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Winner of 2025 Tribeca Festival SAT and T Untold Stories pitch
set to premiere at the 2026 festival.
Liz Sergeant S feature debut, Take Me Home, announced A
stellar cast comprised of Anna, Sergeant, Liz Sargent's own
sister Victor Slazak, Hell on Wheels, The Order, Baby Girl,

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Alley, AHN, Agatha, All Along, The Diplomat, the other two
Marceline Huge at Gilded Age, Black Mirror, The Marvelous
Missus Misel and Shane Harper, Powerbook 4 Force Hightown a
teacher. I'm excited to work with these
incredible actors who are approaching this process with an

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open mind and a deep respect formy sister Anna, says writer and
director Liz Sergeant. When I cast, I'm looking for
something deeply human, a personal connection that goes
beyond character. It's an honor to have this cast
share a piece of themselves intomy family's intimate and
vulnerable story. Take Me Home tells the story of

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Anna, a 38 year old Korean adoptee with a cognitive
disability. Anna cares for her aging parents
in a fragile balance of meeting each other's needs.
When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna S
routine, her future becomes uncertain until she creates a
world where she can thrive. Liz Sargent won the 8th annual

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AT&T Untold Stories pitch at the2025 Tribeca Festival with Take
Me Home, which wrapped shooting in Florida this September.
The feature is adapted from a proof of concept short of the
same name, also starring Anna Sargent, which premiered at
Sundance in 2023, won the Grand Jury Prize at 2024's American

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Cinematex Proof Film Festival and was the centerpiece at the
White House S celebration of the25th anniversary of the Olmsted
Act as part of the AT&T Untold Stories program.
The feature is set to premiere at the 2026 Tribeca Festival.
The film is produced by Apurva Guru, Charan Joyland and Minus

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Papa's Mother, which under the helm of Cyprian Films New York
and All CAPS. Executive producers include AI
Gen. POO and Lydia's Story for
Carrying Across Generations, Jane Shin Park, Andrew Kim,
Philip Engelhorn and Candace Sanchez McFarland for Synerich,
Bill Pollard and Kelly Martin for River Road and former

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Academy president Janet Yang. Victor Slazak is represented by
artists and representatives and Right Entertainment, Ali AHN by
Gersh Agency and Adam Management, Marceline Huget by
SMS Talent, and Shane Harper by Gersh Agency and Luber Rockland
Entertainment. Established in 2017, AT&T Untold

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Stories has become a cornerstoneof Tribeca S artist development
efforts and a transformative force in the film industry.
Each year, the program awards 1 emerging filmmaker funding to
produce a feature film, along with mentorship, industry
support, and a guaranteed premiere at the Tribeca
Festival. Since its launch, the program

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has supported 40 projects, produced 8 winning films, and
helped launch the careers of dozens of emerging film makers.
Winning films celebrate their world premieres at the Tribeca
Festival and have been distributed across all major
platforms including Netflix and HBO Max, averaging 92% on Rotten

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Tomatoes. Previous winners include Faraday
Okoro S Nigerian Prince, Sace Sealy S Lucky Grandma, Kate Sung
S Marvelous and The Black Hole, Nardeep Kermai S Land of Gold
directed so young, Shelley yo S Smoking Tigers, David Fortune S
Color book, and Lillian T Merle S Honey June.

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Beginning with the 2020 Sixth Tribeca Festival, the festival S
25th anniversary, the top production prize will increase
from 1,000,000 to 1.2 million, reinforcing its status as the
largest unrestricted film production award of its kind in
the world. Submissions for the 2026 cycle

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are now officially open through February 6th.
Film makers can apply now at tribecafilm.com.
Untold Stories about Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival
presented by OK X brings artistsand diverse audiences together
to celebrate storytelling in allits forms, including film, TV,

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music, audio, storytelling, games and immersive.
With strong roots in independentfilm, Tribeca is synonymous with
creative expression and entertainment.
Tribeca Champion's emerging and established voices discovers
award-winning talent, cure its innovative experiences and

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introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres,
exhibitions, conversations and live performances.
The festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal
and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural
revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the attacks
on the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca Festival will

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celebrate its 25th year from June 3rd to 14th, 2026 in New
York City. In 2019, James Murdoch S Lupus
Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing
together Rosenthal, De Niro and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.
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