Tribeca Film Festival Official Guide by Daniela Cuevas

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IS STILL HOT. CARDMEMBERS CAN GET ADVANCE TICKETS TO THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL FROM 4/12 TO 4/16. VISIT TRIBECAFILM.COM/FESTIVAL OR CALL 1-866-941-FEST. Entering its 10th season this year, the Tribeca Film Festival has become a signature New York experience with a built-in global reach. With the support of founding sponsor American Express, the Festival has developed into a unique platform for showcasing some of the best new voices, ideas and narratives in cinema today. The Festival’s range, depth and diversity reflect not only the fabric of New York but also the larger world community beyond. Tribeca has continuously redefined the traditional film festival experience while maintaining an integral relationship with its namesake neighborhood.

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Started by cultural pathfinders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2001, the Festival was initially organized to promote the revitalization of lower Manhattan through the lens of the arts.

3 According to Rosenthal, that mission has not changed over time. “It’s about community—the community of downtown and the community of New York. It’s about the community of filmmakers and audiences, and bringing audiences some new voices and diverse filmmaking.” At its center, she explained, the Festival’s mission is to unite the industry and community around the single idea of storytelling.

Jane Rosenthal

Having screened more than 1,000 films since its inception, Tribeca approaches this year’s Festival, which runs from April 20 – May 1, in dynamic stride. The 2011 lineup features work from some 102 directors representing 32 countries, including India, Iceland, Egypt, Spain, Haiti and Israel. Forty-five world premieres will be showcased among the 91 feature-length films—an elite squad considering the fact that a record number

“ n ew voices and diverse filmmaking” Billy corben LIMELIGHT

of 5,624 submissions were received for this year’s competition alone. If anything, the 2011 lineup is about risk-taking and diversity, and aims to present a fresh-eyed spectrum of cuttingedge world cinema against the backdrop of New York. Said Rosenthal, “In terms of the cultural landscape, we’re in one of the greatest cities in the world and have the best audiences in the world. So I think that’s fantastic for filmmakers.” The Festival is divided into two competitive categories, World Narrative and World Documentary. Some highlights include the cinema verité-influenced documentary Bombay Beach, as well as Koran By Heart, a documentary on the high-stakes Koran-recitation competition held in Cairo each year. Jesus Henry Christ, one of four films in this year’s selection associated

with the Festival’s nonprofit Tribeca Film Institute, stars Toni Collette as a boy-genius misfit’s struggling mom. Also screening is Grey Matter, one of the first feature-length films from Rwanda. The non-competitive Spotlight and Cinemania sections feature both established and up-andcoming voices as well as recognizable subject matter. A new section, Viewpoints, has been added to this year’s slate. Showcasing an even mix of features and documentaries, Viewpoints was founded on the premise of offering snapshot perspectives of distinctive narratives from around the world. Returning director Dori Berinstein described her documentary, Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, as “a story that simply had to be told. When I got to know Carol personally and realized that this legendary entertainer was as remarkable off-camera as on, I desperately wanted to capture her stories on film. At 90, she is an unstoppable megawatt dynamo.”

carol channing & Dori Berinstein Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Another entertainment legend is spotlighted in Billy Corben’s Limelight, a behind-the-scenes look at the rise and fall of New York club lord Peter Gatien. Said Corben, “You have the story of one man, Peter Gatien, and his New York nightclub empire set against the Giuliani revolution that transformed the city. The arc of Gatien’s story perfectly parallels that of New York in the 1990s, and he was, in fact, collateral damage in this culture war.” British filmmaker Stevan Riley’s Fire In Babylon is a piercing work that traces the golden era of West Indian cricket against the challenging backdrop of the times. “The West Indies were unbeaten for 15 years straight and terrified the opposition with their innovation of all-out pace bowling,” Riley explained. “And it’s no accident that their cricket revolution in the ’70s and ’80s coincided with the explosion on the world scene of Caribbean artists such as Bob Marley and their shared mission for racial equality and civil rights.” Riley went on to commend the Tribeca Film

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5 Festival for adhering to such a brave selection process. “Whereas others may checklist a film’s media friendliness or political persuasion, Tribeca seems to me to encourage more testy and adventurous work.” fire in babylon

Indeed, beyond merely entertaining audiences, part of the mission of the Festival is to enlighten, inspire and arouse thoughts and ideas through content that aspires to promote new visions of how the world is constantly being reshaped and transformed. “It’s always been about voices,” Rosenthal commented, “about the fact that film and art and music can take you places and explain points of view beyond where any politician can.” Added Berinstein, “Global storytelling is vital. It can increase our understanding and appreciation of the value of the human condition. The Tribeca Film Festival is on the forefront of bringing film to the world.” In addition to scouting for fresh talent, the Festival has a strong network of returning directors, actors and even music composers. By creating a community within a community, Tribeca nurtures the arts while cultivating and enabling the talent responsible for creating it. “We try to nurture all our alumni,” said Rosenthal, “that’s part of what festivals do.” From the talent’s perspective, Riley agreed. “Tribeca’s support structure and communication is also top-notch so you feel that you’re part of a community that is there to help you along.”

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Looking back, Rosenthal recalled some of her personal Festival highlights. She described watching Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton and Hugh Grant ring in the inaugural year on the steps of City Hall. She also pointed to a few examples of overzealous audience participation—from a “drive-in” screening of Grease where attendees flocked to the show dressed as the film’s characters to a stunning panorama of 4,300 kids

dancing to ballroom music following a screening of Mad Hot Ballroom. Then there was the surprise appearance of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia, for a screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell. One of Rosenthal’s most standalone memories, however, was pop legend Bono’s special guest spotlight. “When we did these concerts at Battery Park, Bono had basically promised to come. He ended up giving a speech instead of singing but he was quite magnificent,” Rosenthal admitted. “It was courageous and quite spectacular.” Since its inception, the Festival has hosted more than 3 million attendees and has generated an estimated $600 million in economic activity for the city of New York. When asked about future goals, Rosenthal said, “To keep doing what we’re doing, showing a diversified slate of pictures on as many different platforms as we can.” In true cinematic fashion, this year’s Festival will open with The Union, Cameron Crowe’s documentary about the iconic music visionary Sir Elton John. As a special bonus, the screening will be followed by a free live performance from the man himself.

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Tickets may be purchased online at tribecafilm.com or by calling (866) 941-3378. Additionally, free online film screenings will be available for viewers nationwide via the Tribeca (Online) Film Festival.

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MY MOVIE PItCH

Every movie, from the biggest blockbuster to a shoestring short, starts with a kernel of an idea. That idea turns into a pitch and from there, movies are born. As a strident believer in the power of storytelling to unite filmmakers and audiences, American Express created My Movie Pitch. My Movie Pitch gives film enthusiasts the chance to share their ideas. By recording and submitting a 60-second pitch, contestants get a shot at seeing their idea on the big screen at the Tribeca Film Festival. Last June, over 2,000 fans pitched submissions to amexfilm.com, from which a panel of Tribeca Film directors picked the Grand Prize Winner. The 2010 winner, John Nash, is a 21-year-old student from Rockland County, NY who pitched The Awesome Adventures of Mr. Stache, which in his words is “a very serious drama about a man and his mustache.” We caught up with Jac Schaeffer, who adapted John’s pitch into a screenplay and directed the film Mr. Stache starring Rich Sommer and Amy Smart. Jac let us know how a 60-second pitch gets brought to life.

Jac, what attracted you to the project? I’ve always had a thing for mustaches! No, I have huge admiration for American Express and tremendous gratitude for their support of the Tribeca Film Festival, so I was honored when they asked me to participate in the project. I was completely charmed by John’s pitch and had so much fun bringing it to the screen.

How did you take a short pitch and turn it into a short film? The first thing I did was transcribe his pitch. I loved his assertion that the film would be a “very serious drama” about a mustache. It made me realize that the story is ultimately about acceptance. I just carved out a narrative structure that supported this heartfelt theme. It’s at once beautiful and tragic when a person loves someone for the one thing everyone else rejects.

Does the film hold true to the original idea? The first few lines of the narration are verbatim from John’s video. I wanted to retain as much of his unique voice and sensibility as I could. I like to think that the final product retains the same lovely intersection of humor and heart that is so evident in his video.

Left and top: Still and behind the scenes from Mr. Stache. Bottom: Jac Schaeffer and Rich Sommer Photo credit: Chris Frawley

Think your movie idea has what it takes? Visit amexfilm.com to learn more.

Maria my love Jasmine McGlade Chazelle Judy marte

backstage spotlight

Tribeca is premiering Maria My Love, a film from first-time director Jasmine McGlade Chazelle. In her words, it’s a “truthful and visceral film about a young woman torn apart by loss and put back together again by the people she meets during the course of one California spring.” The story revolves around Ana, a young woman played by two-time Spirit Award nominee Judy Marte.

JMC What first drew you to Maria My Love and the character of Ana? JM After I read it, I had a mix

For inside access to some of the Festival’s best new voices, American Express brought together four talent pairings to discuss the collaborative process and creative vision behind some of the most innovative cinema happening today. The following interviews feature behind-the-scenes conversations with new directors and seasoned talent, providing a unique insight into the inner workings of filmmaking. First-time director Jasmine McGlade Chazelle and Raising Victor Vargas alum Judy Marte discuss instinct in the editing suite, while Last Night director Massy Tadjedin and leading lady Keira Knightley talk about the nuances of relationships in connection to the film’s storyline. Each of these interviews takes us on an intimate backstage tour of just how independent cinema gets made.

of emotions. I laughed and cried and that’s usually what it takes with me. Plus, my mom is such a big part of my life and I wanted to do this for her—in honor of her. Now she gets to see it with me at the Festival and that’s so exciting!

JM Since we’re talking about Ana, why were you compelled to write her? JMC Ana’s very closed off. She hinders her own development by internalizing her suffering and shutting herself off from others. I wanted the people and the environment around her to be vibrant and vivid, so as to spur her back to life. JMC We made Maria My Love on a micro-budget. From your perspective as an actor, what were the challenges/benefits of shooting with limited resources?

JM It never seemed like we didn’t have money. Look at how it looks, it’s beautiful. Production is always going to have problems and it just depends on how you handle them. JM What’s the one important lesson you learned making Maria My Love? What advice do you have for first-time filmmakers who apply to Tribeca? JMC It may be a filmmaking basic, but it became extremely apparent that it’s not about a good take or a bad take; it’s about getting variety so you have options in the editing room. To filmmakers, I say don’t be afraid to trust others and listen to your instincts. It’s much easier to create a cohesive vision when you’ve found people you can trust and communicate with openly and with integrity.

Give up tomorrow

last night

michael collins Marty syjuco

Massy tadjedin keira knightley

Give Up Tomorrow details the true story of Paco Larrañaga, a man accused of killing two sisters in the Philippines in 1997. First-time New York filmmakers Michael Collins (director) and Marty Syjuco (producer), talk about their sixyear journey bringing this story to the screen.

First-time director Massy Tadjedin brought together a Hollywood cast and made Last Night, a film about relationships—the ones we share and the ones we keep to ourselves. Massy and star, Keira Knightley, share their thoughts on the subject.

How did the two of you get involved in making this picture?

This movie isn’t usual movie relationship fare, but seems more about trust in the midst of temptation. Fair assumption?

