Liz Sargent – 8th winner of the largest film production prize in the world – will also receive year-round mentorship and promotional support, and will premiere Take Me Home at the 2026 Tribeca Festival
Key Takeaways:
- AT&T Untold Stories Greenlight Committee, including Kellyn Kenny (Chief Marketing & Growth Officer, AT&T), Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin, Will Trent), Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Everything Everywhere All At Once), Andrew Ahn (Deli Boys, Bridgerton), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Without a Trace, Hard Truths), and David Fortune (Color Book – 2023 Untold Stories winner) announced Take Me Home as the 2025 winner at this year’s pitch event.
- Liz Sargent is awarded $1 million and year-round mentorship to produce her first full-length feature film that will premiere at the 2026 Tribeca Festival – the AT&T Untold Stories program has awarded more than $8M to filmmakers and is the largest film production prize in the world.
- About Take Me Home – Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting each other’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain – until she creates a world where she can thrive.
Today, AT&T and Tribeca selected Take Me Home as the winner of the 2025 AT&T Untold Stories film competition – a program that connects and supports the next generation of filmmakers by making their film dreams a reality. Filmmaker, Liz Sargent, competed amongst four other finalists to win $1 million and receive year-round mentorship to produce their feature film that will premiere at next year’s Tribeca Festival.
This year’s live pitch event took place at the AT&T Untold Stories lounge at the 2025 Tribeca Festival giving emerging filmmakers Meagan Noel Fulps, Masami Kawai, Jazz Pitcairn, Liz Sargent and Orlando Javier Torres, the opportunity to present their stories to an esteemed Greenlight Committee comprised of renowned industry talents and professionals, including Gina Rodriguez, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Ahn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, David Fortune (Director, 2023 AT&T Untold Stories winner) and Kellyn Kenny (Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, AT&T). The panel was moderated by journalist and host Brooke Baldwin.
While Liz Sargent took home the $1 million prize, the other four finalists were each awarded a $15,000 grant to further develop their film.
“I’m so honored to bring this story to life,” said Liz Sargent, 2025 AT&T Untold Stories winner. “I can’t wait to share my sister Anna’s awesomeness with the world. While this story belongs to her, we also know it’s a universal story that will resonate with audiences everywhere. We are so excited to be working with AT&T and Tribeca on this very special and personal story.”
“This decision was incredibly difficult; we have love for all of these films. They are rich, textured, beautiful worlds that we have never seen before and we want to acknowledge the time and effort that has gone into crafting these stories and characters,” said 2025 Greenlight Committee Kellyn Kenny, Gina Rodriguez, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Ahn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and David Fortune. “While we believe all of these untold stories should be told, we have tremendous confidence that Liz Sargent’s, Take Me Home, will make an incredibly, beautiful film. Congratulations Liz, our 8th winner of AT&T’s Untold Stories.”
Throughout the year, the Untold Stories winner receives unmatched support and guidance on the filmmaking process, demonstrating the holistic commitment from AT&T and Tribeca. Tribeca works closely with the winner, offering creative feedback, giving script notes, and providing production, casting and crew consultations. They also coordinate test screenings of cuts to ensure the film is festival ready. Beyond the expert support provided before the world premiere at Tribeca Festival, the winner is also counseled on their film’s festival strategy, distribution plan, and more.
The program’s reach extends beyond the winning filmmaker. Since its inception in 2017, the Untold Stories program has received an impressive 2,750+ submissions. Past winners’ films have gone on to appear on all major streaming platforms, have had more than 120 festival appearances globally, and have an average Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%.
Additional information about the 2025 winning film, Take Me Home:
Written and directed by Liz Sargent and produced by Apoorva Charan and Minos Papas
About Take Me Home: Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting each other’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain – until she creates a world where she can thrive.
About Liz Sargent: A Korean – American adoptee and award-winning filmmaker, Liz Sargent’s work delves into adoption, disability, and family dynamics. With a background in choreography, she brings emotional depth to her storytelling, shaped by her experience as the middle child of eleven in an intersectional family. A two-time NY EMMY winner (2020 & 2021), Liz is also a HALF Initiative Mentee (2022 & 2023), an MSSNG PCES AICP Mentee (2023), and NBCU’s Launch Director (2024-2026). Her debut narrative short, Strangers’ Reunion, (2019), was a personal adoptee film produced by Ritz-Carlton and Hearst under the mentorship of Mike Figgis, released in six languages worldwide.
More information on the AT&T Untold Stories program, including the opportunity to enter next year’s program can be viewed at tribecafilm.com.
PR Archives: Latest, By Company, By Date