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Tribeca Festival

17 April – 28 March 2013

Mistaken For Strangers will open the 2013 edition of Tribeca Film Festival
Mistaken For Strangers will open the 2013 edition of Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 following the attacks on the World Trade Center, to spur the economic and cultural revitalisation of the lower Manhattan district through an annual celebration of film, music and culture, the Festival brings the industry and community together around storytelling.

The 12th edition of festival will open on April 17 with Mistaken For Strangers, directed by Tom Berninger, who chronicles his experience on tour with his brother, The National’s frontman Matt Berninger.

The festival will screen 89 feature-length films between April 17 and 28.

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  • Dancing In Jaffa
    Review preview for Dancing In Jaffa

    The story told is generally more interesting than the telling of it.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about a man trying to bring Israeli and Palestinian children together through ballroom dancing.
  • Northwest
    Review preview for Northwest

    A well-shot and occasionally sweaty run around the same old block.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A teenager gets sucked into a turf war.
  • G.B.F.
    Review preview for G.B.F.

    A light, fluffy concoction but one so playful and unpretentious that it's easy to like.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    After being accidentally outed, a shy teenager finds he has become the ultimate fashion accessory - the Gay Best Friend.
  • The Machine
    Review preview for The Machine

    What James has tried to do is film a Hollywood Blockbuster on an independent British budget, and it shows.

    Neil Mitchell · 2 out of 5
    A cybernetics expert tries to create an android super-soldier.
  • Cutie And The Boxer
    Review preview for Cutie And The Boxer

    With such a fascinating subject, it's hard for a documentary to go wrong.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Two fiercely creative artists continue to spar after 40 years spent head over heels in love.
  • Teenage
    Review preview for Teenage

    With impressively sourced archive footage, much of it in colour, the film presents a fair overview of its subject and finds time for laughs even in stories with tragic endings.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A social history of the teenager.
  • Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
    Review preview for Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors

    Few portrayals of autism spectrum disorders in film have ever had the authenticity of this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A boy with Asperger's syndrome goes riding on the New York subway for days as his distraught mother searches for him.
  • The Rocket
    Review preview for The Rocket

    The spirit of childhood skips and giggles through The Rocket even though Kim Mordaunt's debut fiction feature touches on deeply disturbing humanitarian issues.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A youngster and his family try to forge a new life after being displaced by a dam.
  • Bridegroom
    Review preview for Bridegroom

    Affecting interview content builds into a sweet picture of two young people who briefly seemed to have the world at their feet.

    Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
    A documentary about a young man whose life is turned upside down when his partner dies
  • Big Bad Wolves
    Review preview for Big Bad Wolves

    Definitely one of this year’s most accomplished thrillers.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    Two vigilantes kidnap a suspected child-killer.

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