MS Paco is my brother’s brotherin-law. When he was first accused, I wasn’t too worried. I thought Paco is being accused of this crime, but when all the information comes out, they’ll realize they’ve got the wrong guy.

MC At the end of the trial, Paco was sentenced to life in prison and that’s when he appealed to the Supreme Court, who ended up elevating his sentence to death by lethal injection and that’s when I got involved.

MS When Paco’s sentence was elevated, that’s when it shocked me into action.

MC I felt a sense of responsibility to help Paco find justice. Even though we had never made a film before, Marty and I took a leap of faith and found our way to the Philippines armed with a new camera and lots of hope. It’s a complicated story with such a dense plot, but also a human story. The film really unfolds as a murder mystery with heart and emotion.

MS It plays like a thriller; you can’t believe the plot points and twists and turns. This is real life—you can’t make it up.

How has this journey changed you? MS The cost of corruption and injustice stems from a flawed justice system and if we just accept it, it’ll always remain that way.

MC One thing that I learned is about the power of grassroots campaigns to really affect social change on a large scale. We got to see that play out first-hand in this case. MS We learned that your camera and documentary filmmaking are weapons to fight corruption and fight injustices. That’s what’s driven us for the past six years. In the end, I’m proud of the commitment we’ve had to this project no matter what. It’s a dream come true to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

MT A lot of movie relationships end impossibly well and don’t always mirror what actual relationships are like so, yeah, I guess it’s not standard movie fare in that regard. But, to me, it feels like real relationship fare, hopefully. KK I think that’s true. I loved the script because it didn’t impose a morality on the story. It reflected the messy nature of human wants and relationships and requires the audience to judge the characters based on their own experiences. I think in recent years there have been fewer films that want to reflect that mess. Can you talk about how Sam (Worthington) and Keira’s characters don’t seem to be the ones looking for trouble, instead it seeks them out? MT It certainly might seem that way, but we all still decide who we allow

into our lives. Trouble knocks on every door but the door still has to be opened. KK I don’t know if I agree with that. I think maybe you send out certain signals to the universe. If they really hadn’t been looking for it, I doubt it would have gone so far. Ask 10 different people and you’ll get 10 different answers. Where’s the line between toying with the idea of infidelity and it actually happening? MT I’m not sure I know, and I’m not sure I would have made the film if I did. There are miles to travel between considering it and acting on it but I think the considering can be equally damaging. KK I have no idea. That’s why it’s such an interesting subject. What kinds of stories came out on-set throughout production? KK Lots.

On Location

jesus henry christ Dennis lee toni collette

Based on director Dennis Lee’s Student Academy Award®-winning short from 2003, Jesus Henry Christ (JHC) is the story of Henry, a precocious boy conceived in a petri dish and raised by his radical feminist mother, played by Toni Collette. TC JHC was initially a short. How was the process of turning it into a feature? DL The short film was successful, so agents, producers and I wanted to capitalize on its success and have the feature version. Imagine my feigned shock when everyone thought my script was too this or too that to be made. Everyone but my manager, who pushed me to write and revise it. TC JHC is visually quite stylized. Did you see it this way as you penned it? DL I close my eyes and write what I see. I’m a very descriptive writer which, when writing a screenplay, is a bit of a no-no. But then, I usually want to direct what I’ve written and I want actors to visualize how the story will be told. TC How did you find your perfect Henry? DL Like anything in life—hard work and dumb luck. We auditioned countless Henrys and not one fit like Cinderella’s slipper. And then we

found Jason, who, in many ways, is Henry. DL Now looking at Henry and all your other movie offspring, what’s in your movie mom genes? All your kids are a little… off. TC Ha! I wouldn’t say off. I’d say unique. I gravitate towards themes of acceptance—being OK with not being considered normal. All of these kids feel they’re freaky and somewhat ostracized. By the end of their stories they’ve overcome that sense of not belonging by finding their place in the world. DL You always have the chance to play such different people. What do you love about your character Patricia? TC I admire her spunk. She’s strong and holds it together while resisting change her entire life. What I love even more is her reluctant and slow opening. She softens and allows change to flood her life, which redefines what family means to her.

onceived in part to give Lower Manhattan an economic and cultural boost after the devastation of 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival has played a major role in the revitalization of its namesake neighborhood. Since then, the festival has expanded to include Chelsea and the East Village, and has generated an estimated $600 million for the city. Once characterized by crumbling industrial architecture and neglected streets, all three areas have become hot spots, brimming with exceptional places to eat, drink, shop and unwind—whether you have half an hour to kill before a screening or want to plan a full day around your festival itinerary. In celebration of the Tribeca Film Festival’s tenth year, and to help you get the most out of these still-evolving enclaves, the following shortlists whittle down the wealth of choices in each neighborhood to the top ten picks in two essential categories. Editorial content created by Time Out New York Brand Solutions division

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…for gripping yarns:

Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren St between Church St and West Broadway (212-587-1011, mysteriousbookshop.com) Whether you’re a keen Sherlockian or a James Ellroy fan, this specialty shop owned by editor Otto Penzler covers all mystery, crime and suspense genres. …for “It” girls:

Otte Tribeca

37 North Moore St between Hudson and Varick Sts (212-431-8501, otteny.com) One of three NYC shops, Otte is stuffed with desirable young labels, including Vanessa Bruno, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Sonia by Sonia Rykiel and the latest must-have denim. …for luxe basics:

In 30 years, Tribeca has been transformed from a decaying industrial area to one of the city’s most exclusive residential neighborhoods and a top dining destination. While fashionable newcomers—especially retail stores—have continued to move in over the past decade, many early pioneers remain, creating an appealing mix of iconic favorites and trendy hot spots.

TOP 10 | eat & drink

…for French cuisine:

…for brunch:

239 West Broadway between Walker and White Sts (212-219-2777, cortonnyc.com) The presentation is as exquisite as the food at Paul Liebrandt’s contemporary fine-dining temple.

156 Chambers St between Greenwich St and West Broadway (212-267-6740, kitchenetterestaurant.com) At this retro eatery, brunch features biscuits, blackberry-cherry pancakes and baked vanilla crème brûlée French toast. …for outside-the-box pizza:

Farinella

90 Worth St at Broadway (212-608-3222, farinellabakery.com) Round pies will seem passé when you try a palam— the elongated rectangular pizzas are topped with everything from fresh buffalo mozzarella to potato. …for provençal chic:

Plein Sud

The Smyth Hotel, 85 West Broadway at Chambers St (212-204-5555, pleinsudnyc.com) Top Chef finalist Ed Cotton’s menu features updated bistro classics such as steak frites and coq au vin, and the airy, contemporary dining room takes design cues from Provence. …for sweet stuff:

Tribeca Treats

94 Reade St between Church St and West Broadway (212-571-0500, tribecatreats.com) Those with a sweet tooth frequent former investment banker Rachel Thebault’s chic shop for cupcakes, brownies, ice-cream sandwiches, and cakes for kids and adults (try the piña colada cake).

Corton

…for stylish shirts:

…for sharing:

103 Franklin St between Church St and West Broadway (212-343-0692, stevenalan.com) In addition to the designer’s famed button-downs and other wardrobe staples, the Annex carries other highquality lines, including Engineered Garments and A.P.C.

Steven Alan annex

Locanda Verde

…for LOCAL furnishings:

377 Greenwich St between Franklin and North Moore Sts (212-925-3797, locandaverdenyc.com) The family-style portions are big and so are the flavors in this lively taverna helmed by Andrew Carmellini—but don’t skip the divine dolces.

Room

25 North Moore St at Varick St (212-226-1045, roomonline.com) Former House & Garden editor Amy Crain showcases contemporary furniture and lighting designed and handcrafted in New York.

…FOR surf and turf:

megu

…for tranquility:

62 Thomas St between Church St and West Broadway (212-964-7777, megurestaurants.com) At this extravagant Japanese eatery, the sushi is sensational, but the kobe beef is also acclaimed.

Shibui Spa

The Greenwich Hotel, 377 Greenwich St between Franklin and North Moore Sts (646-203-0045, thegreenwichhotel.com) Soak in a Japanese-style tub before indulging in a restorative body ritual at this subterranean sanctuary.

…for fine dining:

BOULEY

163 Duane St at Hudson St (212-964-2525, davidbouley.com) A recent renovation refreshed the opulent decor, and David Bouley’s cuisine still dazzles.

…for mani-pedis:

Sweet Lily Natural Nail Spa & Boutique

222 West Broadway between Franklin and North Moore Sts (212-925-5441, sweetlilyspa.com) Aromatic treatments, such as the Hot Lavender Manicure, soothe your senses and your skin.

…for local celebrities:

Tribeca Grill

375 Greenwich St at Franklin St (212-941-3900, myriadrestaurantgroup.com) See In Focus, right.

…for kids’ clothes:

top 10 | shop & indulge

106 Franklin St between Church St and West Broadway (212-431-9226, buandtheduck.com) Susan Lane’s handcrafted, vintage-inspired designs are heirlooms in the making.

…for oenophiles:

…for vintage graphics:

24 Harrison St between Greenwich and Hudson Sts (212-625-9463, wineisterroir.com) The larger spin-off of the cult East Village wine bar offers delectable gourmet nibbles—risotto balls, artisan cheeses and charcuterie—alongside more than 100 wines.

122 Chambers St between Church St and West Broadway (212-513-0313, postermuseum.com) Ideal for adorning the walls of large local lofts, this vast gallery’s 100,000-strong stock covers everything from turn-of-the-century travel posters to punk-band promos.

Terroir Tribeca

188 Duane St between Greenwich and Hudson Sts (212-219-8794, store.nililotan.com) The onetime Ralph Lauren design director displays her exquisitely tailored pieces in a shop above her studio.

Philip Williams Posters

Bu and the Duck

Photographs: Evan Sung

Kitchenette

Nili Lotan

…for premium pants:

Grown & Sewn

116 Franklin St between Church St and West Broadway (917-686-2964, grownandsewn.com) The signature item of this small American-made clothing line are Kax, a khakis-meet-jeans hybrid.

IN FOCUS: TRIBECA GRILL

When Drew Nieporent opened Montrachet in an obscure corner below Canal Street in 1985, it was an instant hit. One customer was so impressed, he asked the restaurateur to join him in a second venture. That customer was Robert De Niro. Tribeca Grill opened in 1990 in De Niro’s Tribeca Film Center and, naturally, attracted a starry crowd: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken and Bill Murray were among the investors. Some people dismissed it as a flash in the pan. “I still have the letters that say ‘Let’s see where you guys are 12 months from now,’ ” says Nieporent, who now has six restaurants in the area. Carved out of the Martinson Coffee factory, the quintessential Tribeca restaurant features exposed brick and the bar from iconic singles spot Maxwell’s Plum. While chef Stephen Lewandowski’s marketdriven contemporary American menu is always changing, regulars appreciate favorites such as the braised short rib and banana tart, and the renowned wine list includes bottles from its founding year. Yet the seminal eatery is helping to define the future. “Some of the greatest chefs in New York came out of the family tree of Tribeca Grill,” says Nieporent. “We’re going to stick with the formula that works, which is consistently good food and service.”

