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Film Institute awards artists $35,000 each
The Tribeca Film Institute has awarded its 2008 Media Arts Fellowships to 20 filmmakers and media artists, who each receive $35,000.
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, awards are presented in narrative, documentary, experimental, installation and computer-generated media genres.

Twelve of the 20 winners this year are women, marking the first time the gender scales have tipped in this direction.

“What was amazing this year is we had such a strong showing of women winning the fellowships, probably the strongest ever. The panel felt these projects were really pushing boundaries in the form; it’s an amazing crop,” said TFI prexy Brian Newman.

The ceremony was held at the New York Academy of Art.

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