'Mapplethorpe' nabs Tribeca gold gold coin

Projects starring James Franco and Amanda Plummer are saved to the roster of in-development features to snag grants or loans or financial loans incorporated in Tribeca Film Institute's Tribeca All Access Program. Six narrative films and five documents made the cut, including "Mapplethorpe," Ondi Timoner's approaching bio of photog Robert Mapplethorpe with Franco attached, and Lee Isaac Chung's "Abigail Harm," a redux from the Korean folktale toplined by Amanda Plummer just like a lady dwelling inside a fictionalized NY City. Documents receiving TAA support this year include "Burn (Twelve Several weeks round the Frontlines to be able to save Detroit)," which counts vets of Foreign exchange skein "Save Me" among its creating team, and "Two Kids from the Red-colored-colored Mosque," in regards to the different existence options created by two Pakistani women. TAA projects each obtain a grant of $15,000, and filmmakers will be a part of a five-day career development session that will occur through the Tribeca Film Festival, set this year for April 18-29. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com