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…for smooth operators:

Nickel Spa

77 Eighth Ave at 14th St (212-242-3203, nickelspanyc.com) The French skin-care brand’s futuristic men-only haven offers facials, grooming and massage—the reviving 30-minute Hangover Facial includes a neck rub. …for quiet contemplation:

Rubin Museum

150 W 17th St at Seventh Ave (212-620-5000, rmanyc.org) Discover vibrant Himalayan art, and a great gift shop, in this elegant six-story museum. …for one-stop shopping and snacking:

Chelsea Market

75 Ninth Ave at 16th St (chelseamarket.com) Grab a brownie from Fat Witch Bakery, pick up a bottle of wine from Chelsea Wine Vault and browse the latest best-sellers at Posman Books in this foodie minimall in the old Nabisco factory.

After all these years, Chelsea is still evolving. Although gallery owners colonized streets between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the 1990s, the far West Side still felt out on a limb. But the development of the High Line is providing a vibrant link to this culture-rich corner.

top 10 | eat & drink

…for a late bite:

…for brunch:

119 Seventh Ave at 17th St (212-414-1717, cafeteriagroup.com) This Chelsea fixture is open round the clock for haute takes on mac and cheese, meat loaf and burgers.

156 Tenth Ave at 20th St (212-924-4440, cookshopny.com) Chef Marc Meyer wrote the book on brunch (it’s actually the title), but his seasonal-ingredientdriven lunch and dinner dishes are delicious too. …for outside-the-box pizza:

Co.

230 Ninth Ave at 24th St (212-243-1105, co-pane.com) As you’d expect from the man behind Sullivan Street Bakery, Jim Lahey’s pizza dough is good enough to eat sans sauce, but you won’t want to pass up the creative toppings like the ham & cheese, with Gruyère and prosciutto. …for a perfect pint:

The Half King

505 W 23rd St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (212-462-4300, thehalfking.com) Beer lovers and literary types congregate at this unpretentious pub—co-owned by author Sebastian Junger—for local and European microbrews. …for barbecue:

Hill Country

30 W 26th St between Broadway and Sixth Ave (212-255-4544, hillcountryny.com) Not only does Hill Country channel the spirit of famous ’cue joint Kreuz Market with its ribs and brisket, it serves sausages from that revered Texas establishment.

Cafeteria

…for vintage curios:

…for hot chocolate:

146 W 22nd St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-206-1494, mantiquesmodern.com) The jumble of weird and wonderful objects includes antique artist’s mannequins, industrial models and vintage Hermès bags.

City Bakery

…for browsing:

3 W 18th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-366-1414, thecitybakery.com) Refuel in this cavernous space, where choices range from salads to the super-rich house hot chocolate.

192 Books

192 Tenth Ave between 21st and 22nd Sts (212-255-4022, 192books.com) The well-curated shelves and relaxed vibe at this excellent independent general-interest bookstore encourage lingering.

…for a quick meal:

Rickshaw Dumpling Bar

61 W 23rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-924-9220, rickshawdumplings.com) Dumplings transcend traditional pork here (though that’s available too)—try kimchi beef or locally sourced Peking duck.

…for blue-chip shows:

Gagosian Gallery

522 W 21st St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (212-741-1717); 555 W 24th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (212-741-1111); gagosian.com Larry Gagosian’s two Chelsea galleries are safe bets for catching contemporary art stars.

…for cocktails:

Raines Law Room

48 W 17th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (raineslawroom.com) Once inside this unmarked but surprisingly friendly speakeasy, settle back on a plush sofa and sip creative concoctions mixed up in the “kitchen.”

…for art with a view:

Greene Naftali

508 W 26th St between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (212-463-7770, greenenaftaligallery.com) The airy eighth-floor gallery affords lovely panoramas and a stable of daring artists.

…for southern hospitality:

Tipsy Parson

…for flawless vintage:

156 Ninth Ave between 19th and 20th Sts (212-620-4545, tipsyparson.com) This charming spot serves updates of regional classics like the catfish po’ boy and shrimp and grits.

…for tapas:

top 10 | shop & indulge

205 Tenth Ave between 22nd and 23rd Sts (212-675-8805, tiapol.com) Squeeze into this sliver of a space for excellent takes on Spanish staples such as patatas bravas and gambas al ajillo (shrimp in olive oil with chilies) alongside more unusual dishes.

…for casual chic:

Tia Pol

Mantiques Modern

Barneys Co-Op

236 W 18th St between Seventh and Eighth Aves (212-593-7800, barneys.com) Barneys’ hip downtown offspring stocks a stable of boutique brands and stacks of denim.

New York Vintage

Photograph: Virginia Rollison

Cookshop

117 W 25th St between Sixth and Seventh Aves (212-647-1107, newyorkvintage.com) Only the most immaculate pieces make the cut at this vintage emporium—and frequently end up on the red carpet or in celebrity photo shoots. …FOR variety:

limelight marketplace

656 Sixth Ave at 20th St (212-359-5600, shoplimelightmarketplace.com) See In Focus, right.

in focus: limelight marketplace

Andy Warhol hosted its opening bash in 1983, and stars such as Billy Idol and Grace Jones frequented the VIP room, but Limelight—the iconic nightclub housed in the former Church of the Holy Communion—closed in 2001. After brief resurrections as a nightspot, it had been empty for two years when entrepreneur Jack Menashe acquired the lease in 2009 to create a shopping destination. “The building was a mess,” he recalls, but refurbishment yielded exciting discoveries: “Removing layers of Sheetrock, we kept uncovering magnificent stained-glass windows and limestone archways,” he explains. Although locals were initially worried about the church’s new incarnation, Menashe says they were thrilled with the result: “It went from being dark and dreary to something bright and beautiful and fresh and architecturally inviting.” On the ground floor, the “festival of shops” evokes a European shopping arcade, and specialist food sections offer everything from artisan cheeses to gourmet brownies. Upstairs are areas devoted to beauty, jewelry and the home. This spring brings Cross Bar, a “nose-to-tail” pork restaurant from Todd English, and ten new fashion shops, including British label French Connection.

east village

…for designer bargains:

Gabay’s

225 First Ave between 13th and 14th Sts (212-254-3180, gabaysoutlet.com) Time it right and you could score cut-price shoes and bags by Yves Saint Laurent, Manolo Blahnik and Chanel at this family-run outlet. …for modern dandies:

Odin

328 E 11th St between First and Second Aves (212-475-0666, odinnewyork.com) Odin stocks everything for the fashionable male: modern-classic clothes by Rag & Bone, Band of Outsiders and Thom Browne, plus accessories and grooming products. …for chilling out:

The East Village has tempered its grungy roots to become a bona fide budget gastronomic destination. Now chic cocktail dens sit among the college dives, while upscale boutiques vie with tattoo parlors and used-clothing stores.

top 10 | eat & drink

…for cocktails:

…for brunch:

8 Stuyvesant St between Second and Third Aves (212-777-5415) Head upstairs to this hidden-away bar for expertly mixed classics like Manhattans and sidecars.

…for prime pork:

Momofuku Ssäm Bar

207 Second Ave at 13th St (212-254-3500, momofuku.com) Sample it in steamed buns and country hams, or if you’re with a crowd, visit the website to reserve a bo ssäm: an entire hog butt served with a dozen oysters and other accompaniments. …for modern Mexican:

Hecho en Dumbo

354 Bowery between Great Jones and E 4th Sts (212-937-4245, hechoendumbo.com) Chef Danny Mena’s superior South of the Border dishes include tacos filled with smoked sable, octopus and shrimp, and slow-roasted goat kid. …for ramen:

Ippudo NY

Angel’s Share

Jin Soon

56 E 4th St between Bowery and Second Ave (212-473-2047, jinsoon.com) Hands and feet are bathed in essential oils, petal-infused water or other natural concoctions in this petite haven.

…for oysters:

Mermaid Inn

96 Second Ave between 5th and 6th Sts (212-674-5870, themermaidnyc.com) Stop in for the daily happy hour (5:30–7pm) to gorge on buck-apiece bivalves.

…for decoupage:

John Derian Company & John Derian Dry Goods

6 & 10 E 2nd St between Bowery and Second Ave (212-677-3917, johnderian.com) Alongside Derian’s unique decorated plates and objects, his two shops stock a wealth of items for the home from artists’ prints to furniture.

…for rustic charm:

Il Buco

47 Bond St between Bowery and Lafayette St (212-533-1932, ilbuco.com) After more than 15 years, the farmhouse-kitchen ambience is no longer trendy, but the seasonal fare and superb wine list keep Il Buco filled to capacity.

…for vintage eyewear:

Fabulous Fanny’s

335 E 9th St between First and Second Aves (212-533-0637, fabulousfannys.com) Peruse an eye-popping array of glasses, from antique wire rims to flamboyant ’70s designer shades.

…for small plates:

the trilby

The Cooper Square Hotel, 25 Cooper Sq between 5th and 6th Sts (212-475-3400, thecoopersquarehotel.com) Accompany your cocktail with steak tartare or mini short rib sandwiches at this sophisticated lounge.

65 Fourth Ave between 9th and 10th Sts (212-388-0088, ippudony.com) The stylish New York outpost of the insanely popular Japanese ramen chain is a step up from the standard noodle bar, boasting a celebrated tonkotsu (pork-based soup).

…for sweets:

…for a global menu:

top 10 | shop & indulge

299 Bowery at E Houston St (212-933-5300, danielnyc.com) Choose from more than a dozen kinds of sausage (from Thai-accented to classic Toulouse), American classics and brasserie staples at Daniel Boulud’s big, buzzy eatery.

…for bibliophiles:

DBGB Kitchen & Bar

…for mani-pedis:

…for cutting-edge fashion:

Oak

28 Bond St between Bowery and Lafayette Sts (212-677-1293, oaknyc.com) Oak stocks the latest minimalist, monochrome garb by Acne, Alexander Wang, MM6 Maison Martin Margiela and the store’s own label.

Bespoke Chocolates

6 Extra Pl off E 1st St between Bowery and Second Ave (212-260-7103, bespokechocolates.com) Bespoke’s confections appeal to grown-up palates: Try the pretzel-covered sea-salted caramels.

Strand Bookstore

828 Broadway at 12th St (212-473-1452, strandbooks.com) You can find just about anything among the Strand’s fabled 18 miles of books.

…For hip homewares:

The Future Perfect Photographs: Jakob Layman

54 E 1st St between First and Second Aves (212-677-6221, prunerestaurant.com) Be prepared to wait, as reservations aren’t taken for brunch at one of the area’s most popular weekend spots—but the unusual dishes (lamb sausages and oysters) are worth it.

29 Great Jones St at Lafayette St (212-505-3185, gjspa.com) In addition to spa treatments, enjoy the Water Lounge in this urban oasis, complete with a three-story waterfall, thermal hot tub, sauna and chakra-light steam room.

