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Tribeca Festival · 2018

Tribeca Festival 2018

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15 films · 5 reviews

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Charm City

Documentary goes behind the headlines of the violence in Baltimore.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Marilyn Ness; Writer: Marilyn Ness, Don Bernier)

Documentary. World premiere

Crossroads

Despite never having played the game before, a group of underprivileged teens emerge as a talented lacrosse team under the tutelage of Coach Bobby Selkin.

(Year: 2018; Director: Ron Yassen)

Documentary. World premiere

Dead Women Walking

Nine vignettes depict the stages leading to execution for women on death row.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Hagar Ben-Asher; Writer: Hagar Ben-Asher; Stars: Crystal Bush, Colleen Camp, Lynn Collins, Dale Dickey, Logan Johnson, Dot-Marie Jones, Joy Nash, Jeryl Prescott, Maya Lynne Robinson, Bess Rous, Ashton Sanders, Crystal Bush, Colleen Camp, Lynn Collins, Dale Dickey)

Narrative. World premiere

The Elephant And The Butterfly (Drôle de Père)

Review preview for The Elephant And The Butterfly

Doillon is wonderfully adept and natural, and it's really her performance that makes the film compelling.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
When her babysitter doesn’t show, a single mother is forced to leave her precocious five-year-old daughter with the girl’s estranged father for a long weekend.

(Year: 2017; Director: Amélie van Elmbt; Writer: Amélie van Elmbt, Matthieu de Braconier; Stars: Isabelle Barth, Thomas Blanchard, Judith Chemla, Kristof Coenen, Alice de Lencquesaing, Lina Doillon, Isabelle Barth, Thomas Blanchard, Judith Chemla, Kristof Coenen, Alice de Lencquesaing, Lina Doillon)

Full review

Narrative. North American premiere

The Feeling Of Being Watched

Review preview for The Feeling Of Being Watched

This is Boundaoui's second film and her style is straightforward and undecorative but, if anything, this adds weight to what she has to say.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Journalist Assia Boundaoui sets out to investigate long-brewing rumors that her quiet, predominantly Arab-American neighborhood was being monitored by the FBI — and in the process, she exposes a surveillance program on a scale no one could have imagined.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Assia Boundaoui)

Full review

Documentary. World premiere

The Great Pretender

The lives of a French theater director, her ex-boyfriend, and the two actors playing them intersect dramatically.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Nathan Silver; Writer: Jack Dunphy, Nathan Silver; Stars: Esther Garrel, Maëlle Poesy-Guichard, Keith Poulson, Linas Phillips, Craig muMs Grant, Julian Grady, Danelle Eliav, C. Mason Wells, Emilie McDonald, Bruce Smolanoff, Tashiana Washington, Isabella Jackson, Brigitte Sy, Sean Gorski, Danielle Davenport)

Narrative. World premiere

Home + Away

Documentary following three students at the mostly Mexican-American El Paso’s Bowie High School, where sports can offer a path to a better life.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Matthew Ogens)

Documentary. World premiere

Jellyfish

Review preview for Jellyfish

Hill, who is only a couple of years older than her 15-year-old character, has a fierce screen presence, adeptly balancing Sarah's ballsiness and vulnerability.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A teenager tries to find an outlet for the anger generated by her chaotic home life.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: James Gardner; Writer: James Gardner, Simon Lord; Stars: Liv Hill, Sinead Matthews, Tomos Eames, Angus Barnett, Frankie Boyle, Helen Kennedy, Cyril Nri, Mark Sangster, Victoria Alcock, Ria Zmitrowicz, Meredith Ryder, Lauran Taylor-Griffin, Jay Sajjid, Henry Lile, Connor Mills)

Full review

Narrative. World premiere

Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never To Play Football

Soccer stars were at the centre of the scene in the glamorous nightlife meccas of 1980s Brazil. But in their midst, one of the biggest sports celebrities of his generation harboured a secret: He had never played a single game.

(Country: UK, Brazil; Year: 2017; Director: Louis Myles; Writer: Ivor Baddiel, Louis Myles; Stars: Bernardo De Paula, Carlos Henrique Raposo, Bernardo De Paula, Carlos Henrique Raposo)

Documentary. World premiere

M

Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralysing speech impediment. Mo is chatty and exuberant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, and they fall in love. But Mo carries a secret burden.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Sara Forestier; Writer: Sara Forestier; Stars: Sara Forestier, Redouanne Harjane, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Isabelle Caillat, Maryne Cayon, Nicolas Vaude, Sandra Rosinsky, Mathilde Roehrich, Michel Charrel, Kader Bouallaga, Liv Andren, Guillaume Verdier, Maud Thibault, Priscillia Jones, Sarah Aj)

Narrative. North American premiere

The Proposal

Review preview for The Proposal

This builds into a compelling combination of personal film essay and tense drama as Magid's audacious plan comes to fruition.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
When artist-turned-filmmaker Jill Magid learns that the archives of Mexico's most famous architect are being held in a private collection, she devises a radical plan to return his legacy to the public.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jill Magid)

Full review

Documentary. World premiere

Slut In A Good Way

Three 17-year-old girlfriends get a job at the Toy Depot for the holiday season and become smitten with the guys who work alongside them.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sophie Lorain; Writer: Catherine Léger; Stars: Marguerite Bouchard, Rose Adam, Romane Denis, Alex Godbout, Anthony Therrien, Vassili Schneider)

Narrative. International premiere

We The Animals

Review preview for We The Animals

The story, such as it is, has the dreamy flow of childhood remembered, but though the honeyed tones of the magic hour are often used, there's never a glossing over the toughness of life being faced by these free-range kids.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents as Jonah embraces a world of imagination.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jeremiah Zagar; Writer: Daniel Kitrosser, Jeremiah Zagar, based on the book by Justin Torres; Stars: Raúl Castillo, Sheila Vand, Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Santiago)

Full review

Narrative. New York premiere

When She Runs

Kristin is a young mother struggling to get by in her small town. One all-consuming passion — the chance to train for Olympic gold with a world-renowned running coach — offers a possible escape.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck; Writer: Kirstin Anderson, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck; Stars: Kirstin Anderson, Ivan Gehring, Jonah Graham, Kirstin Anderson, Ivan Gehring, Jonah Graham)

Narrative. World premiere

White Tide: The Legend of Culebra

After he’s wiped out by the Great Recession, Rodney hears a story that could be his ticket out of debt. A map, an island, and buried treasure: If you knew where $2 million worth of cocaine was buried, would you dig it up?

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Theo Love)

Documentary. World premiere