A film about a lonely Korean-American teenager spending a summer at an elite academic bootcamp has won the top, $1 million prize in this year’s “AT&T Presents: Untold Stories” contest. The winning film, Smoking Tigers, was announced at this month’s Tribeca Festival; its writer/director is So Young Shelly Yo and its producer is Guo Guo. “It means so much for this program to support an intimate portrait like Smoking Tigers. We truly can’t wait to share Smoking Tigers with the world,” said So Young Shelly Yo. Also addressing the event were Tribeca Festival co-founders Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro.

Source: Forbes July 04, 2022 06:31 UTC