Photograph: Virginia Rollison

Prune

Great Jones Spa

55 Great Jones St between Bowery and Lafayette St (212-473-2500, thefutureperfect.com) Witty and unique contemporary furnishings and jewelry are the stock-in-trade of this Brooklyn-born design shop. …for cult skin care:

kiehl’s

109 Third Ave at 13th St (212-677-3171, kiehls.com) See In Focus, right.

IN FOCUS: KIEHL’S

Central Park was an unprepossessing swamp and The New York Times was a start-up publication when Kiehl’s Pharmacy opened for business at the corner of 13th Street and Third Avenue in 1851. The apothecary-turned-cultskin-care-line, which remained in two families for almost 150 years, was acquired by cosmetics giant L’Oréal in 2000, but it is committed to its original values, explains Chris Salgardo, president of Kiehl’s USA. “Our roots as a corner neighborhood apothecary that opened 160 years ago are reflected in every aspect of our company today,” he says, “from the science and natural ingredients that help us create our efficacious products, to our commitment to one-on-one customer service that allows our representatives to ‘prescribe’ the correct products to our customers, to the community involvement and philanthropic mission to give back.” In fact, in 2009 the company refurbished its flagship to pay homage to its pedigree, including sprucing up the original fixtures and displaying items relating to its long history. In addition to best-selling products such as Ultra Facial Cream, Lip Balm #1 and Creme de Corps, the store sells flagship exclusives such as a razor, a bathrobe and T-shirts, and the collection will continue to grow.

On Tribeca Film Festival’s reach:

TALKING

One of the many great things the Tribeca Film Festival does for the neighborhood is that it attracts people from beyond the tri-state area, really from all over the world, to visit our neighborhood. The restaurant and shop owners that I know say the two weeks during the festival are great for business. And certainly, post-9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival has been a major force in helping to revitalize and rejuvenate the community.

On emerging filmmakers:

WITH

EDward BURNS Actor/Filmmaker/Tribeca Resident

One of the wonderful things about the Tribeca Film Festival is that it has always embraced emerging young filmmakers. As a filmmaker who got my start at a film festival, I know how important it is to be given the opportunity to screen your film in front of an enthusiastic and intelligent audience. Additionally, the Festival recognizes that Tribeca itself is a diverse community and offers a much wider spectrum of films than most festivals—ranging from films for the whole family to films for the most discerning cinephile.

On aspiring filmmakers: edward Burns is a face of film in New York, but in Tribeca he represents everything it stands for. We caught up with him to talk about the neighborhood and the role the Tribeca Film Festival plays in the business of filmmaking.

On living in the neighborhood: Ten years ago, I fell in love with the charm of Tribeca. The neighborhood was a quiet haven in the city with its cobblestone streets, turn-of-the-century warehouses and fantastic restaurants. Having seen the neighborhood change in the last decade, I can say that as a father, there is no better place in the city for raising a family. The development of Hudson River Park has been fantastic—it is a great neighborhood spot for kids and families. I definitely think Tribeca has everything a kid could ask for.

Now more than ever it’s easier for young filmmakers to get their films made, especially with the advances in camera and digital technology. But what was true 15 years ago still rings true today: make the movie you want to make, tell the story you want to tell. That’s the story that will find the audience.

On his upcoming movie: Almost all the scenes from my new film, Newlyweds, were filmed in Tribeca. While walking around my neighborhood over the last 10 years, I have seen streets and locations that I knew I would want to put in one of my films someday. This is the film where I do that.

galas The Union

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A captivating and exhilarating real-life experience of musical creation and generosity, The Union is an unprecedented look at the creative life of Elton John and his remarkable collaborative album with his early-career idol, Leon Russell. Never before filmed in his composing process, John is captured by director Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire) in a candid portrait of one of the world’s most treasured artists and performers. See p. 44, 47 for encore screenings.

opening night

As a thank you to NYC and the downtown community for their support of the Festival, join us for this free outdoor screening followed by a live performance by Elton John ! Although the event is free to the public, please arrive early—entry to the venue is based on capacity and subject to the discretion of NYPD and venue security.

Catching Hell

Sponsored by Time Warner Cable® DIRECTOR: Alex Gibney USA • World Premiere • Documentary • 102 min Sat 4/23 6:00 PM bmcc (No passes) TF S

When Chicagoan Steve Bartman fatefully deflected a foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the city’s long-suffering Cubs fans found someone new to blame for their cursed century without a World Series title. Oscar®-winning director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of die-hard sports fans, the frightening phenomenon of scapegoating, and the hysteria that turned mild-mannered Bartman into the most hated man in Chicago. See p. 61 for encore screening.

Newlyweds

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER : Edward Burns USA • World Premiere • Narrative • 92 min Sat 4/30 6:30 PM bmcc (No passes) When you get married, you’re not just getting a husband or wife—you get the family, the friends, even the exes. With crackling humor and sharp insights into modern relationships, writer/director Edward Burns tracks a newly wedded couple whose honeymoon period is upended by the arrival of the husband’s wild-child baby sister and the crumbling marriage of the wife’s meddlesome sister. Burns, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Max Baker, Marsha Dietlein Bennett, and Kerry Bishé star.

closing night

Special Screenings The bang bang club

everything Must go

DIR/scr: Steven Silver Canada, South Africa • usp

DIR/scr: Dan Rush usa • nyp • Narrative • 96 min wed 4/27 9:30 PM bmcc

Narrative • 106 min

thur 4/21 6:00 PM bmcc

The Bang Bang Club is the true story of four young combat photographers bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risk their lives and use their cameras to tell the world of the violence associated with the first free elections in post-Apartheid South Africa. Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman and Taylor Kitsch star in a film that explores the thrills, danger, and moral questions associated with exposing the truth.

Will Ferrell gives a heartfelt and affecting performance in newcomer Dan Rush’s funny and touching adaptation of the Raymond Carver short story “Why Don’t You Dance?” After losing his job and his wife in the same day, Nicolas Halsey hits rock bottom and moves all his possessions, and himself, to his front yard. With the help of a lonely teenager and his pregnant neighbor (Rebecca Hall), Nick begins to dispose of old junk, mend his past, and begin a new life.

2011 films

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World Narrative Competition Storytelling at its finest. Distinguished for their exceptional style and substance, and crafted by both seasoned filmmakers and emerging voices, these North American or world premieres compete for Best Narrative Feature, New Director, Actor and Actress, Screenplay, and Cinematography awards.

World Documentary Competition The truth. From the personal to the universal, from politics to pop culture, these diverse films tackle today’s true stories with their own singular approach to the evolving documentary form. Making their North American or world premieres, these films compete for the Best Documentary Feature, New Director, and Editing awards.

Spotlight See it here first. A mix of big names you know, bold talents on the rise, highly anticipated new releases and festival favorites, this dynamic slate of U.S. and international works presents an exciting panorama of current global cinema. Co-sponsored by

Viewpoints Distinctive visions from innovative voices. Spanning from intimate documentaries to unique narratives, this snapshot of international independent cinema illuminates the expressive possibilities of film.

Cinemania No rules, no boundaries. Bursting with imaginative energy, these eclectic films offer the kind of smart thrills that defy categorization. Mature audiences only.

Short Film Programs Whether funny or tragic, traditional or experimental, this collection of works from around the world proves big ideas go into short films. Sponsored by Heineken is committed to helping filmmakers get discovered and create enduring cinema. Cast your ballot at any film screening for the Heineken Audience Award and follow the ratings at tribecafilm.com/heineken. The winning film receives a $25,000 cash prize and screens again on Sunday, May 1.

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World documentary COMPETITION

Beyond the Black Rainbow

DIR: Gaby Dellal SCR: Catherine Trieschmann uk, Canada • WP

The Bully Project

DIR: Lee Hirsch USA • WP • Documentary • 90 min

DIR/scr: Panos Cosmatos Canada, Italy • IP

Narrative • 93 min

Narrative • 110 min

Fri 4/22 6:00 PM bmcc sat 4/23 4:00 PM ccc-5 Mon 4/25 9:00 PM ccc-7 wed 4/27 3:00 PM av7-1

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In the working-class Rocky Mountain town of Angels Crest, young father Ethan (Thomas Dekker) is doing his best to raise his young son Nate. He has no choice—Nate’s mother (Lynn Collins) is an alcoholic. But one snowy day Ethan’s lapse in judgment results in tragedy, catapulting the town’s tight-knit community into strange new directions as they try to decide where the blame lies. With Jeremy Piven, Elizabeth McGovern, Mira Sorvino, and Kate Walsh.

Panos Cosmatos brings his bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory facility and the mysterious scientist who is her captor. At once creatively futuristic and hypnotically retro, Beyond the Black Rainbow will absorb viewers in its unique dystopian futurescape.

Artificial Paradises

sat 4/23 9:45 PM ccc-8 fri 4/29 11:30 PM av7-3

Black Butterflies

Paraísos Artificiales DIR: Yulene Olaizola SCR: Olaizola, Fernando del Razo Mexico • nap • Narrative • 83 min

In English.

In Arabic with subtitles.

sat 4/23 9:00 PM ccc-7 tues 4/26 3:30 PM ccc-6

This beautifully rendered atmospheric story captures a young woman addicted to heroin trying to get clean at a rundown resort on the Mexican Gulf Coast. There she meets a local character and the two begin a unique rapport. First-time narrative filmmaker Yulene Olaizola subverts the conventional addict story and imbues her main characters with a complexity and honesty that inspires this delicate and resonant journey of two old souls.

Poetry, politics, madness, and desire collide in the true story of the woman hailed as South Africa’s Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten) finds freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and government-censor father (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an event that will alter her life.

sun 4/24 3:30 PM ccc-6 fri 4/29 10:00 PM ccc-5

Blackthorn

L’assaut DIR: Julien Leclercq SCR: Simon Moutairou, Leclercq France • nap • Narrative • 95 min

In English, Spanish with subtitles.

thur 4/21 9:00 PM ccc-7 sat 4/23 10:00 PM ccc-5 sun 4/24 8:30 PM av7-3 thur 4/28 3:00 PM av7-1

sat 4/23 6:30 PM sva-1 tues 4/26 5:30 PM av7-3

Christmas Eve, 1994. In Algiers, four men uniformed as border guards hijack Air France Flight 8969, foreboding doom for 220 passengers. But on their arrival in Marseilles, the elite French SWAT force waits to avert tragedy…. Based on the harrowing true story of one of the most successful anti-terrorist operations in history, and incorporating actual news footage, this action-packed thriller from Julien Leclercq (Chrysalis) grabs you with its heart-pounding intensity.

Legend has it notorious American outlaw Butch Cassidy was killed in Bolivia in 1908. Mateo Gil’s classic Western, however, finds Cassidy (Sam Shepard) living on in hiding 20 years later under the identity of James Blackthorn—and yearning for one last sight of home. Joining forces with a Spanish mine robber named Eduardo, Blackthorn sets out on one final adventure across the sublime landscape of the Bolivian frontier.

DIR: Marie Losier USA, France • NYP

sun 4/24 6:00 PM ccc-7 fri 4/29 9:00 PM ccc-7

The Bleeding House

When 18-year-old Amal becomes pregnant, she struggles with the choice between absconding to Greece with her beloved Muslim boyfriend and staying in Cairo with her Coptic Orthodox Christian family. But when her motorbike gets stolen and she’s fired from her job, Amal must reevaluate her future options as an unmarried young mother in Egypt.

sat 4/23 3:30 PM sva-1 fri 4/29 6:00 PM ccc-7

wed 4/27 12:15 PM ccc-1 sat 4/30 11:30 AM ccc-4

The story of legendary performer Carol Channing’s life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. Director Dori Berinstein captures the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon and throws it at the screen like roses at the stage during curtain call. You’ll have a grin on your face and a tear in your eye, evidence that the original Dolly Levi is still glowin’, still crowin’, and still goin’ strong.

