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Tribeca Festival · 2017

Tribeca Festival 2017

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13 films · 5 reviews

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City Of Ghosts

Review preview for City Of Ghosts

Heineman's film inevitably includes some tough-to-watch footage but he recognises the power in not always showing death.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The citizen journalists risking their lives to report on atrocities within in Syria.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Matthew Heineman)

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NYC premiere. Documentary

Dog Years

A former movie star is forced to reassess his life when his dog dies.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Adam Rifkin; Writer: Adam Rifkin; Stars: Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter, Clark Duke, Ellar Coltrane, Nikki Blonsky, Chevy Chase, Kathleen Nolan, Al-Jaleel Knox, Shelley Waggener, Cody Longo, Juston Street, Ashe Parker, Casey McCullum, Monika Tilling, Will Buie Jr.)

World premiere. Narrative

The Family I Had

A mother recalls how her seemingly brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Katie Green, Carlye Rubin; Writer: Tina Grapenthin, Katie Green, Carlye Rubin)

World premiere. Documentary

The Farthest

Review preview for The Farthest

The documentary's greatest strength lies in the way Reynolds allows the scientific to mix with the philosophical and the deeply emotional.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
On the 40th anniversary of Voyager’s 11bn-mile flight (and counting), this is a behind-the-scenes account from those who built and nurtured this unprecedented deep space achievement.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Emer Reynolds; Writer: Emer Reynolds)

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International premiere. Documentary

Flames

Filmed over five years, Flames follows real-life couple Josephine Decker and Zefrey Throwell from the white-hot passion of first love to the heartbreak of breaking up. But for these two filmmakers, the end of the relationship wasn’t the end of the story.

(Country: US, Germany, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Maldives; Year: 2017; Director: Zefrey Throwell, Josephine Decker; Writer: Josephine Decker, Zefrey Throwell; Stars: Josephine Decker, Zefrey Throwell, Michael Melamedoff, Hollis Witherspoon, Joe Swanberg, Sophie Traub, Matthew C. Levy, Charlotte Hornsby, Jomar Statkun, Drea Bernardi, Sarah Chipps, Courtenay Finn, Daniel Kunitz, Birgit Larson, Cassandra Troyan)

World premiere. Documentary

For Akheem

Daje lives with her mother in St. Louis. Like many black teenagers in the neighbourhood, she struggles in school, as her everyday life is shaken again and again by her friends being killed around her.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jeremy S Levine, Landon Van Soest)

North American premiere. Documentary

The Last Animals

Review preview for The Last Animals

Brooks balances her documentary well, bringing together a web of intersecting stories and ensuring that what's emotive is also informative.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
As the single-digit population of the Northern White Rhino ticks closer to extinction, Brooks exposes the epidemic of poachers and trafficking syndicates, and the heroic efforts of conservationists.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Kate Brooks; Writer: Mark Monroe) , Official site

Full review See: Interview with Kate Brooks about The Last Animals

World premiere. Documentary

My Friend Dahmer

Review preview for My Friend Dahmer

This is a sudden and astonishing arrival for an adult actor.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Before Jeffrey Dahmer became one of the most notorious serial killers of all time, he was a teenage loner.

(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Marc Meyers; Writer: Marc Meyers, based on the graphic novel by Derf Backderf; Stars: Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Vincent Kartheiser, Dallas Roberts, Jack DeVillers, Cameron McKendry, Christopher Mele, Harrison Holzer, Miles Robbins, Tommy Nelson, Liam Koeth,)

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World premiere. Narrative

Mr Long

A hitman finds himself forging an connection with a family after he goes into hiding.

(Country: Japan, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan; Year: 2016; Director: Sabu; Writer: Sabu; Stars: Chen Chang, Sho Aoyagi, Yiti Yao, Junyin Bai)

North American premiere. Narrative

My Art

An ageing single New York artist flees upstate to recharge her creative spark. There, she attracts the romantic interests of three men who accompany Ellie on an odd and unexpected journey toward finding her late-blooming artistic momentum.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Laurie Simmons; Writer: Laurie Simmons; Stars: Lena Dunham, Parker Posey, Robert Clohessy, Barbara Sukowa, John Rothman, Grace Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Al Thompson, Joshua Safdie, Benjamin Eakeley, Garland Hunter, Tommy Kha, Matthew Weinstein, Becky Sawicki, Russ Sawicki)

North American premiere. Narrative

Pilgrimage

Review preview for Pilgrimage

Muldowney takes things seriously, with cinematographer Tom Comerford using the lowering skies and boggy heaviness to his advantage

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
In 13th-century Ireland, a cadre of monks travel through the war-torn countryside on a mission to bring their land’s most sacred relic to Rome.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Brendan Muldowney; Writer: Jamie Hannigan; Stars: Richard Armitage, Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal, John Lynch, Stanley Weber, Hugh O'Conor, Eric Godon, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Tristan McConnell, Peter Cosgrove, Diarmuid de Faoite, Tony Condren, Eoin Geoghegan, Jean Law)

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World premiere. Narrative

A Thousand Junkies

Three heroin addicts crisscross Los Angeles in search of relief in this comedy balanced on the fine line between reliance and dependence.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Tommy Swerdlow; Writer: TJ Bowen, Tommy Swerdlow; Stars: TJ Bowen, Blake Heron, Bill Pullman, Steven Weber, Dinarte de Freitas)

World premiere. Narrative

The Wedding Plan (Laavor Et HaKir)

Spirited bride-to-be Michal is dumped by her fiancé a month before their wedding. Undeterred, she keeps her wedding date, leaving it to fate to provide a suitable groom.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2016; Director: Rama Burshtein; Writer: Rama Burshtein; Stars: Dafi Alferon, Noa Kooler, Oded Leopold, Ronny Merhavi, Udi Persi, Jonathan Rozen, Irit Sheleg, Amos Tamam, Oz Zehavi)

NYC premiere. Narrative