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Tribeca Festival · 2009

Tribeca Festival 2009

Showcase

Senior Programmer Genna Terranova explains, "The Showcase series offers a refreshing panorama for fans of contemporary world cinema. "

Programme

10 films

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All About Actresses (Le Bal Des Actrices)

Maïwenn sets out to resolve her tortured actress identity by making a faux-documentary around a bevy of famous French actresses. Blends real footage with fantasy.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Maïwenn Le Besco; Writer: Maïwenn Le Besco; Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu, Mélanie Doutey, Marina Foïs, Estelle Lefébure, Maïwenn Le Besco, Linh Dan Pham, Charlotte Rampling, Muriel Robin)

US Premiere. Narrative

Antoine

Portrait of a five-year-old blind boy who uses a mini boom microphone to discover and capture the sounds around him, exploring his life and his imagination.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2008; Director: Laura Bari; Writer: Laura Bari; Stars: Antoine Houang)

US Premiere. Documentary

Dazzle (Oogverblindend)

A fragile, long-distance telephone relationship develops between a younger woman (played by Georgina Verban), and an older gentleman (played by Rutger Hauer).

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2009; Director: Cyrus Frisch; Stars: Rutger Hauer, Georgina Verbaan)

North American Premiere. Narrative

FILM IST. A Girl & A Gun

Vision of relationships explored through 'found footage'.

(Country: Austria, Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Gustav Deutsch; Writer: Gustav Deutsch)

North American Premiere. Narrative

Fish Eyes (Yu Yan)

Set during the 2008 Olympics on the outskirts of Beijing, first-time filmmaker Zheng Wei’s beautiful and poetic portrait of modern China tells a simple but poignant story about a father, son, and a mysterious young woman.

(Country: China; Year: 2008; Director: Zheng Wei; Writer: Zheng Wei)

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North American Premiere. Narrative

Masquerades (Mascarades)

A man spins an outrageous fable to impress his village but as the lie begins to unravel surprising allegiances form.

(Country: Algeria, France; Year: 2008; Director: Lyes Salem; Writer: Lyes Salem, Nathalie Saugeon; Stars: Lyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaïb, Rym Takoucht, Merouane Zmirli, Mourad Khen)

North American Premiere. Narrative

My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)

Road movie about an unexpected reunion between two exes.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Lee Yoon-Ki; Writer: Park Eun-yeong, Taira Azuko ; Stars: Jeon Do-Youn, Ha Jung-Woo)

New York Premiere. Narrative

Pandora's Box (Pandora'nin kutusu)

When an aging matriarch (90-year-old Tsilla Chelton) starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.

(Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium; Year: 2008; Director: Yesim Ustaoglu; Writer: Selma Kaygusuz, Yesim Ustaoglu; Stars: Onur Ünsal, Derya Alabora, Tsilla Chelton, Övül Avkiran, Osman Sonant, Tayfun Bademsoy, Nazmi Kirik, Emrah Tinte)

New York Premiere. Narrative

Rachel

In 2003 the 22-year-old American activist Rachel Corrie died trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip. She was killed by a bulldozer operated by the Israeli army. An Israeli military investigation ruled that her death was an accident. The film reconstructs the case and reaches a different conclusion.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2009; Director: Simone Bitton)

North American Premiere. Documentary

Salt Of This Sea (Le Sel De La Mer)

The odyssey of a US-born Palestinian woman who travels back to the land of her forebears.

(Country: Palestine, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland; Year: 2008; Director: Annemarie Jacir; Writer: Annemarie Jacir; Stars: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Walid Abdul Salam, Jaber Abu Kaoud, Um Hussein Al Malhi, Iman Aoun, Yahya Barakat, Diana Buttu, Ismael Dabbag)

New York Premiere. Narrative