The Carrier

DIR/Scr: Philip Gelatt USA • WP • Narrative • 86 min

Documentary • 72 min

mon 4/25 11:30 aM av7-3 fri 4/29 9:30 PM ccc-6

DIR: Dori Berinstein SCR: Berinstein, Adam Zucker USA • WP • Documentary • 83 min

Narrative • 98 min

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

sat 4/23 3:45 PM ccc-8 tues 4/26 6:45 PM ccc-8

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

DIR: Mateo Gil SCR: Miguel Barros Spain, France, Bolivia, USA • WP

In French with subtitles.

More than 18 million young people in the U.S. will be bullied this year. This alarming documentary takes us into a disquieting year in the life of several students joining this staggering statistic. As teachers and parents struggle to find the answers, the students do what they can to survive a school day. Rare access and emotionally charged footage offer a never-before-seen exploration of America’s bullying crisis and a necessary call to action. El Korough DIR: Hesham Issawi SCR: Issawi, Amal Afify Egypt, UAE • IP • Narrative • 96 min

fri 4/22 6:45 PM ccc-8 mon 4/25 3:45 PM ccc-8 wed 4/27 10:00 PM ccc-5 sat 4/30 2:30 PM ccc-4

The Assault

tues 4/26 12:00 PM av7-1 sat 4/30 4:00 PM ccc-5

Cairo Exit

DIR: Paula van der Oest SCR: Greg Latter Germany, Netherlands, South Africa IP • Narrative • 100 min

In Spanish with subtitles.

sat 4/23 4:00 PM av7-2 wed 4/27 7:00 PM av7-2

DIR: Maggie Betts USA • WP • Documentary • 88 min

In Tonga with subtitles.

mon 4/25 7:00 PM av7-2 wed 4/27 9:00 PM sva-2 thur 4/28 3:00 PM ccc-7

wed 4/27 9:00 PM av7-1 fri 4/29 11:59 PM ccc-7

Thur 4/28 11:30 PM ccc-4 sat 4/30 11:30 PM ccc-4

TFF alum Marie Losier, who has created engaging short films on avant-garde artists like George Kuchar and Guy Maddin, makes her feature documentary debut with a mesmerizing and deeply romantic love story between pioneering musician and performance artist Genesis P-Orridge and soul mate Lady Jaye. Breaking new ground in its depiction of gender identity, Ballad chronicles the physical and spiritual merging of two beings into one.

Meet the Smiths—a family full of secrets who keep to themselves on a back road outside a small Midwestern town. In this visceral, tightly wound horror/ thriller, their lives are shaken when a sweet-talking Texan arrives on their doorstep on a mission for retribution. Will he succeed in his goal to bleed them of their sins, or will the family’s haunted past prove to be even more deadly than he bargained for?

Bombay Beach

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

DIR: Michael Rapaport USA • NYP • Documentary • 97 min

thur 4/21 7:00 PM av7-2 mon 4/25 3:00 PM ccc-7 tues 4/26 7:00 PM ccc-5 sat 4/30 10:30 AM ccc-9

Young mother Mutinta is a Zambian subsistence farmer in a polygamous marriage who has just learned she is HIV positive. Newly pregnant, Mutinta does everything she can to protect her unborn baby while navigating complicated family dynamics and village politics. Newcomer Maggie Betts sculpts a sensitive observational portrait of one woman’s struggle leading up to childbirth.

Cinema Komunisto

DIR: Alma Har’el USA, Israel • NAP

DIR: Mila Turajlic Serbia • NAP

Documentary • 80 min

Documentary • 101 min

In Serbian with subtitles.

wed 4/27 6:00 PM bmcc thur 4/28 1:00 PM av7-2

fri 4/22 5:30 PM av7-3 tues 4/26 7:30 PM ccc-9 wed 4/27 2:30 PM ccc-4 sat 4/30 10:00 PM ccc-5

thur 4/21 6:45 PM ccc-8 sat 4/23 1:00 PM av7-2 mon 4/25 10:00 PM ccc-5 wed 4/27 6:00 PM av7-1

The most groundbreaking act to emerge from the New York hip-hop scene of the early ’90s, A Tribe Called Quest electrified a generation with its brand of jazz-infused beats and intelligent rhymes before dramatically disbanding in ’98. In his directorial debut, Michael Rapaport draws from eight months of total access to uncover the history and inner workings of the Tribe. Featuring De La Soul, Kanye West, Common, Mos Def, Ludacris, Beastie Boys, and more.

The rusting relic of a failed 1960s development boom, the Salton Sea is a barren California landscape and symbol of the failure of the American Dream. Using a stylized amalgam of nonfiction and choreographed dance set to music by Beirut and Bob Dylan, Bombay Beach revisits this fruitful terrain to find a motley cast including a bipolar seven-year-old, a lovelorn football star, and an octogenarian poet-prophet—creating a moving, distinctive, and slightly surreal experience.

For 32 years, Leka Konstantinovic was the personal film projectionist for Yugoslavian president and noted film enthusiast Josip Broz Tito. Comprised of interviews with Konstantinovic and other important figures in the brief but glowing history of Yugoslavian cinema, as well as archival clips from more than 60 films, Cinema Komunisto is a vibrant, fascinating celebration of a film industry—and a nation—that no longer exists.

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Despicable Dick and Righteous Richard

Give Up Tomorrow

DIR: Joshua Neale UK • WP • Documentary • 79 min

sun 4/24 6:45 PM ccc-8 fri 4/29 6:30 PM ccc-6

Documentary • 90 min

In English, Spanish, Tagalog with subtitles.

tues 4/26 9:30 PM ccc-6 sat 4/30 10:15 AM ccc-8

Richard has been pissing people off for 50 years. A recovering alcoholic from North Dakota, he finally musters the courage to complete the eighth and ninth steps of the 12-Step Program. With a list of everyone he’s wronged— from ex-wives to ex-mistresses, abandoned children to slighted pals—Richard tries to make amends. But has he really changed? Soulful folk music and rich characters bring levity and humor to an emotional story of redemption.

TFI

Documentary • 87 min

In English.

DIR: Agnès Merlet France, Ireland • WP

Narrative • 90 min

In English, Danish, Portuguese with subtitles.

sun 4/24 3:45 PM ccc-8 wed 4/27 8:30 PM ccc-4 thur 4/28 5:30 PM ccc-4

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In 1997, Paco Larrañaga was arrested for the murder of two sisters on a provincial island in the Philippines. Over the next 13 years, his case became the highest profile in the nation’s history, and the focal point in a far-reaching exposé of a gross miscarriage of justice. At once an intriguing murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and a stunning indictment of national corruption, Give Up Tomorrow is an enraging true crime chronicle.

How do you cope with being broke after having lived a life of luxury and privilege? This is the fundamental question facing spoiled Anne Mette and her mother, a once-rich family now living off a small pension and struggling to adapt to their new situation in a coastal Portuguese hamlet. A Grey Gardens for the current financial era, The Good Life is a character study at turns touching and frustrating, but ultimately poignant.

The Furlong men have unusual powers. Grandpa goes blind when he thinks of sex, Dad fries electronics when afraid… but young James has a more fearsome power. After losing everyone he loves, he flees to the woods to live alone. When he’s discovered by a beautiful teenage cancer patient, their romance leads James on a journey back to civilization. Agnès Merlet (Artemisia) directs this whimsical fable about living with the curses—and blessings—we inherit.

DIR: Gaukur Úlfarsson Iceland • IP • Documentary • 96 min

DIR: Tsui Hark China • usp • Narrative • 122 min

The Hideaways

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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame Di Renjie

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DIR: Michael Collins USA, UK • IP

In Icelandic with subtitles.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Higher Ground

DIR: Vera Farmiga SCR: Carolyn S. Briggs, Tim Metcalfe usa • nyp • Narrative • 109 min

DIR/SCR: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory usa • wp • Narrative • 92 min

In Mandarin with subtitles.

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In a fantastical steampunk version of ancient China, legendary sleuth Detective Dee returns from exile to help solve a series of suspicious murders on the eve of the coronation of the country’s first empress. A period epic from genre master Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, visually breathtaking Sherlock Holmes-style mystery featuring stars Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Carina Lau, and Tony Leung Ka-fai.

Politics will never be the same! Following his country’s economic meltdown, acerbic Icelandic comedian Jon Gnarr launches his own political party, The Best Party. His platform? Free trips to Disneyland, more polar bears at the zoo, and refusing to work with anyone who doesn’t watch The Wire. But when support for Gnarr’s wacky mayoral bid surprisingly snowballs, what started out as a joke quickly captures the imagination of a nation desperate for a change.

Donor Unknown

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God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

DIR: Jerry Rothwell UK • NAP • Documentary • 78 min

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Jason Sudeikis leads an ensemble cast of bright comic talents as Eric, a thirtysomething party animal famous for throwing lavish summer theme parties at his father’s swanky Hamptons pad. But when members of the crew start settling down, and Eric’s dad announces plans to sell the beach house, Eric decides it’s time for one last party to go out with a proverbial bang. With Lindsay Sloane, Lucy Punch, Leslie Bibb, Lake Bell, Tyler Labine, and Will Forte.

Grave Encounters

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JoEllen Marsh grew up knowing her father only as Donor 150. As one of the first generation of “test-tube babies,” she yearns for connection with potential siblings, and turns to the Internet to track them down. As JoEllen slowly broadens her family tree, in the process she forges a fascinatingly modern model of family. After connecting with dozens of siblings across the country, JoEllen decides it’s finally time to seek out Donor 150.

Fire In Babylon

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Ozzy. For four decades, the name has been synonymous not just with a singular brand of blistering heavy metal, but also with a life lived to the extreme. Made for fans and the uninitiated alike, this definitive portrait of a troubled icon—told in part through the eyes of his family—relives Ozzy’s artistic triumphs while chronicling his arduous journey to sobriety and peace.

Gone

DIR: Stevan Riley UK • NAP • Documentary • 82 min

Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) makes her directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Carolyn S. Briggs’ memoir. Set in a tight-knit spiritual community at the height of feminism in the 1960-70s, Higher Ground is an exquisite study of one woman’s internal struggle with love and relationships. Farmiga delivers a nuanced performance straight from the gut, with compelling support from John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, Bill Irwin, and Joshua Leonard. DIR/SCR: David M. Rosenthal usa • usp • Narrative • 106 min

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Janie Jones

DIR/SCR: The Vicious Brothers Canada • wp • Narrative • 92 min

DIR: Mike Fleiss, Mike Piscitelli USA • WP • Documentary • 91 min

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DIR: Gretchen Morning, John Morning USA • WP • Documentary • 85 min

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The crew of ghost-hunting reality TV show Grave Encounters decides to shoot an episode inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a dark past. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night to begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted—it is alive, and has no intention of ever letting them leave.

Ethan (Alessandro Nivola), a struggling musician content with his on-theroad rock-and-roll lifestyle and his much younger girlfriend (Brittany Snow), has his life turned upside down with the arrival of a 13-year-old daughter he never knew he had. Left with the responsibility of raising Janie Jones (Abigail Breslin), a shy but talented aspiring musician herself, Ethan embarks with Janie on a road trip of music, discovery, and father-daughter bonding.

