Festivals - Tribeca 2021 : 2020 NOW & Pilot Season Selections

By Mulder, 29 april 2021

NOW SHOWCASE A: Soul Connection

A collection of sweet and surprising intimacies that culminate in an examination of faith, love, and human connection. (4 Narrative Short/Episodic Projects)

- The Letter Room- Created by Elvira Lind : The Letter Room is a dark prison comedy about the secret life of a correctional officer who gets transferred to a job in the letter room, where a new world suddenly opens to him.
- Home - Created by Héctor Silva Núñez & Lu Urdaneta : Home is a drama series spoken in Spanglish, following two young Latina immigrants (Lu Urdaneta, Camila Rodríguez) in a journey of self-discovery as they try to make a new home together in Miami.
- Backsliders- Created by Keylee Koop-Sudduth & Micah Sudduth (USA) - Episodes 1, 3 & 6. Blurring the lines between narrative and documentary, Texas filmmakers Keylee Koop-Sudduth (grew up in a megachurch) and Micah Sudduth (born into a Christian cult) deconstruct their evolving beliefs for everyone to see.
- Circus Person - Created by Britt Lower & Alex Knell : Using live action, circus arts, and animated body paint, Circus Person brings whimsy to the drama of building a family when you feel you have none.

NOW SHOWCASE B: Lost & Found

An exploration highlighting human adaptation and nostalgia beside the changing aesthetics of technology. (6 Documentary Short/Episodic Projects)

- Dying Business - Created by Alden Nusser & Ben Fries. Dying Business is a character-driven documentary series about people working in the death industry that sheds light on the working stiffs making a living among the dead.
- Awkward Family Photos - Created by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack. The families behind some of the most viral photos from AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com tell their unique stories and recreate their original photos in a hilarious, odd, and heartfelt exploration of the imperfect family experience.
- Museum of Fleeting Wonders - Created by Tomas Gomez Bustillo. The Museum of Fleeting Wonders is a curated collection of small moments of magic, from the perspective of the people who witnessed them.
- Bobbie Blood - Created by Ava Warbrick. Bobbie Blood is a short documentary series shot on 16mm film chronicling the love life of a newlywed octogenarian couple and the story that brought them together.
- Allumuah - Created by Curtis Essel. Allumuah explores the way the internet enables a lineage of aesthetics passed between African diaspora artists.
- The Seeker - Created by Lance Edmands. The Seeker explores a crisis of faith within Maine's Amish community, the pain and anguish of separating from loved ones, and ways to find solace and spirituality afterwards.

2020 Pilot Season

- Unemployable - Executive Producer: Mike Ott, Gregory Dylan Harris. 31-year-old Cory lives with his mom. Despite a set of serious life choices facing him, Cory’s main priority is to get a new tattoo sleeve, which he can hardly afford, so he sets out to get a job with the support of his only friend, his tattoo artist Louie.
- Magic Hour - Executive Producer: Che Grayson. Bella is a peculiar woman labeled a monster by the man who created her. Trapped in a hotel room, she braves the outside world where she meets Eiko. Will Bella successfully break free from her creator and find her humanity? Or will she fall prey to his deadly prophecy?
- Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps: But What About The Children - Executive Producer: Scott Turner Schofield. While transgender men are rarely visible in the cultural imagination, amid tropes of transition and turmoil, the filmed interpretation of Scott Turner Schofield’s live work of the same name generated 127 pieces of short content (Steps) that deeply explore themes such as childhood, masculinity, love, sex, death, and survival.
- Pretty People - Executive Producer: Shelby Blake Bartelstein. Best friends Rachel and Greg have undeniable chemistry, but it's been simmering and unspoken for the last three years. When Rachel's casual and unexpected hook-up sparks Greg's feelings of jealousy, they'll be forced to say what's on their minds—the whole FAT truth of it.
- Deceased Ones - Executive Producer: Emily Kron, Kate Hopkins. When two friends, Max and Fiona, get involved in the niche service of role playing the dead, they're forced to help heal grieving strangers through a surreal game of make believe, while confronting deeply buried emotional traumas arising within themselves.

Passes and Tickets for the 2021 Tribeca Festival
Festival passes are on sale now. Tribeca At Home tickets go on sale Monday, May 3 @ 11:00am EST. Tickets to attend the outdoor in-person screening / events are available starting Monday, May 10 @11:00am EST. Visit: https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets

(Source : press release)