrest has expanded its range of Post-Production finishing services to build a stellar reputation for high-profile Feature and Television Pi...

NEW YORK, NY  It started back in 2002, now the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival is underway, with nearly 100 films being showcased over 12 days in New York City. One of its founders, Robert De Niro, was on hand to launch the festivities in New York City Wednesday night.  This year’s fest kicked off with a tribute to one of late-night comedy’s greats. Love, Gilda is a new documentary that focuses on the life of Gilda Radner, who made her mark during the heyday...

The 16th Tribeca Film Festival announced its award winners on Thursday, giving top honors to three features directed by women.  Keep the Change for Best U.S. Narrative, Son of Sofia for Best International Narrative, and Bobbi Jene for Best Documentary. The Festival, presented by AT&T, runs through April 30, 2017.   The Tribeca Film Festival has awarded Rachel Israel’s Keep the Change as this...

This year’s three winners were honored at a reception during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. The reception were part of a “Sloan Works-in-Progress Readings and Cocktail” event on April 22 where actors read excerpts from TFI/Sloan-funded projects.   “These three latest winning screenplays -- about a  brilliant, tender-hearted mathematician immigrant whose gifts were coopted to build destructive weapons, a world under s...

The Tribeca Film Festival is a cultural event for the new age of storytelling that brings together visionaries across industries and diverse audiences. It celebrates the power of storytelling in a variety of forms – from film to TV, VR to online work, and music to gaming. As a platform for creative expression, independent filmmaking, and immersive entertainment, Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning filmmakers and creators, curates innovative experien...

This year's Tribeca Film Festival is another a great opportunity to see some great films, some exciting discussions about movies, and even to rub shoulder with some of your favorite celebrities. Photos © Mustafa Önder   The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center. With strong roo...

The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Presented by AT&T opened with CLIVE DAVIS: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES and Concert.     The Tribeca Film Festival -launched after 9/11 to promote the cultural and economic revival of Lower Manhattan- provides a platform for innovative filmmakers to present their latest work alongside some major movie premieres too.  The 2017 program will feature films of all stripes: crowd-pleasing blockbusters-to be, provocative docume...

the Filmmaker Welcome Party during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at Diamond Horseshoe on April 15, 2016 in New York City. ...

Mustafa ÖNDER, NYC Guests enjoy the beautiful view of NYC at the Producers Reception during the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2016 in New York City.   Photograph: © Mustafa ÖNDER, mustafaonder.com ...

TFI Interactive, with the of the Ford Foundation, assembles the brightest thinkers and innovators for an all-day forum that explores storytelling in the digital age. The Interactive Playground connects participants with a selection of groundbreaking projects.   During TFI Interactive, participants come together to explore how the evolving digital world is impacting their industries and the art of storytelling. Key speakers and skilled media artists give a series of short talks t...