Welcome to Shelbyville Director and Producer, Kim Snyder, Grant Recipient of Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund!

Kim Snyder, Director and Producer of Welcome to Shelbyville has been named an award recipient of a Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund of the prestigious Tribeca Film Institute!  

The 2010 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund "provides support to domestic and international documentary filmmakers with feature-length films that document pressing social issues of immediate and historical significance."  Welcome to Shelbyville was selected from 390 submissions from 23 countries. 

"'The Gucci Fund is bravely supporting some of the most compelling and important documentaries being made today,' said jury member SImon Kilmurry.  'These films all bear the hallmarks of excellence in storytelling and urgency of issue.  Whether they are from home or from around the world, these films put a human face on the issues through the artistry of some our finest documentary filmmakers.'

'These filmmakers passion to uncover stories that highlight global and controversial issues, is extremely inspiring,' said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Chairman of the Board, Tribeca Film Institute.  'Gucci continues to recognize the importance documentary filmmaking has on society.  Together we are proud to support these filmmakers and believe their films will create a global conversation about these subject matters." 

Congratulations to Kim and all the rest of the grant recipients!

To find out more about the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund visit: http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/documentary/

For more information about the Tribeca Film Festival visit: http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org

For more information about Gucci visit: http://www.gucci.com/

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