1. “I Got Somethin' to Tell
You”
Directorial debut.
An EGOT (Emmy, Grammy,
Oscar and Tony) winning
producer, actress and talk
show co-host.
Whoopi
Goldberg

2. “Powerless”
Co-director and producer.
2011 Cinereach grantee.
Premiered at Berlin this year.
Deepti
Kakkar

3. “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me”
World premiere.
Emmy-winning producer
("The Betrayal") and founder
of Isotope Films.
Chiemi
Karasawa

4. “The Pretty One”
Feature film debut.
Finalist for both the
Nicholl Fellowship and
Zoetrope Screenplay
Contest.
Jenée
LaMarque

5. “Dancing in Jaffa”
Peabody award-winning,
three-time Emmy nominated
filmmaker.
Will be opening film at the
15th DocAviv (International
Documentary Festival in Tel
Aviv) next month.
Hilla
Medalia

6. “Alias Ruby Blade: A
Story of Love and
Revolution”
Screenwriter and
producer.
Played at Human Rights
Watch Film Festival
(London). Available to
watch on Tribeca Online
Tanya Ager starting 4/19 and eligible
for $10,000 Audience
Meillier Award.

7. “Wadjda”
The first feature film by a
female Saudi director to be
filmed in Saudi Arabia.
Set to open in U.S. theaters
in late August.
Haifaa
Al-Mansour

8. “Farah Goes Bang”
Director and co-writer.
Feature film debut.
Available to watch on
Tribeca Online starting 4/19
and eligible for $10,000
Audience Award.
Nominated for first-ever
Nora Ephron Prize (comes w/
Meera $25,000 award for one
female writer or director).
Menon

9. “The Reluctant
Fundamentalist”
Premiered last year at the
Venice Film Festival.
Opens in US theaters on
April 26th.
Mira Nair

10. “Six Acts”
Journalist-turned-
screenwriter.
Won Best Script award at
2012 Haifa International Film
Festival.
Rona Segal

11. “The Cup Reader (Qariat il
Finjan)”
World premiere.
Selected for IFP’s inaugural
Emerging Visionaries
program.
Suha Araj

12. “Sight”
Premiered at Rotterdam Film
Festival.
Founding board member of
ImageNation Aboriginal Film
and Video Festival in
Vancouver, British Columbia.
Thirza
Cuthand

13. “Delicacy”
Screenwriter.
3rd year Directing MFA
student at Columbia
University.
Short film is available to
watch on Tribeca Online
starting 4/198and eligible for
Frieda Luk $5,000 award.

14. “Close Your Eyes”
Narrative short film debut.
Awarded a 2011 New York
State Council Individual
Artist Grant.
Sonia Malfa

15. “Snow in Paradise”
Director.
Played at Sydney Film
Festival, New Zealand
International Film Festival,
Melbourne International
Film Festival, Chicago
International Children's
Festival.
Justine
Simei-Barton

16. “Snow in Paradise”
Co-director and writer.
World premiere at Berlin
2012.
Nikki
Si’ulepa

17. “Grave Goods”
Premieres this month at
Visions du Réel Documentary
Festival in Switzerland.
Leslie Tai