AT&T
Untold Stories
Part of AT&T’s commitment to developing underrepresented content creators, AT&T and the Tribeca Film Festival give filmmakers a shot at $1 million to make their movie through the AT&T Presents: Untold Stories program — a multi-year, multi-tier alliance between AT&T and Tribeca, along with the year-round nonprofit Tribeca Film Institute.
The program awards one million dollars, mentorship, and distribution to underrepresented filmmakers to produce their film and premiere it at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Our Winning Storytellers
2021: Land of Gold
2021: Land of Gold
Nardeep Khurmi’s Land of Gold recently wrapped production. Stay tuned for information about it’s premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.
2019: Marvelous and the Black Hole
2018: Lucky Grandma
2017: Nigerian Prince
2022 Finalist Films
Mutt
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña's past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning from female to male, Feña must navigate the new dynamics of these old relationships while tackling the day-to-day challenges that come with living a life in-between.
Paper Trail
In rapidly gentrifying North Philadelphia, two genius Black siblings at risk of eviction begin doing the coursework of local college students in exchange for cash. When one of their clients, a white woman, goes viral from an essay they wrote the siblings are faced with a moral dilemma: allow their client to publicly use their voices, or be caught at the center of a cheating scandal.
Smoking Tigers
Over one summer spent at an elite academic bootcamp, a lonely Korean American teenager hides her true identity to fit in, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood.
Under the Lights
A boy with epilepsy, desperate to feel like a regular kid, goes to prom knowing that the lights will make him have a seizure.
The Weight of Land
When the Estradas, a family of Latino ranch hands, learn they’ve inherited one of the largest ranches in Arizona the promise of a better future seems certain. However, bitter feuds spurred by the inheritance drive a dangerous wedge between the Estradas and their small town.