Grey Matter

Jesus Henry Christ

Matière Grise DIR/SCR: Kivu Ruhorahoza Rwanda, Australia • wp

DIR/Scr: Dennis Lee usa • wp • Narrative • 91 min

Narrative • 100 min

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TFI

In Kinyarwanda, French with subtitles.

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Played against the backdrop of the national liberation movements of the ’70s and ’80s, this lively documentary pays tribute to the golden age of cricket in the West Indies as the teammates set out to triumph over their former colonial masters and make a name for themselves on the world stage. This celebration of the power of sports as a vehicle for social change is set to a thumping reggae beat featuring Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, and Burning Spear.

What would you do if you got a call that your grown son had mysteriously vanished while living abroad? In this riveting, confessional doc, retired NYC cop Kathy Gilleran describes her heartrending journey. Searching for her missing gay son in Vienna, Austria, Gilleran finds a homophobic police force, un expected discrepancies in the investigation, and suspicious circumstances. This is her story—a mother’s determination to find the truth or simply an answer.

When his grant falls through a few days before production, a young filmmaker hides the bad news from his team and continues preparations on his film The Cycle of the Cockroach without financing or equipment. Reality blurs as scenes from the script suddenly begin to materialize—can this film exist only in his dreams? Assured direction is bolstered by strong and creative visual imagery in one of Rwanda’s first feature-length narrative films.

Precocious doesn’t begin to describe Henry James Hermin, a petri dish child who writes rabble-rousing manifestos on the nature of truth… at age 10. This boy-genius misfit’s world turns upside down when—to the dismay of the doting single mother who raised him—he embarks on a search for his biological father. Toni Collette and Michael Sheen star in this charming comedy that beams with off-the-wall humor and visual flair.

Flowers of Evil

The Good Doctor

Fleurs du Mal DIR: David Dusa SCR: Dusa,

Raphaëlle Maes, Louise Molière France • NAP • Narrative • 99 min

In French, Farsi with subtitles.

The Guard

DIR: Lance Daly SCR: John Enbom USA • WP • Narrative • 85 min

DIR: David Gelb usa • nap • Documentary • 81 min

In Japanese with subtitles.

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When lonesome first-year medical resident Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) finally gets the respect he so desperately craves from an enchanting teenage patient, he’ll do anything to keep her in his care…. In this slow-burn psychological thriller, Kisses director Lance Daly’s keen eye and a restrained yet forceful performance by Bloom paint a gripping portrait of the accelerating depths of obsession.

World NARRATIVE COMPETITION

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

DIR/SCR: John Michael McDonagh Ireland • nyp • Narrative • 96 min

Paris-Tehran. A rootless story of young love between Gecko, an AlgerianFrench hotel bellman and parkourer, and Anahita, an Iranian student forced to leave her country for her own safety after the controversial elections in 2009. Obsessed with tracking the political movement, Anahita’s friends broadcast through YouTube and coordinate via Twitter. Romance and the Internet become the grounds to explore histories lost and identity yet to be found.

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World documentary COMPETITION

spotlight

Viewpoints

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cinemania

TFI tribeca film institute

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Curmudgeonly small-town sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges) has a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no desire to work with a straight-laced American FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on a cocaine-smuggling case. Venerable Irish character actor Gleeson fills his acid-tongued cop with an irreplaceable charm, and his banter with Cheadle will leave you in stitches.

An appetizing documentary in every sense, Jiro Dreams of Sushi follows 85-year-old master sushi chef Jiro Ono, paying lushly photographed homage to the process of preparing the artisan sushi that earned Ono’s esteemed Sukiyabashi Jiro restaurant three Michelin stars. From the complicated relationship between Jiro and his sons to the ins and outs of the tuna auction, this spirited film profiles all aspects of Jiro’s craft in tantalizing style and detail.

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The Journals of Musan Musan Il-gi

Last Night

DIR: Park Jungbum South Korea • nap

Narrative • 127 min

Mama Africa

DIR: Mika Kaurismäki SCR: Kaurismäki, Don Edkins Germany, South Africa, Finland • ip

DIR: Alexandra McGuinness SCR: McGuinness, Brendan Grant Ireland, uk • wp • Narrative • 78 min

Documentary • 90 min

In Korean with subtitles.

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Lotus Eaters

DIR/SCR: Massy Tadjedin usa • usp • Narrative • 90 min

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Park Jungbum’s stunning and much-lauded debut is the story of a North Korean defector forging a new life in capitalist South Korea. As both director and actor, Park (assistant director of Lee Chang-dong’s stirring Poetry) fully realizes a disarmingly beautiful vision of loneliness, disconnect, and ethical ambiguity in this story of a lost soul’s struggle to connect.

The Kite

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Apart for one night, a happily married couple (Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington) is confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage. Last Night is ultimately about choices—to be in a relationship with someone, to give yourself to someone physically, to open yourself emotionally, and how to survive all three. Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet, and Griffin Dunne also star in this sexy, provocative romantic drama.

The bright young things of London’s social elite lead an existence as languorous and lavish as it is self-destructive. At the center is Alice, a stunning ex-model unable to keep up with the high standards of living her peers feverishly chase. Alexandra McGuinness’ directorial debut presents a contemporary black-and-white portrait of overlapping cliques of friends struggling to get their lives under control before they fall numb to it all.

Packed with five decades of rare archival footage and captivating melodies, Mama Africa tells the incredible story of Miriam Makeba. First introduced to American audiences by Harry Belafonte, Makeba’s songs exposed the injustice of Apartheid in South Africa to the world—resulting in a 30-year exile from her home country. Throughout her life, Makeba inspired millions through her powerful songs of joy, love, and revolution.

The Last Rites of Joe May

Patang DIR/SCR: Prashant Bhargava India, usa • nap

Love Always, Carolyn

In English, Hindi with subtitles.

DIR: Gemma Atwal uk, usa, India • nap Documentary • 98 min

In Oriya, English, Hindi with subtitles.

In English.

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A family saga set against the colorful spectacle of the Uttarayan, India’s largest kite festival, The Kite is a kaleidoscopic whirlwind of energy, romance, and turmoil. A businessman arrives in Ahmedabad for a surprise visit to his once grand family home, bringing with him his daughter and some unexpected news for the family’s future. Amongst the flurry of preparations and the energy of the festival itself, the transformative and intersecting tales of six characters unfold.

Small-time Chicago hustler Joe May (the incomparable Dennis Farina) always felt like a great destiny awaited him, but with his health ailing and his age advancing, he’s never looked more like a bum. Broke and evicted, he’s taken in by a troubled young mother and daughter, in whom he finds one last shot to be a hero. Pulsing with the spirit of classic urban dramas, The Last Rites of Joe May is a subtle, sophisticated tale of redemption.

They say behind every great man is a great woman. Carolyn Cassady was behind two. Wife of beatnik icon Neal Cassady and lover-muse of Jack Kerouac, Carolyn saw her life story and the memory of the men she loved hijacked by mythmakers. Love Always, Carolyn is the intimate, graceful portrait of a patient matriarch who could never escape the constant wake of her husband’s epic misadventures.

Klitschko

DIR: Sebastian Dehnhardt Germany • wp

Documentary • 112 min

In German, English, Ukrainian with subtitles.

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Six-foot-six Ukrainian brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko emigrated to Germany to begin careers in heavyweight boxing in 1996. The sport was never the same. After a 15-year reign in the ring, they made history in 2008, becoming the first brothers in the sport to hold world titles at the same time. Through a mix of candid interviews and absorbing fight footage, Klitschko offers a captivating glimpse into the makings of these champion boxing brothers.

Love During Wartime

Narrative • 132 min

Documentary • 92 min

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Set during the Age of the Warlords in the 1920s, this comic western is the highest grossing Chinese film ever. When circumstances force an outlaw (actor/director Wen Jiang) to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local “godfather” (Chow Yun-Fat). Full of surprises and grounded with a smart, humorous script, Let the Bullets Fly’s battles are fought with guns and wit.

Documentary • 77 min

In English, Portuguese with subtitles.

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Jasmin and Assi are newlyweds, but building a life together seems impossible: She’s an Israeli, he’s a Palestinian. When their homelands turn their backs on them, they choose to live in exile. This tender tale of a love infiltrated by politics follows a real-life Romeo and Juliet on their odyssey from the Middle East through an inhospitable Europe. As their hopes rise and then fade with each bureaucratic hurdle, will their love survive?

Disoriented by her mother’s death and resentful of her father’s mistakes, a twentysomething woman in Los Angeles is searching for solid ground. Inspired by a new romance, she tries to help a reclusive hoarder get her life back on track, but soon gets entangled in an emotionally complex situation revealing more about herself than she might be ready for. Judy Marte (Raising Victor Vargas) and Karen Black star.

The world’s preeminent Koran-recitation competition takes place each year in Cairo, drawing Muslim children from as far as Tajikistan and the Maldives to perform in front of prominent judges. Following these talented youngsters from their intense preparation regimes through the rigorous rounds of the tournament, Koran By Heart is both an inspirational competition film and an engaging survey of the unique experiences of Muslim children throughout the world.

L’amour fou

Photo by Grey Villet

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In the most brutal and often most misunderstood sport in the world, becoming a champion takes more than blood, sweat, and tears. Like Water follows middleweight Ultimate Fighter Anderson Silva as he prepares to crown his four-year run as the unbeaten king of the UFC with a record 12 straight wins. With intimate access to Silva and his intense training, the surprising and inspiring man behind one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time emerges.

Nancy Buirski’s moving, evocative documentary recounts the unknown love story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple behind the 1967 Supreme Court ruling overturning anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. Drawing from a wealth of stunning archival footage, The Loving Story recreates a seminal moment in history with uncommon style, anchoring a timely message of marriage equality in a personal, human love story.

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Magic Valley

DIR: Billy Corben usa • wp • Documentary • 92 min

Documentary • 100 min

DIR: Sally Rowe USA • nyp • Documentary • 68 min

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Limelight

DIR: Pierre Thoretton France • usp

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World NARRATIVE COMPETITION

World documentary COMPETITION

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As the owner of legendary hotspots like Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, and Club USA, Peter Gatien was the king of the New York club scene—until years of legal battles led to his eventual deportation to Canada. This exuberant documentary charts Gatien’s rise and fall against the transformation of New York City, offering a wild ride through a now-closed chapter in the history of NYC nightlife. From the director of Cocaine Cowboys. spotlight

Viewpoints

cinemania

TFI tribeca film institute

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Espuma of calf brains. Eel, violets, and chocolate. They’re the kind of hypermodern dishes that made young chef Paul Liebrandt a rising star in the NYC restaurant world. But after September 11, when haute cuisine took a back seat to comfort food, Liebrandt would have to struggle for a decade to get back to the top. A Matter of Taste mixes sumptuous food with an insider’s view into the complicated relationships between critics, chefs, and restaurant owners. DIR: Bill Morrison SCR: Morrison, Jóhann Jóhannsson, David Metcalfe uk, usa • Wp • Documentary • 52 min

As one warm October day unfolds, the sleepy town of Buhl, Idaho will never be the same. A fish farmer finds his crop destroyed, a couple of kids are playing an unusual game in the sun-dappled fields, and after a wild party a sleepless teenager is harboring an awful secret…. First-time director Jaffe Zinn presents an atmospheric picture of small-town life with a sharp eye and assured hand. TF tribeca film

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The Miners’ Hymns

DIR/SCR: Jaffe Zinn usa • wp • Narrative • 84 min

In French with subtitles.

