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Tribeca Festival · 2011

Tribeca Festival 2011

Viewpoints

New to the 2011 Tribeca programme, the Viewpoints strand "presents 11 narrative features and nine documentaries as a snapshot of international independent cinema that immerses audiences in distinctive perspectives."

Programme

20 films · 4 reviews

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The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye

Review preview for The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye

The film appears to have had a long and somewhat troubled genesis of its own.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 2.5 out of 5
Documentary depicting the love story between Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye.

(Country: US, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, France; Year: 2011; Director: Marie Losier; Stars: Lady Jaye Breyer P'Orridge, Genesis P-Orridge) , Official site

New York premiere

Donor Unknown

Review preview for Donor Unknown

Donor Unknown never quite pushes hard enough on the big ethical and philosophical questions involved in the notion of fatherhood by proxy.

Robert Munro · 3 out of 5
A young woman born via donor insemination advertises in search of her biological father, meets half-siblings and subsequently explores her feelings for the surprised stranger who reads about her quest.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Jerry Rothwell) , Official site

North American premiere

Flowers Of Evil (Fleurs du mal)

Love story between a young Algerian-French hotelier and parkourer - and an Iranian refugee forced to leave her country.

(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: David Dusa; Writer: David Dusa, Raphaëlle Maes, Louise Molière, Mike Sens; Stars: Rachid Youcef, Alice Belaïdi) , Official site

North American premiere

Gnarr

The Icelandic monster raving loony party - or a symptom of a society desperate for change.

(Country: Iceland; Year: 2010; Director: Gaukur Úlfarsson; Stars: Jón Gnarr) , Official site , Trailer

International premiere

Gone (Gone: The Disappearance of Aeryn Gillern)

Documentary about a mother's search for her missing grown-up son.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Gretchen Morning, John Morning) , Official site

World premiere

The Good Life (Det gode liv)

Documentary about the clash of wealth and privilege as a once-rich family learns to live off a small pension and struggles to adapt to their new situation.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2010; Director: Eva Mulvad)

North American premiere

The Journals Of Musan (Musanilgi, Musan Il-gi)

A North Korean defector creates a new life in capitalist South Korea.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Jung-bum Park; Writer: Jung-bum Park; Stars: Jung-bum Park, Yonguk Jin, Eunjin Kang, Youngdeok Park)

North American premiere

Lotus Eaters

Bright young things of London’s social elite in self-destructive path.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Alexandra McGuinness; Writer: Brendan Grant, Alexandra McGuinness; Stars: Benn Northover, Katrena Rochell, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Alex Wyndham, Liam Browne, Johnny Flynn, Amber Anderson, Luke Brandon Field, Daisy Lewis, Hamed Arif, Gina Bramhill, Danielle Victoria Sambrook, Nicola Martin, Cynthia Fortune Ryan, Chloe Jenden) , Official site

World premiere

Love Always, Carolyn

Documentary about Carolyn Cassady's life and her influence.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2011; Director: Maria Ramström, Malin Korkeasalo; Stars: Carolyn Cassady, John Allen Cassady, Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac) , Official site

World premiere

Magic Valley

Drama about the underbelly of small-town life.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Jaffe Zinn; Writer: Jaffe Zinn; Stars: Scott Glenn, Kyle Gallner, Alison Elliott, Brad William Henke, Johnny Lewis, Will Estes, Landon Abercrombie, Jake Scott Bailey, Sally Baker, Judith Balis, Daniel Frandson, Nick Garcia, Matthew Gray Gubler, Shaun Heil, Sterling Hoch)

World premiere

Maria My Love

Family trauma leads a young woman to reconnect with her half-sister.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Jasmine McGlade Chazelle; Writer: Lauren Fales, Jasmine McGlade Chazelle; Stars: Judy Marte, Karen Black, Brian Rieger, Lauren Fales, Kaili Hollister, Haref Topete, Laura Churchill, Sandra Linz, Tory Freeth, Albert Polay, Lucy Angelo, Dawn Milton, Nick Alexander, Natasha Violeta, Briley Barrett)

World premiere

The Miners' Hymns

Experimental tribute to a long-gone era of UK working-class life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Bill Morrison; Writer: Bill Morrison)

World premiere

My Last Round (Mi Último Round)

Relationship drama about boxer and kitchen hand.

(Country: Chile, Argentina; Year: 2010; Director: Julio Jorquera; Writer: Julio Jorquera; Stars: Roberto Farías, Héctor Morales, Tamara Acosta, Gonzalo Robles, Manuela Martelli) , Official site

North American premiere

NEDS

Review preview for NEDS

The humour and emotion are so sharp you might not feel them at the time, but Mullan's film cuts deep and leaves its mark.

Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
Story of a boy who finds growing up in Glasgow in the Seventies is tough.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Peter Mullan; Writer: Peter Mullan; Stars: Connor McCarron, Gregg Forest, Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Marianna Palka, Peter Mullan, Gary Lewis, Joe Szula, David McKay, Steven Robertson)

US premiere

Rid Of Me

Black comedy about messy relationships and self-determination.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: James Westby; Writer: James Westby; Stars: Katie O'Grady, John Keyser, Storm Large, Melik Malkasian, Betty Moyer, John Breen, Orianna Herrman, Ritah Parrish, Melinda Chilton, Geno Romo, Theresa Russell, Brendan Robinson, Jana Lee Hamblin, Art Alexakis, Leslie Taylor) , Official site

World premiere

Splinters

The evolution of indigenous surfing in Papua New Guinea.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Adam Pesce) , Official site

World premiere. ESPN Sports Film Festival

Stuck Between Stations

Youthful and wistful coulda-woulda-shoulda young love.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Brady Kiernan; Writer: Nat Bennett, Sam Rosen; Stars: Sam Rosen, Zoe Lister Jones, Josh Hartnett, Michael Imperioli, Nadia Dajani, Annie Einan, Alyssa Szarkowski, Angie Dahlager, David Tufford, Christiana Clark, Casey Greig, Brent Doyle, Yong Hak Kim, Missy Conner, Sarah Sandusky) , Official site

World premiere

The Swell Season

Review preview for The Swell Season

While the film may be monochrome, every colour of emotion is represented here, from elation in the creative process to anxiousness and disillusionment.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary following the songwriters and stars of Once, after their triumphant Oscar win.

(Country: US, Czech Republic, Ireland; Year: 2011; Director: Nick August-Perna, Chris Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis; Stars: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová) , Official site

World premiere

Treatment

Ambitious young producer sneaks himself into a drying-out clinic to perform the pitch of his life.

(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: Sean Nelson, Steven Schardt; Writer: Sean Nelson, Steven Schardt; Stars: Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, Ross Partridge, Jessica Makinson, Chris Caniglia, John Hodgman, Robyn Hitchcock, Katie Aselton, Mousa Kraish, Magdalena Mielcarz, Ross Benjamin, Kitao Sakurai, Calvin Reeder, Beth Lisick, Julian A Mitchell)

World premiere

White World (Beli, beli svet)

Epic small-town tragedy.

(Country: Serbia, Germany, Sweden; Year: 2010; Director: Oleg Novkovic; Writer: Milena Markovic; Stars: Jasna Djuricic, Uliks Fehmiu, Hana Selimovic, Mira Banjac, Nebojsa Glogovac, Boris Isakovic, Marko Janketic, Nemanja Jovanov, Meto Jovanovski, Milica Mihajlovic) , Official site

North American premiere