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Tribeca Festival · 2022

Tribeca Festival 2022

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5 films · 3 reviews

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Attachment (Natten Har Øjne)

Review preview for Attachment

Sofie Gråbøl is superb as the troubled Chana.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Maja and Leah’s new relationship is interrupted when mysterious things start happening in their London flat. It seems that Leah’s disapproving mother, who lives downstairs, is using Jewish folklore to come between them

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Gabriel Bier Gislason; Writer: Gabriel Bier Gislason; Stars: David Dencik, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl, Josephine Park)

Full review See: Interview with Gabriel Bier Gislason about Attachment

International premiere

The Black Phone

Locked in a soundproof basement by a masked child killer, a teenage boy finds the possibility of hope through an unexpected and supernatural lifeline: a telephone on which he receives motivational calls from the killer’s past victims.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Scott Derrickson; Writer: Scott Derrickson, C Robert Cargill, Joe Hill; Stars: Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Madeleine McGraw, Kellan Rhude, Mason Thames, J. Gaven Wilde, Michael Banks Repeta, E. Roger Mitchell, Ron Blake, Braxton Alexander, Jacob Moran, Reagan Shumate, Kristina Arjona, Robert Fortunato)

New York premiere

Family Dinner

Overweight and insecure, Simi spends Easter weekend with her famous nutritionist aunt. The hope is that it’ll help her get on a healthier track, but as the aunt’s family’s icy dynamics and an increasingly malevolent atmosphere leave Simi feeling uneasy, weight isn’t the only thing she’s about to lose.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Peter Hengl; Writer: Peter Hengl; Stars: Pia Hierzegger, Michael Pink, Nina Katlein, Alexander Sladek)

See: Peter Hengl in conversation on Family Dinner, Hansel and Gretel, and the need to control

World premiere

Huesera (Huesera: The Bone Woman)

Review preview for Huesera

Wonderfully uncomfortable.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.

(Country: Peru, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Michelle Garza Cervera; Writer: Michelle Garza Cervera, Abia Castillo; Stars: Alfonso Dosal, Samantha Castillo, Martha Claudia Moreno, Mayra Batalla, Sonia Couoh, Aida López, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Mercedes Hernández, Enoc Leaño, Anahí Allué, Natalia Solián, Gabriela Velarde)

Full review

World premiere

A Wounded Fawn

Review preview for A Wounded Fawn

Unashamedly arty yet still packs an emotional punch.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
It’s the perfect plan: A serial killer brings an unsuspecting new victim on a weekend getaway to add another body to his ever-growing count. She’s buying into his faux charms, and he’s eagerly lusting for blood. What could possibly go wrong?

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Travis Stevens; Writer: Nathan Faudree, Travis Stevens; Stars: Sarah Lind, Josh Ruben, Malin Barr, Katie Kuang, Laksmi Priyah Hedemark, Tanya Everett, Marshall Taylor Thurman, Neal Mayer, Nikki James, Leandro Taub)

Full review See: Interview with Travis Stevens about A Wounded Fawn

World premiere