It was called the “auction of the century.” Following the death of fashion luminary Yves Saint Laurent, his partner in business and life, Pierre Bergé, makes the difficult decision to sell off their immense collection of precious art. This luxuriant documentary uses their beautiful possessions as the puzzle pieces to form an equally beautiful portrait of the private world of an icon and the man who loved him.

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A Matter of Taste

DIR: Nancy Buirski usa • nyp • Documentary • 77 min

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DIR/SCR: Jasmine McGlade Chazelle usa • wp • Narrative • 99 min

The Loving Story

DIR: Pablo Croce usa • wp • Documentary • 74 min

In Arabic, Dhivehi, English, Tajik, Wolof with subtitles.

Gemma Atwal’s fascinating and dynamic epic follows Budhia, a four-year-old boy plucked from the slums of India and trained as a marathon prodigy by Biranchi Das, a larger-than-life judo coach who runs an orphanage in the eastern state of Orissa. But over the next five years and dozens of marathons, Budhia’s roller-coaster journey turns from an uplifting story of promise and opportunity to one of greed, corruption, and broken dreams.

In Hebrew, Arabic, English, German with subtitles.

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Like Water

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TFI

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Maria My Love

DIR/SCR: Gabriella Bier Sweden • nap

In Mandarin with subtitles.

Koran By Heart DIR: Greg Barker usa, uk • wp

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Let the Bullets Fly

DIR: Wen Jiang China, Hong Kong • ip

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Marathon Boy

DIR: Maria Ramström, Malin Korkeasalo Sweden • wp Documentary • 70 min

DIR/SCR: Joe Maggio usa • wp • Narrative • 103 min

Narrative • 100 min

In English, French with subtitles.

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Experimental filmmaker and frequent TFF alum Bill Morrison combines newly shot aerial scenes that he filmed himself with historic found-footage images of the mining communities of Northeast England that he culled from the British archives. Morrison creates a moving and formally elegant tribute to this vanished era of working-class life, enriched by an original score by avant-garde Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.

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My Last Round

Our School Scoala Noastra

Mi Último Round DIR/SCR: Julio Jorquera Chile, Argentina • nap

DIR: Mona Nicoara,

Miruna Coca-Cozma

Narrative • 87 min

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When successful boxer Octavio falls in love with kitchen hand Hugo, they leave their homes in the rural south of Chile for capital city Santiago to protect their taboo relationship. But when Hugo feels unexpected desire for co-worker Jennifer, heartbroken Octavio throws himself into a high-stakes boxing match against all odds. A handsome cast and evocative cinematography offer a sexy, subtle film that evokes hits like The Wrestler and Brokeback Mountain.

My Piece of the Pie

Ma part du gâteau DIR/SCR: Cédric Klapisch France • nyp • Narrative • 109 min

In French with subtitles.

Documentary • 93 min

In Hebrew with subtitles.

In Romanian with subtitles.

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Our School follows three Roma (Gypsy) children in a rural Transylvanian village who are among the pioneer participants in an initiative to integrate the ethnically segregated Romanian schools. Touching on issues from institutionalized prejudice to the intractability of poverty, but always rooted in the hypnotic rhythms and profound reality of the Roma community, this deeply affecting, often infuriating doc is ultimately a bittersweet story of tradition and progress.

The Perfect Family

DIR: Anne Renton SCR: Claire V. Riley, Paula Goldberg usa • wp • Narrative • 84 min

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From the director of 2002 hit L’Auberge Espagnole comes a financial-era drama with a biting comic edge. When single mom France loses her factory job, she is forced to take a gig as a housekeeper and nanny for Steve, a hotshot Parisian stockbroker. As France and Steve grow closer, both of their minds may be opening to each other’s worldviews—until France makes an unsettling discovery about Steve and events snowball toward a shocking finale.

In this sweet family drama, a devout Catholic (Kathleen Turner) in the running for the coveted Catholic Woman of the Year award must prove that her family actually conforms to the image of “the perfect family” as envisioned by the church—an image she’s put forth with considerable effort her whole life. Also starring Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Richard Chamberlain, and Michael McGrady.

NEDS

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Point Blank

DIR/SCR: Peter Mullan uk • usp • Narrative • 124 min

A psychotic serial killer on the loose in the woods crosses paths with a group of unsuspecting teenagers. Soon people are dying one by one… but the bad guy isn’t who you think. Turning genre conventions on their head with a smart script and plenty of unexpected scares, Rabies is a surprising debut worthy of its mantle as Israel’s first-ever slasher horror film.

Two pathologically shy neurotics connect through a love of chocolate in this delectably witty romantic comedy. For Angelique and Jean-René, the social world is one big emotional minefield best avoided. She’s a reclusive candymaker looking for a job, and he runs a chocolate factory in dire need of her savant-like skill. Fate may bring them together, but they’ll need to overcome their common fears to find fairy-tale love.

RenÉe

In French with subtitles.

Directed by actor/director Peter Mullan (My Name Is Joe, The Magdalene Sisters), NEDS takes place in the gritty and savage world of 1970s Glasgow. On the brink of adolescence, John McGill is a bright and sensitive boy. He’s eager to learn and full of promise, but with no one willing to give him a chance, young John descends into a violent life of crime. NEDS is an intense and tragic portrayal of the loss of hope.

Samuel (Gilles Lellouche) is studying to be a nurse and his very pregnant wife, Nadia (Elena Anaya), is relegated to bed rest. But when Nadia is kidnapped right in front of him, to get her back he’ll have to free a man under police surveillance from the hospital in three hours. Point Blank is a taut suspensethriller that gets the adrenaline-inducing action going right from the start and never eases up.

Neon Flesh

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Sint DIR/SCR: Dick Maas Netherlands • nap

Narrative • 88 min

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Despite his alpha-male reputation, tennis ace Dick Raskind always felt different from other guys. But it wasn’t until his 40s, after getting married and having a son, that Dick was reborn as Renée Richards. Renée was still dynamite on the tennis court, but being the first transsexual player in the women’s US Open would put her in a spotlight she—or her troubled son—couldn’t escape. This fascinating doc is a testament to both personal and athletic perseverance.

An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint reimagines jolly old Saint Nick as a murderous bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy under the December 5 full moon. Full of creative yuletide horror, Saint is a fun chiller that follows local teen Frank as he sets out on a bloody, high-energy battle to save Amsterdam from the wrathful “Sinterklaas” and his minions.

fri 4/22 6:30 PM sva-1 wed 4/27 4:00 PM av7-2

sat 4/23 11:59 PM ccc-7 wed 4/27 11:30 PM av7-3

Semper Fi: Always Faithful

DIR: Rachel Libert, Tony Hardmon usa • wp • Documentary • 75 min

sat 4/23 5:00 PM sva-2 sat 4/30 7:00 PM av7-2

Behind the closed doors of Nissan, General Motors, and Tesla Motors, the race is on to develop the world’s first, and most economically accessible, electric car. Director Chris Paine’s energetic and beautifully shot follow-up to Who Killed the Electric Car? follows the innovative business models engineered by CEOs and independent entrepreneurs looking to win over a skeptical public and jump-start the global resurgence of electric cars.

thur 4/21 6:30 PM ccc-6 wed 4/25 12:00 PM av7-1 wed 4/27 7:00 PM ccc-5 sat 4/30 1:00 PM ccc-5

Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger’s loyalty was always to the Marine Corps. But after his nine-year-old daughter dies of a rare type of leukemia, his relentless search for answers leads to a shocking discovery exposing one of the largest water contamination sites in U.S. history. Living by the Marine creed, this drill instructor-turned-activist puts his own pain aside and takes on the top brass in an impassioned struggle for justice on behalf of his family and fellow soldiers.

Shakespeare High

DIR/SCR: James Westby usa • wp • Narrative • 90 min

DIR: Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen SCR: Chris Lopata usa • wp • Narrative • 100 min

Narrative • 109 min

In Dutch with subtitles.

rid of me

Puncture

Carne de Neon DIR/SCr: Paco Cabezas Spain • nap

mon 4/25 6:00 PM av7-1 sat 4/30 9:45 PM ccc-8

Saint

DIR: Eric Drath usa • wp • Documentary • 75 min

DIR: Chris Paine SCR: P.G. Morgan, Chris Paine usa • wp • Documentary • 90 min

sat 4/23 9:00 PM av7-1 wed 4/27 12:45 PM ccc-8

80 min • In French with subtitles.

sat 4/23 8:30 PM sva-2 tues 4/26 2:30 PM av7-3

Revenge of the Electric Car

A Bout Portant DIR: Fred Cavayé SCR: Cavayé, Guillaume Lemans France • ip • Narrative • 84 min

fri 4/22 6:00 PM av7-1 sun 4/24 10:00 PM ccc-5 thur 4/28 6:30 PM ccc-6

DIR: Alex Rotaru usa • wp • Documentary • 81 min

In Spanish with subtitles.

sat 4/23 11:30 PM ccc-4 fri 4/29 5:30 PM ccc-4

Young hustler Ricky was left to a life on the streets at the age of 12 when his hooker mother got sent to the can, but upon learning she’ll soon be released, Ricky enlists a couple of good-for-nothing buddies to help him open a whorehouse as a tribute to Mom. This stylish, edgy crime flick plunges headlong into the fringe world of pimps and junkies, where succeeding in business can cost your life….

thur 4/21 6:30 PM sva-1 tues 4/26 6:00 PM av7-1

sat 4/23 2:30 PM av7-3 thur 4/28 10:00 PM ccc-5

Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is not your typical lawyer. The tattooed and drug-addicted townie has more than his share of personal demons, but can he straighten up long enough to lead a renegade safety-needle inventor to victory against a monopolizing medical supply corporation? This David and Goliath legal drama, based on a true story, exposes the corruption and kickback schemes threatening the lives of millions of health care workers.

A Quiet Life

New York Says Thank You

DIR: Scott Rettberg usa • wp • Documentary • 86 min

When she moves to Portland, Oregon, Meris does her best to fit in with her husband’s clique of old high school buddies—until she gets dumped. Her life trashed, she takes a job as a candy store clerk, opening unexpected worlds into the Northwest underground punk scene and Cambodian rock. A low budget is no barrier to creativity and cinematic innovation in this black comedy of embarrassments about sticking up for yourself no matter how messy.

Narrative • 100 min

Viewpoints

sat 4/23 7:00 PM ccc-5

cinemania

tues 4/26 3:00 PM ccc-7 sat 4/30 8:30 PM ccc-4

At home many face poverty, gangs, drugs, and a lack of role models, but in their high school drama programs, a group of teens finds a chance to create a better life. Following students as they prepare for and compete in the 90th Drama Teachers Association of Southern California Shakespeare Festival, and featuring interviews with Val Kilmer, Richard Dreyfuss, and executive producer Kevin Spacey, this galvanizing doc reminds us of the positive impact of arts education.

She Monkeys

In Swedish with subtitles.

