It was a dream come true and happy ending at Tribeca Festival.
AT&T and Tribeca announced SMOKING TIGERS as the winner of the AT&T Presents: Untold Stories. SMOKING TIGERS filmmakers So Young Shelly Yo (Writer/Director) and Guo Guo (Producer) will receive $1 million to produce their feature length film, which will premiere exclusively at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and be granted a dedicated first look opportunity with HBO Max.
The AT&T Presents: Untold Stories event took place at Spring Studios at Tribeca on Friday, June 10th and featured 5 talented filmmakers with diverse voices and backgrounds vying for the opportunity to take their stories from untold to told. This year’s entries included The Weight of Land from Daniel Drummond, Smoking Tigers from So Young Shelly Yo, Under The Lights from Miles Levin, Paper Trail from Rachael Moton and Mutt from Vuk LK.
Each filmmaker had the opportunity to pitch their project to the event Greenlight Committee, which included filmmaker J.D. Dillard, actress DeWanda Wise, AT&T Chief Marketing and Growth Officer Kellyn Smith Kenny, Warner Media SVP of Equity and Inclusion Karen Horne, and HBO MAX SVP of Content Acquisition Leslie Cohen.
During the event, AT&T also presented a $40,000 grant to the Fan Favorite winner, Under The Lights, which was voted on by fans via @ATT and will also provide a $10,000 grant to each of the other 4 participating filmmakers to help achieve their film goals.
Visit AT&T Untold Stories for more on previous year’s events and winners.
