A film that has Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth attached and another exec produced by Terrence Malick are among the projects to have picked up coin from the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Filmmaker Fund, which supports films in which science and tech play a major role in the narrative.
A total of $140,000 will be given to help filmmakers create and/or distribute their pics, and also provide mentorship from both the science and film communities. Grant money is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Among the selections are "The Devil's Teeth," a movie exec produced by Malick about a journalist who teams up with two scientists to protect the great white shark, and "Future Weather," about a teen girl obsessed with environmental disaster, with Lili Taylor attached.
Also on the list of Sloan recipients is "Midnight Sun," set to star Eisenberg and Bosworth and centering on the creation of the atom bomb. Christopher Eigeman directs.
Projects were selected by a committee made up scientists as well as film pros, including producers Julie Goldstein and Anne Carey. Awards will be handed out during the Tribeca Film Fest's TFI Awards, set for April 23.
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