Two decades after disappearing from Naples, ex-gangster Rosario has earned all the rewards of a simple life in rural Germany—a lovely young wife, a new son, and a gratifying business. But when a pair of mysterious young men take a room at his hotel, Rosario’s violent past catches up with him. The great Toni Servillo (Il Divo, Gomorrah) stars in this slow-burn dramatic thriller, a brilliant addition to Italy’s new school of sophisticated, subtly suspenseful crime films. spotlight

Sun 4/24 9:00 PM sva-2 thur 4/28 7:00 PM ccc-5

Apflickorna DIR: Lisa Aschan SCR: Josefine Adolfsson, Aschan Sweden • nap • Narrative • 84 min

In Italian, German with subtitles.

This moving documentary follows the epic journey of New Yorkers whose lives were touched by September 11 as they travel the country helping communities rebuild after disasters. Along the way, they face their emotions and ultimately triumph over tragedy through an idea that evolved from a five-year-old New York City boy. World documentary COMPETITION

mon 4/25 10:30 PM ccc-9

DIR: Michael Cuesta SCR: Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta usa • wp • Narrative • 95 min

fri 4/22 5:30 PM sva-2 sun 4/24 9:45 PM ccc-8

World NARRATIVE COMPETITION

fri 4/22 9:00 PM ccc-7 wed 4/27 3:30 PM ccc-1

Roadie

Una Vita Tranquilla DIR: Claudio Cupellini Italy, Germany, France • nyp

Thur 4/28 9:30 PM BMCC Sat 4/30 12:00 PM bmcc

Les Émotifs Anonymes DIR: Jean-Pierre Améris SCR: Améris, Philippe Blasband France, Belgium • ip • Narrative

thur 4/21 10:00 PM ccc-5 wed 4/27 9:00 PM ccc-7 thur 4/28 11:59 PM av7-1 wed 4/29 12:45 PM ccc-8

sun 4/24 6:00 PM av7-1 mon 4/25 8:30 PM sva-2 thur 4/28 5:30 PM av7-3 sat 4/30 5:30 PM av7-3

fri 4/22 9:45 PM ccc-8 fri 4/28 11:59 PM ccc-7

Romantics Anonymous

Kalevet DIR/SCR: Aharon Keshales,

Navot Papushado Israel • nap • Narrative • 90 min

usa, Switzerland, Romania • nap

In Spanish with subtitles.

sun 4/24 5:30 PM ccc-4 fri 4/29 6:00 PM av7-1

Rabies

TFI tribeca film institute

Sat 4/23 9:30 PM sva-1 tues 4/26 4:00 PM av7-2 thur 4/28 10:30 PM ccc-9 sat 4/30 3:30 PM ccc-1

thur 4/21 7:00 PM ccc-5 fri 4/22 5:30 PM ccc-4 fri 4/29 12:00 PM av7-1 sat 4/30 6:00 PM ccc-7

For 20 years, Jimmy (Ron Eldard) lived his rock-and-roll fantasy as a roadie for Blue Oyster Cult, but the glory days are gone, and Jimmy just got the boot. Returning to his childhood home in Queens, he finds his mom teetering toward dementia and his high school crush (Jill Hennessy) married to his still-nettling childhood rival (Bobby Cannavale). Building a future means confronting the relationships of the past in this heartfelt coming-of-middle-age tale.

When 15-year-old Emma lands a competitive spot on the equestrian acrobatics team, she is taken under the wing of a pretty, slightly older teammate, Cassandra. The two begin an intense relationship where the rules of the game blur as psychological stakes get higher and higher. Lisa Aschan’s award-winning directorial debut explores the all-consuming world of teen female friendships through naturalistic direction, evocative imagery, and engrossing performances.

TF tribeca film

TO tribeca Online

S sports

PREMIERES WP world IP INTERNAtional NAP North american USP united states NYP New york

Splinters

Short film programs

TrollHunter

Trolljegeren DIR/SCR: André Øvredal Norway • nyp • Narrative • 103 min

DIR: Adam Pesce usa • wp • Documentary • 95 min

In English, Tok Pisin with subtitles.

off the grid

In Norwegian with subtitles.

tues 4/26 11:30 PM av7-3 thur 4/28 9:00 PM ccc-7 Sat 4/30 11:59 PM ccc-7

In the remote seaside village of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea, there are hardly any jobs—but infinite prime waves. Twenty years after the first board was introduced on the island, surfing has become a way of life. This spirited doc, tinged by joyful music and fascinating glimpses into a rare culture, follows four local surfers competing in the country’s first-ever national surfing championships in the hopes their surfboards will carry them to a better life.

In the wintry Norwegian countryside, a series of supposed bear poaching incidents leads a group of plucky film students to the mysterious hunter Hans: the one man charged with keeping the country’s entire troll population in check. This genre treat seamlessly blends stunning visual effects with its found footage aesthetic to deliver truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc, all with darkly funny adherence to the original folklore.

Turn me on, goddammit

Stuck Between Stations

Få meg på, for faen DIR/SCR: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen Norway • wp • Narrative • 75 min

DIR: Brady Kiernan SCR: Nat Bennett, Sam Rosen usa • wp • Narrative • 85 min

fri 4/22 8:30 PM sva-2 thur 4/28 9:00 PM av7-1

In Norwegian with subtitles.

mon 4/25 9:45 PM ccc-8

Casper, a young soldier home on leave, has a chance run-in with his childhood crush, now a grad student coping with conflicts of her own. In one night, the two traverse Minneapolis, growing closer but knowing they will inevitably have to part ways at dawn. Featuring standout performances by rising indie stars Zoe Lister-Jones and Sam Rosen, supported by Josh Hartnett and Michael Imperioli, Stations is a touching and authentic snapshot of a generational zeitgeist.

The Swell Season

Sat 4/23 6:45 PM ccc-8 sun 4/24 11:30 AM av7-3 tues 4/26 9:00 PM ccc-7 sat 4/30 9:00 PM av7-1

Alma is a small-town teenager with an active imagination and an even more active libido. After a titillating but awkward encounter with school heartthrob Artur turns her into a social outcast, Alma is desperate to move out of town and on with her life. Turn me on, goddammit is an offbeat coming-of-age comedy with a deadpan sense of humor, enlivened by its rich sense of fantasy and frank but sweet approach to teen sexuality.

Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis usa • wp • Documentary • 90 min

Onna no kappa DIR: Shinji Imaoka SCR: Imaoka, Fumio Moriya Japan, Germany • wp • Narrative

87 min • In Japanese with subtitles.

fri 4/22 10:00 PM av7-2 fri 4/29 3:00 PM ccc-7

mon 4/25 9:30 PM sva-1

The world fell in love with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova when their songwriting collaboration in the film Once culminated in a jubilant Oscar® win. But behind the scenes, where Glen and Mar’s on-screen romance becomes reality, a grueling two-year world tour threatens to fracture their fated bond. Gorgeously filmed in black and white, this music-filled documentary is an intimate look at the exhilaration and turmoil created by both love and fame.

Treatment

DIR: Steven Schardt, Sean Nelson SCR: Sean Nelson usa • wp • Narrative • 83 min

fri 4/22 10:00 PM ccc-5 sat 4/23 10:30 PM ccc-9 wed 4/27 11:30 PM ccc-4 thur 4/28 11:30 PM av7-3

A spectacle of songs and sex that is at once zany and erotic, Underwater Love puts an unforgettable new spin on the Japanese tradition of softcore “pink” films. Asuka has an easy life with her doting fiancé—but everything’s about to change when she discovers her childhood friend has been reborn as a folkloric water sprite, and she decides to take him home…. With music by Stereo Total and cinematography by frequent Wong Kar-wai DP Christopher Doyle.

When the Drum Is Beating DIR: Whitney Dow USA, Haiti • wp

Documentary • 84 min

In English, Creole with subtitles.

fri 4/22 8:30 PM av7-3 fri 4/29 4:00 PM av7-2

sun 4/24 10:00 PM av7-2

When Leonard convinces his best friend Nelson to bankroll his stint at a glitzy L.A. rehab clinic so he can pitch a movie idea to mega-star Gregg D, his blind ambition begins to consume him. The producing team behind Humpday returns with this witty, ridiculous, and sincere tale of codependent friendship on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Indie darlings Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, and Ross Partridge star.

mon 4/25 6:30 PM SVA-1 sat 4/30 3:00 PM ccc-7

Thur 4/28 10:00 PM av7-2

The 20-member band Septentrional has been making music for 62 years as Haiti’s most celebrated big band. This inspirational doc charts the history of Haiti from its independence from French colonialism to 2010’s devastating earthquake—all set to the vibrant music of Septentrional and punctuated with personal memories. Featuring a wealth of rehearsal and performance footage, When the Drum Is Beating is a poignant and high-energy story of resilience.

White White World

The Trip

Beli beli svet DIR: Oleg Novkovic SCR: Milena Markovic Serbia, Germany, Sweden • nap

DIR: Michael Winterbottom uk • usp • Narrative • 100 min

Narr • 121 min • In Serbian with subtitles. thur 4/21 6:00 PM ccc-7 sat 4/23 12:00 PM av7-1 tues 4/26 6:00 PM ccc-7 sat 4/30 1:30 PM ccc-9

sun 4/24 4:00 PM ccc-5 Sat 4/30 12:45 PM ccc-8

The glorious English countryside, haute cuisine, and Britain’s best comics add up to the most satisfying road trip in years. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon star as themselves, old friends who wind up touring romantic restaurants together after Coogan’s girlfriend bails. Breeding sidesplitting banter about everything from Romantic poets to who does the best Michael Caine impression, Coogan and Brydon rediscover their friendship and themselves in one hilarious week.

In this beautiful and brutal drama, King, a handsome boxer-turned-barman, falls for Vita, a fiery and untamable beauty in the decaying Serbian town of Bor. Their love triggers a series of events that drive the many residents of Bor inexorably toward a fateful and moving finale. Reminiscent of classical Greek theater, White White World is an epic musical tragedy staged against the stark landscape of a small, crumbling mining town.

World NARRATIVE COMPETITION

World documentary COMPETITION

spotlight

Viewpoints

wed 4/27 10:30 PM ccc-9

cinemania

Narrative • 79 min

Recommended for ages 14 and up

sun 4/24 3:00 PM av7-1 fri 4/29 3:45 PM ccc-8

mon 4/25 1:00 PM av7-2 sun 5/01 1:30 PM tc-1

Sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll are a few topics explored in these docs. Two-man rock duo Crash&Burn is turned upside down when Burn decides to have transgender surgery. It’s San Francisco, sex, and the First Amendment in Smut Capital of America. A building trembles in a battle for space and souls in Caretaker for the Lord. In Guru a motivational speaker battles bipolar disorder. Incident in New Baghdad recounts a vet’s experience in and out of the war zone. Crash&Burn DIR: Rick Rodgers • USA • WP Smut Capital of America DIR: Michael Stabile • USA • WP Caretaker for the Lord DIR: Jane McAllister • Scotland • NYP Guru DIR: Jonathan VanBallenberghe • USA • WP Incident in New Baghdad DIR: James Spione • USA • WP

Exit Strategies Narrative • 98 min

sun 4/24 4:00 PM av7-2 wed 4/27 6:30 PM ccc-1 thur 4/28 4:00 PM ccc-5 sun 5/01 12:00 PM tc-2

Underwater Love

DIR: Nick August-Perna, Chris

All You Can Eat

Documentary • 94 min

mon 4/25 8:30 PM ccc-4 thur 4/28 6:00 PM av7-1 sat 4/30 2:30 PM tc-1

TFI tribeca film institute