False alarm: Film students scare a neighborhood.

STaco — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:17:53 +0000

The intersection around King Street & Varick Street was closed off today due to a scare created by young flimmakers. The NYPD received a phone call saying that there were two men with handguns and a a third man with a sniper rifle. In reality it was two college aged film makers shooting a movie on top of Kate Hudson's apartment building. According to video footage, they were arrested around 2pm by the police, rumor has it that helicopters were also called in. No further news so far. [more]

Tribeca Film Institute merges to for the children

STaco — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:08:07 +0000

The Tribeca Film Institute, the nonprofit arm of the Tribeca Film Festival, will merge with Renew Media, a fellow nonprofit for the arts. The decision to merge is expected to be formalized in early April, but the two boards have approved a memorandum authorizing the coupling. Funding from TFI for artists and filmmakers will benefit youth and mentorship programs for underrepresented artists, curated documentary series, panels and workshops, and the 3-year-old Summer Arts Institute, a film-intensive program for youth. The summer program is currently free for 20 people of high school age, but TFI plans to expand it into a larger, citywide undertaking. Meanwhile, under a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, an upcoming project, Reframe, will digitize and make archives available to the public with the goal of helping unseen films find a broader audience.

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False alarm: Film students scare a neighborhood.

Tribeca Film Institute merges to for the children