Tribeca's market titles show promise

April 22, 2008 Cinetic Media partner John Sloss heralded organizers' decision to frontload the weekend with eligible candidates, but echoing the comments of several sellers, he said, "The specialty market is in flux; people are still sorting through what happened in Sundance." In contrast to Tribeca's documentary-heavy slates of previous years, the 2008 edition will see a number of buzzed-about scripted features make their debut to buyers as the fest increases its narrative efforts under new hire Genna Terranova. Among the scripted films that have risen to the lips of distributors as acquisition targets are James Mottern's family drama "Trucker" and the William H. Macy dramedy "Bart Got a Room," both produced by the New York shingle Plum Pictures.

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