Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine, starring David Oyelowo, also among selection.

Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has unveiled the 15 projects selected for the 12th annual Tribeca All Access (TAA) programme.

The programme supports film-makers from statistically underrepresented communities and will grant support for each of the projects, as well as offer year-round support, guidance and resources to help the film-makers complete them.

TAA film-makers are also welcomed into the TAA Alumni programme which supports their present and future work. This year will see TAA and TAA Alumni award a total of $200,000 in grant money.

The projects include Haifaa Al Mansour’s Be Safe I Love You and Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine, starring David Oyelowo.

Alongside the TAA programme, TFI has also selected two members of the LGBT film-making community as special fellows to attend its annual market during Tribeca Film Festival: writer/director Ingrid Jungermann for Women Who Kill and writer/director Hernando Bansuelo for Martinez, CA.

Ryan Harrington, vice president, artist programmes at TFI, commented: “Tribeca All Access is TFI’s cornerstone filmmaker program and through it we are constantly reevaluating what “diversity” means. This year, we are proud to extend our support to interactive and LGBT filmmakers, while maintaining the core mission of the program to amplify the voices of fearless, underrepresented artists.”

The 15 projects selected are as follows:

Interactive projects

  • Declare Home: Produced by Judith Helfand, Daniel Latorre and Fenell Doremus
  • Roll Red Roll: Produced by Nancy Schwartzman; designed by Tin Geber
  • The Shiprock Experience: Directed and written by Ramona Emerson; produced by Kelly Byars
  • South Meets North: Produced by Redelia Shaw, Dan Fallshaw and Violeta Ayala
  • Traveling While Black: Produced by Roger Ross Williams, Joseph Lovett, Bonnie Nelson Schwartz, Lina Srivastava

Scripted projects

  • Be Safe I Love You: Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
  • Black Sunshine: Directed and produced by Akosua Adoma Owusu
  • Five Nights in Maine: Directed by Maris Curran; produced by Maris Curran, Matt Parker, David Oyelowo and Carly Hugo
  • White Sun: Directed and produced by Deepak Rauniyar
  • You & Me Both: Directed by Jennifer Cho Suhr; Produced by Carolyn Mao

Documentary projects

  • Ask The Sexpert: Directed and produced by Vaishali Sinha
  • Free From What: Directed by Anonymous; produced by Thomas Benski, Julia Nottingham and Lucas Ochoa
  • Last Call: Directed & produced by Lana Wilson
  • So Young So Pretty So White: Directed by Chanelle Aponte Pearson and Terence Nance; produced by Yaba Blay and Michelle Serieux
  • The Reagan Years: Directed by Pacho Velez; produced by Sierra Pettengill

TAA is made possible by Time Warner Foundation, with additional support from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and The New York State Council on the Arts.

Since 2004, TAA has supported 252 films and more than 395 film-makers, with TAA Alumni projects including Nas: Time is Illmatic, Obvious Child and Una Noche.

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