The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled winners of this year’s Audience Awards on Saturday (4/28) with To Dust topping the narrative competition and United Skates being voted best documentary.
Directed by Shawn Snyder and starring Matthew Broderick and Geza Rohrig, To Dust tells the story of a Hasidic cantor who’s traumatized by the death of his wife and obsesses over how her body will decay. He seeks answers from a local biology professor in this, the unlikeliest of buddy comedies.
Directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown, United Skates chronicles America’s roller rinks which helped spawn East Coast hip-hop and West Coast rap. As rinks close across the country, a few activists mount a last stand to save these bastions of regional African-American culture, music and dance.
2nd place
Taking second place in the Audience Award narrative derby was the Ondi Timoner-directed Mapplethorpe which stars Matt Smith in the title role of art school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe who goes on to become the enfant terrible of the photography world as the downtown counterculture of 1970s New York reaches its zenith.
The documentary runner-up was Momentum Generation from directors/writers Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist. The film introduces us to a band of teen surfers came together on the north shore of Oahu in the 1990s. Their unbridled talent and strong bonds of friendship would bring professional surfing to new heights. But as their stars rose, those bonds are tested.
The winners of the Audience Awards were determined by audience votes made throughout the Tribeca Film Festival via the Festival app.
Nikki Baker Becomes CEO At Fallon
Fallon has appointed Nikki Baker as its new CEO. Baker, who joined the creative agency in 2018 and has served as co-chief creative officer with Leslie Shaffer since 2021, succeeds Rocky Novak, who has been in the role since 2019.
Baker’s promotion to CEO comes at a time of significant momentum for the agency, including six consecutive years of growth and award-winning work.
Baker’s recent career highlights include creatively leading the Walmart partnership with the Publicis Groupe team and spearheading innovative campaigns such as the award-winning “RomCommerce” 23-episodic series and the internet-breaking Mean Girls campaign, among hundreds of other campaigns together with the brand over the past few years. Together with Shaffer, Baker has also been instrumental in elevating Fallon’s creative output for longstanding clients like Arby’s, Mattress Firm, and Front Door/American Home Shield.
“I’ve always been an admirer of Fallon, even before I joined. The chance to lead the agency is an absolute honor. Fallon is a place like no other with amazing talent and a legacy of building big, innovative, creative ideas,” said Baker. “Rocky has represented the best of Fallon. He’s been a great leader, and I couldn’t be more excited to take the reins and lead the agency through to the next chapter. With creativity at our core, we’re going to be as ambitious as ever, push boundaries, and continue embracing emerging platforms to deliver work that truly resonates in culture.”
Prior to joining Fallon six years ago, Baker held positions as creative director and art director at agencies including DDB and GSD&M, working with major brands such as McDonald’s, Southwest Airlines, and Wrigley. Her work has been recognized by... Read More