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Tribeca Festival · 2020

Tribeca Festival 2020

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17 films · 5 reviews

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Giants Being Lonely

Three teens find themselves on a treacherous path towards adulthood.

(Country: US; Year: 2019; Director: Grear Patterson; Writer: Grear Patterson, Grear Patterson, Sam Stillman; Stars: Alejandro Castro Arias, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Lily Gavin, Ben Irving, Jack Irving, Stella Schnabel, Joey Thurmond, Alejandro Castro Arias, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Lily Gavin, Ben Irving, Jack Irving, Stella Schnabel)

World premiere. Narrative

A Glitch In The Matrix

Review preview for A Glitch In The Matrix

More interested in illustration than in analysis.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Are we living in a simulation?

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Rodney Ascher)

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World premiere. Documentary

Harley

Portrait of criminal defence lawyer Harley Breite.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Jean-Cosme Delaloye)

World premiere. Documentary

Honeymood

Review preview for Honeymood

Although the thrust of the film focuses on the couple's foibles and relationship, there is also some sly skewering of wider Israeli society.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2020; Director: Talya Lavie; Writer: Talya Lavie; Stars: Ran Danker, Avigail Harari)

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World premiere. Narrative

I'm No Longer Here (Ya no estoy aqui)

A portrait of Monterrey’s Cholombianos dance fans.

(Country: Mexico, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Fernando Frias; Writer: Fernando Frias; Stars: Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Xueming Angelina Chen, Brandon Yahir Alday Vazquez, Rocio Monserrat Rios Hernandez, Jonathan Fernando Espinoza Gamez, Luis Leonardo Zapata, Bianca Coral Puernte Valenzuela, Leonardo Ernesto Garza Ávila, Estefania Judith Tovar Ramirez, Yesica Avigail Silvia Rios, Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño, Xueming Angelina Chen, Brandon Yahir Alday Vazquez, Rocio Monserrat Rios Hernandez, Jonathan Fernando Espinoza Gamez)

World premiere. Narrative

La Llorona

Review preview for La Llorona

Bustamente, in both of his films last year, prefers subtle suggestion to overt statements.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Enrique, a retired general who oversaw the Maya genocide, is haunted by his devastating crimes. A tale of horror and fantasy, reimagining the Latin American fable as an urgent metaphor of Guatemalan recent history and its unhealed political wounds.

(Country: Guatemala, France; Year: 2019; Director: Jayro Bustamante; Writer: Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez; Stars: María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kenéfic, Julio Diaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado)

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World premiere. Narrative

Looking For A Lady With Fangs And A Moustache

Plagued by otherworldly visions, a young Nepali musician and entrepreneur is told that he only has one week to live.

(Country: Nepal, Mexico; Year: 2019; Director: Khyentse Norbu; Writer: Khyentse Norbu; Stars: Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Tulku Kungzang, Tenzin Kunsel, Ngawang Tenzin, Rabindra Singh Baniya, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Tulku Kungzang, Tenzin Kunsel, Ngawang Tenzin, Rabindra Singh Baniya)

World premiere. Narrative

La Madrina: The Savage Life Of Lorine Padilla

While the Bronx burned, Lorine claimed her place as queen of the NYC street gang The Savage Skulls. 40 years later, she examines her impact in the intervening years: as mother, spiritual advisor, activist, and keeper of a controversial legacy.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Raquel Cepeda; Writer: Raquel Cepeda)

World premiere. Documentary

Marvelous And The Black Hole

A teenage delinquent befriends a surly magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Kate Tsang; Writer: Kate Tsang; Stars: Miya Cech, Rhea Perlman, Beth Hall, Paulina Lule, Raymond McAnally)

World premiere. Narrative

Miracle Fishing

1994, Tom Hargrove was kidnapped in Colombia by the FARC. With a $6M ransom price and without support from the authorities, Tom’s wife and sons pick up the phone (and a Video8 camcorder) to negotiate directly with the largest terrorist group in the Western Hemisphere.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Miles Hargrove)

World premiere. Documentary

The Outside Story

Having just broken up with his girlfriend, introverted video editor Charles gets locked out of his apartment, accidentally embarking on a transformative odyssey through his neighbourhood.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Casimir Nozkowski; Writer: Casimir Nozkowski; Stars: Brian Tyree Henry, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sunita Mani, Olivia Edward, Asia Kate Dillon, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Michael Cyril Creighton, Matthew Maher, Hannah Bos, Maria Dizzia, Jordan Carlos, Lynda Gravatt, Paul Thureen, Nadia Bowers, Suzette Gunn)

World premiere. Narrative

Pacified

The story of a friendship that develops between a girl trying to keep her mum out of trouble and an ex-convict trying to stick to the straight and narrow.

(Country: Brazil, United States; Year: 2019; Director: Paxton Winters; Writer: Joseph Carter, Wellington Magalhaes, Paxton Winters, Paxton Winters; Stars: Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Gil, Débora Nascimento, Léa Garcia, Raphael Logan, Jefferson Brasil, Rayane Santos, José Loreto, Thiago Thomé, Shirley Cruz, Rod Carvalho, Murilo Sampaio, Bukassa Kabengele, Cassia Gil, Débora Nascimento)

World premiere. Narrative

PS Burn This Letter Please (P.S. Burn This Letter Please)

A box found in an abandoned storage unit unearths a time capsule of correspondences from a forgotten era: the underground drag scene in 1950s New York City.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera; Writer: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera)

World premiere. Documentary

Stateless (Apátrida)

In 2013, the Dominican Republic stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, rendering over 200,000 people without nationality, identity or homeland. Stateless explores this complex history and politics through one young woman’s fight to protect the right to citizenship for all people.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Michèle Stephenson; Writer: Michèle Stephenson; Stars: Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez, Teofilo Murat, Gladys Feliz)

World premiere. Documentary

The State of Texas vs Melissa

Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and now faces her last appeal.

(Country: France; Year: 2020; Director: Sabrina Van Tassel)

World premiere. Documentary

Stray

Review preview for Stray

Although her focus is on the strays that roam the streets of Istanbul.. the wider human world is reflected through the prism of the dog's domain.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul.

(Country: Turkey, Hong Kong; Year: 2020; Director: Elizabeth Lo)

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World premiere. Documentary

Through The Night

Review preview for Through The Night

The kind of documentary that expresses its politics through the simple act of observation, Limbal's film is a plea for justice.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary examining the emotional toll of our modern economy on families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare centre in Westchester, New York.

(Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Loira Limbal; Stars: Deloris Hogan, Patrick Hogan)

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World premiere. Documentary