TFI Funded Films We Love at Sundance 2016!

As you jump into the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, deciding which programs and films to see, be sure to include these ten projects in your festival trip. We at Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) are grateful to have funded and supported them as they grew into the films they are today, and we want you to go see them! Dive in. 

AUDRIE AND DAISY (2015 GUCCI Tribeca Documentary Fund, AOL Charitable Foundation Award)

In two towns on different sides of America, two teenage girls pass out while intoxicated at high school parties, and, while unconscious, both are sexually assaulted by boys they call their friends.  In the aftermath, the girls each endure online harassment, both attempt suicide, and tragically, one girl dies. AUDRIE & DAISY explores this new public square of shame from the perspective of the teenagers and their families – including the boys involved in the assaults and the girls willing to speak out publicly for the first time. Ticket Information 

THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (2012 TFI Documentary Fund grantee)

This documentary tells how South Korea's two biggest movie stars are kidnapped by movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. Forced to make films, they must combine their artistic talents in order to escape with their lives. Waitlist Only  

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (2011 TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund grantee)

This documentary tells the story of an indigenous leader forced into exile and facing 20 years in prison for resisting the environmental ruin of Amazonian lands by big business. Refusing to surrender he continues his quest, shedding light on conflicting visions shaping the fate of the Amazon and the climate future of our world.  Ticket Information 

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE (TFI-supported)

Kate Plays Christine tells the fateful story of Christine Chubbuck, a Sarasota newscaster who committed suicide on-air in 1974, by following an actor tasked with portraying her. Ticket Information 

(2014 TFI Documentary Fund grantee)

The mostly-true story of Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric snake oil salesman who built an empire in Depression-era America with a goat testicle impotence cure and a million watt radio station.  Ticket Information

(2013 TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund grantee)

Two aged prostitutes see themselves forced to contemplate their lives and confront their issues so they can live out the remainder of their days with dignity and hope. Ticket Information 

UNLOCKING THE CAGE (2013 GUCCI Tribeca Documentary Fund grantee) 

After a lifetime of preparation, animal protection attorney Steven Wise builds a groundbreaking lawsuit seeking personhood rights for an animal plaintiff. Ticket Information 

WEINER (2016 TFI Documentary Fund grantee) 

With unrestricted access to Anthony Weiner's New York City mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the scenes of a high-profile political scandal as it unfolds, and offers an unfiltered look at how much today's politics is driven by an appetite for spectacle. Waitlist Only  

(2015 TFI New Media Fund grantee) 

Right now, more than 80,000 people are locked in a 6 by 9 foot concrete box. They have no human contact, every element of their environment is controlled. The sensory deprivation causes severe psychological damage. It changes them, they become invisible. 6x9 will invite participants into their world.  See 6x9 at Sundance

NOTES ON BLINDNESS (2015 TFI New Media Fund grantee)

Notes On Blindness is a transmedia project created by Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton and James Spinney that offers a sensory and psychological immersion into the singular experience of a man faced with gradual loss of vision.  See Notes On Blindness at Sundance