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Tribeca Festival · 2019

Tribeca Festival 2019

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17 films · 4 reviews

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37 Seconds

The story of Yuma, a young Japanese woman who suffers from cerebral palsy. Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, Yuma struggles to lead a self-determined life.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2019; Director: HIKARI; Writer: HIKARI; Stars: Makiko Watanabe, Shunsuke Daitô, Yuka Itaya, Misuzu Kanno, Mei Kayama, Makiko Watanabe, Shunsuke Daitô, Yuka Itaya, Misuzu Kanno, Mei Kayama)

Narrative. North American premiere

All I Can Say

An archive of Nineties culture and a philosophical study of fame via the intimate video-diary of Shannon Hoon, the late lead singer of alt-rock band Blind Melon.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen Hennessy, Shannon Hoon)

Documentary. World premiere

Changing The Game

Review preview for Changing The Game

Barnett excels at capturing nuances of expression and action.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Transgender high school athletes from across the US compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness and discrimination.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Michael Barnett; Writer: Michael Barnett, Michelle Mahaffie)

Full review

Documentary. World premiere

Circus Of Books

How do you explain to your friends that your mum and dad run a gay pornography shop? That is just one question asked in this playful documentary about the titular LA store and its unlikely proprietors.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Rachel Mason)

Documentary. World premiere

The Crossing (Guo Chun Tian)

A teenager joins a smuggling gang in a bid to realise her dream of seeing snow in Japan, but her life begins to fall apart.

(Country: China; Year: 2018; Director: Bai Xue; Stars: Gang Jiao, Elena Kong, Kai Chi Liu, Hongjie Ni, Carmen Soup, Sunny Sun, Huang Yao, Gang Jiao, Elena Kong, Kai Chi Liu, Hongjie Ni, Carmen Soup, Sunny Sun, Huang Yao)

Narrative. World premiere

CRSHD

Best friends Izzy, Anuka, and Fiona have a pact to lose their virginity before the summer break. They pin their hopes on getting into their college’s super exclusive “crush party.”

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Emily Cohn; Writer: Emily Cohn; Stars: Will Janowitz, Callie Harlow, Shelby Brunn, Sadie Scott, Isabelle Barbier, Jerry Lee Tucker, Peter Lawson Jones, L.H. González, Abdul Seidu, Deeksha Ketkar, Daniel Cramer, Dylan Rogers, Raph Fineberg, Will Janowitz, Callie Harlow)

Narrative. World premiere

A Day In The Life Of America

Filmed in all 50 states over the course of a single Fourth of July, this collaborative documentary project explores US collective national beliefs.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Jared Leto)

Documentary. World premiere

Goldie

When her mother is imprisoned, Goldie’s first priority becomes the fight to keep child welfare services from tearing her and her siblings apart from one another as she tries to pursue her dream.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sam de Jong; Writer: Sam de Jong; Stars: Slick Woods, George Sample III, Danny Hoch, Khris Davis, Mugga, DeShawn White, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Demi Singleton, Thaddeus Daniels, Ratnesh Dubey, De'Atchra Skerritt, Sienna Rivers, Jazmyn C Dorsey, Angela Griszell, David Mohr)

Narrative. North American premiere

Lucky Grandma

Review preview for Lucky Grandma

Grandma is neither sweet nor innocent: a hard smoking, confrontational battleaxe with, nonetheless a heart of gold.

Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
Set in New York City’s Chinatown, the film follows an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma who goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck… and in the middle of a gang war.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Sasie Sealy; Writer: Angela Cheng; Stars: Tsai Chin, Corey Ha, Michael Tow, Woody Fu, Wai Ching Ho, Clem Cheung)

Full review

Narrative. World premiere

One Child Nation

Review preview for One Child Nation

Wang and Zhang are to be commended for fitting as much in as they do, even if it does mean the film roams about rather than having a single focus.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Jialing Zhang and Nanfu Wang)

Full review

Documentary. NYC premiere

Pearl

Drama set in the world of female bodybuilding.

(Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2018; Director: Elsa Amiel; Writer: Elsa Amiel, Laurent Larivière; Stars: Julia Föry, Peter Mullan, Vidal Arzoni, Arieh Worthalter, Agata Buzek, Julia Föry, Peter Mullan, Vidal Arzoni, Arieh Worthalter, Agata Buzek)

Narrative. North American premiere

Plucked

The classical music world is rocked when violinist Frank Almond is robbed of a Stradivarius violin worth more than $6million. As authorities try to beat the clock before the instrument disappears forever, their chase leads them to an unexpected suspect.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Joel Van Haren; Writer: Chris James Thompson, Joel Van Haren)

Documentary. World premiere

Red, White & Wasted

A look at Florida’s redneck mudding culture. Video Pat is a mudding enthusiast who must question his passion—and maybe his entire way of life—when the last mudhole in Orlando is shut down.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Sam Jones, Andrei Bowden Schwartz)

Documentary. World premiere

See You Yesterday

Two teenage prodigies build make-shift time machines to save one of their brothers from being wrongfully killed by a police officer.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Stefon Bristol; Writer: Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol; Stars: Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow, Astro, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Wavyy Jonez, Damaris Lewis, Johnathan Nieves, Frank Harts, Manny Ureña, Brett G. Smith, Taliyah Whitaker, Khail Bryant, Ian Unterman, Ejyp Johnson)

Narrative. World premiere

Two/One

Kaden is a world-class ski jumper in Canada, pining for a lost love. Khai is a corporate executive in Shanghai, drawn to a new co-worker with a secret. The two men go about their lives, without knowing that they are connected.

(Country: UK, China, Canada; Year: 2019; Director: Juan Cabral; Writer: Juan Cabral; Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Beau Bridges, Anna Van Hooft, Zhu Zhu, Maddie Phillips, Jane McGregor, Ashley Ross, Candus Churchill, Raymond Ma, Yuki Morita, Yang Song, Brian Calvert, Riun Garner, Emma Yi, Boyd Holbrook)

Narrative. World premiere

What Will Become Of Us

Sir Frank Lowy, the billionaire co-founder of Westfield Corporation, faces a dilemma: whether or not to sell his multinational company, his life’s work and legacy. Standing at a crossroads, Frank must look to his past to shape his perspective on this monumental decision.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Steven Cantor)

Documentary. World premiere

Wild Rose

Review preview for Wild Rose

Nicole Taylor's quickfire script provides great material for the actors to work with .

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A Glasgwegian single mum tries to make it in the world of country music.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Tom Harper; Writer: Nicole Taylor; Stars: Julie Walters, Jessie Buckley, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, Gemma McElhinney, James Harkness, Ashley Shelton, Daniel Campbell, Vanya Eadie, Tracy Wiles, J. Thomas Bailey, James McElvar, Janey Godley, Robin Daugherty, Jeffrey Wilkerson)

Full review

Narrative. World premiere