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Tribeca Festival

9 June – 20 June 2021

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This year's Tribeca Film Festival has moved from its regular spring dates in response to the pandemic and will run from June 9 to 20. There will be in-person and drive-in events and, for the first time, the festival will have venues across the city's five boroughs.

There are 64 features on the slate, including 54 world premieres. It will open with musical In The Heights.

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  • Clean
    Review preview for Clean

    The action, when it comes, is introduced with an impact that will make you drop your popcorn, and you’ll be on the edge of your seat for what follows.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.
  • Wild Men
    Review preview for Wild Men

    Underscoring this film are potent themes about masculinity, identity and self-expression. There is also a fair bit of action, and not just of the mountain adventure variety.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man in the throes of a mid-life crisis who has decided to try to live like his Viking ancestors unwittingly befriends a robber on the run.
  • Not Going Quietly
    Review preview for Not Going Quietly

    Nicholas Bruckman's film follows Ady long enough that we see not just the impact upon him but the changes wrought in those around him.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    An intimate, inspiring look at activist and loving father Ady Barkan, diagnosed with ALS at age 32 and who, in spite of declining physical abilities, embarks on a nationwide campaign for healthcare reform.
  • A-ha The Movie
    Review preview for A-ha The Movie

    Few music documentaries get as close to the mechanics of interactive creative processes as this, and few enjoy such candid input from their subjects.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary portrait of the band behind Take On Me.
  • Blind Ambition
    Review preview for Blind Ambition

    Co-directors Robert Coe and Warwick Ross use their simple premise to explore wider subjects.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of four Zimbabwean men who form their country’s first Wine Tasting Olympics team and the mission that drives them to compete.
  • Catch The Fair One
    Review preview for Catch The Fair One

    It’s astonishing to realise that this is Reis’ first screen role.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.
  • Shapeless
    Review preview for Shapeless

    Those who struggle with eating disorders themselves will find it easy to relate to but in places, very hard to watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Out in public, Ivy is a New Orleans lounge singer trying to make a name for herself. When alone, though, she suffers from a terrifying eating disorder. And the more she hides her struggles, the stronger her inner demons become.
  • Brighton 4th
    Review preview for Brighton 4th

    After the fantastic opening scene, snapshots of their life in Georgia set the tone.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    The story of a Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, en route to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
  • The Novice
    Review preview for The Novice

    This is a stunning first feature.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A queer college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
  • No Future
    Review preview for No Future

    Well acted and sensitively delivered, No Future is a reminder that addicts don’t exist in isolation; that their suffering, and the paucity of state services to support them.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Following the overdose of an estranged friend, recovering addict Will, still struggling with his own sobriety, returns to his hometown where he begins a troubled affair with his friend’s grieving mother.

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