Tribeca Festival

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  Let The Right One In

  Review preview for Let The Right One In

  It is frequently not what you see but what you hear which holds the horror.

  A touching story of first romance... with a side-serving of horror.
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  Battle For Terra

  Review preview for Battle For Terra

  There are some nice set pieces here and there but, like the air on Terra, everything feels stodgier than normal.

  An alien girl on an idyllic planet must save her homeland from human invaders.
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  Katyn

  Review preview for Katyn

  While the film isn’t a complete success it’s still a powerful, heartfelt take on the cruelties of which people can be capable – and the courage and nobility they can display in their determination to find out the truth.

  In the early days of World War Two, thousands of captured Polish officers are handed over to the Soviet authorities – and vanish.
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  Once Upon A Time In The West

  Review preview for Once Upon A Time In The West

  This is what Westerns, and movies as a whole, are all about.

  Restored version of Leone's epic western.
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  Pray The Devil Back To Hell

  Review preview for Pray The Devil Back To Hell

  Although filling the watcher with the same sort of outrage that inspired the women to stand up and be counted, this is, at heart, a testimony to the power of solidarity and sisterhood through a single purpose.

  The story of the Liberian women who came together to bring peace to their country.
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  Dying Breed

  Review preview for Dying Breed

  Dwyer has taken this cinematically uncharted landscape and, like the convict runners of old, transported to it all manner of unsavoury foreign elements.

  Four friends find out something - or someone - murderous lurks in the rain-slogged Australian bush.
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  Worlds Apart

  Review preview for Worlds Apart

  Worlds Apart is an assured, confident little film which takes a nuanced approach to a complex subject.

  The world of a dutiful daughter and Jehovah's Witness unravels when she falls for a non-believer.
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  Bart Got A Room

  Review preview for Bart Got A Room

  Easily the best comedy I saw in 2008 and the first I can remember in years that I’ve wanted to immediately watch again.

  It's tick-tock, tick-tock for Danny as the prom approaches, and he still doesn't have a date...
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  57,000 Kilometres Between Us

  Review preview for 57,000 Kilometres Between Us

  The voyeuristic experience of watching their unpleasant exhibitionism becomes a very alienating experience and as a result it is increasingly difficult to engage with, or indeed care about, any of the characters.

  A teenager struggles for connections - both real and virtual - as her step-father presents an airbrushed version of their lives online.
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  Quiet Chaos

  Review preview for Quiet Chaos

  With its simple plot and gentle pacing, Quiet Chaos relies on character and performance to keep viewers interested, and for the most part it pulls it off well.

  A bereaved husband decides to spend each day waiting for his daughter outside her school, discovering a new world in the process.

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Features

• Boxing clever
  Luis Piedrahita reveals the secrets of Fermat's Room.
• Making Manero
  Exclusive interview with Pablo Larraín about his dark and gritty drama centring on a John Travolta-obssessed Chilean.
• Bart got a release date
  Ten years after he conceived it, Brian Hecker's Bart Got A Room is finally coming out in the US - we talk to him about the film's journey.
• Ghraib injustice
  Errol Morris reveals the outrage that caused him to make Standard Operating Procedure.
• Mohamed Al-Daradji on shooting after the war
  The director of Ahlaam and accompanying documentary War, Love, God & Madness talks about the experience of directing a film in modern-day Iraq.
• Tribeca 2008: Day 10 and 11
  Festival wrap up and some films to look out for.
• Tribeca 2008: Day Eight and Nine
  A visit to Van Peebles' place turns into an unexpected adventure.
• Tribeca 2008: Day Seven
  Family films that are Worlds Apart, Lou Reed's Berlin and being the guest of Cindy Sherman filmmakers.
• Tribeca 2008: Day Five and Six
  Elite Squad doesn't live up to the hype, but Bart Got A Room surprises out of the blue.
• Tribeca 2008: Day Three and Four
  Highlights include impassioned round table discussions and Spanish thriller Fermat's Room.
• Tribeca 2008: Day One and Two
  A strong set of documentary features open our Tribeca coverage.
• In the Somers Town
  Shane Meadows discusses his latest, low-budget independent British feature.

News

• Whatever Works for Tribeca
  Woody Allen's latest to get world premiere at New York festival.
• Gilmore quits Sundance for Tribeca
  Festival Director leaves Institute after 19 years.
• Tribeca Film Institue announces first Sloan Filmmaker Fund recipients
  Five projects benefit to the tune of $110,000.
• And the winners are...
  Tribeca jury awards Swede dreams.
• Tribeca Opening Press Conference
  Improved tax breaks for New York filmmakers, and Tribeca celebrates cinema's social melting pot.
• David Mamet's Redbelt to premiere at Tribeca
  'American samurai film' to be gala screening in Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival segment.
• Tribeca announce third selection of feature films
  Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered selection, plus five special events.
• Tribeca announce Discovery and Midnight sections
  Second batch of programming released by New York Festival.
• Tribeca programme announcement
  World Narrative/Documentary Competition and Encounters sections announced.
• Baby Mama to open Tribeca
  Comedy by first-time filmmaker gets festival world premiere.