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Tribeca Festival · 2009

Tribeca Festival 2009

Midnight

In a break with previous years, all the films this year are world premieres. Director of Programming David Kwok explains: "Midnight is where you’ll find something scary, thrilling, or bizarre (or perhaps all of the above)."

Programme

7 films · 1 review

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Cropsey

Filmmakers attempt to uncover an urban myth as they investigate five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearance in Staten Island during their youth.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman; Writer: Joshua Zeman)

World Premiere. Documentary

The House Of The Devil

Review preview for The House Of The Devil

As a genre filmmaker through and through, West is unlikely to be winning an Oscar any time soon – but when it comes to the extraordinary manipulation of tension and atmosphere, he is an unsung master of cinema.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
Retro suspense thriller centers on a cash-strapped college girl who answers a babysitting ad only to gradually unravel the horrifying secret behind why she was truly hired.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Ti West; Writer: Ti West; Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, A.J. Bowen, Dee Wallace)

Full review See: FrightFest 2009 analysis and reviews

World Premiere. Narrative

Hysterical Psycho

When thespians go bad. Horror send-up, sees a theatre troupes trip to the country confounded by a lake full of lunar radiation and a mad actor.

(Country: USA; Year: 2009; Director: Dan Fogler; Writer: Dan Fogler; Stars: Noah Bean, Lennon Parham, Kelly Hutchinson, Sarah Saltzberg, Charissa Chamorro, Randy Baruh, Ariel Shafir, Thomas Michael Sullivan, Kate Gersten, Jeremy Silver)

World Premiere. Narrative

Midgets Vs. Mascots

Two teams risk life, limb, and maybe jail time while pushing the boundaries of decency to score the fortune of a deceased former mascot turned porn mogul.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Ron Carlson; Stars: Akie Kotabe, Gary Coleman, Mark Hapka, Jordan Prentice, Brittney Powell, Joe Gnoffo, Josh Sussman, Bob Bledsoe, Terra Jole, Paul Rae)

World Premiere. Narrative

Newsmakers (Goryachie novosti)

Fast-paced remake of Johnnie To’s Breaking News, sees public confidence in the police compromised after they botch catching a gang of robbers and it is captured on camera. In retaliation they create a reality show aiming to find and destroy the criminals.

(Country: Russia, Sweden; Year: 2009; Director: Anders Banke; Writer: Sam Klebanov, Aleksandr Lungin; Stars: Andrei Merzlikin, Yevgeni Tsyganov, Mariya Mashkova, Maksim Konovalov, Grigory Baranov, Viktor Chepelov, Oleg Chernigov, Loa Falkman, Aleksei Frandetti, Sergey Garmash)

World Premiere. Narrative

Paintball

There's more at stake than a few paint stains and a laundry bill for executives on a paintball retreat.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2009; Director: Daniel Benmayor; Writer: Mario Schoendorff; Stars: Jennifer Matter, Patrick Regis, Brendan Mackey, Iaione Perez, Neil Maskell, Anna Casas, Peter Vives Newey, Claudia Bassols, Felix Pring, Joyce Müller)

World Premiere. Narrative

The Wild And Wonderful Whites Of West Virginia

hoot-outs, robberies, gas-huffing, drug dealing, pill popping, murders, and tap dancing - what do these all have in common? The White Family. This documentary lifts the lid on the clan.

(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Julien Nitzberg)

World Premiere. Documentary