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Tribeca Festival · 2022

Tribeca Festival 2022

US Narrative Competition

Programme

10 films · 2 reviews

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Allswell

Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family, all while finding humour and solace within the bonds of sisterhood.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ben Snyder; Writer: Liza Colón-Zayas, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega; Stars: Max Casella, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Felix Solis, Michael Rispoli, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Shirley Rumierk, Mackenzie Lansing, Danny Hoch, Liza Colón-Zayas, Shyrley Rodriguez, John Gould Rubin, Dashiell Eaves, Brian Wolfe, J. Cameron Barnett)

World premiere

The Drop

A seemingly happy married couple confronts a test of their marriage when one of them drops a baby while at a destination wedding at a tropical island.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Adina Smith; Writer: Joshua Leonard, Sarah Adina Smith; Stars: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Susan Sullivan, Jillian Bell, Robin Thede, Anna Konkle, Joshua Leonard, Aparna Nancherla, Elisha Henig, Jermaine Fowler, Jennifer Lafleur, Gene Farber, Monnae Michaell, Bryan Ross)

World premiere

Four Samosas

Review preview for Four Samosas

It’s a sweet little film at heart, more Peshwari naan than spicy samosa, and if you’re looking to while away an hour and a bit without making too many demands on your brain, you could do a lot worse.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
Determined to disrupt the wedding of his ex-girlfriend by bankrupting her family, underachieving, wanna-be rapper Vinny and his neighborhood pals concoct a plan to steal her family’s jewels from a supermarket safe.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Ravi Kapoor; Writer: Ravi Kapoor; Stars: Venk Potula, Sonal Shah, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Nirvan Patnaik, Karan Soni, Summer Bishil, Meera Simhan, Tony Mirrcandani, Maya Kapoor, Sujata Day, Aly Mawji, Samrat Chakrabarti, Ravi Kapoor, Poonam Basu, Shivani Thakkar)

Full review

World premiere

God's Time

NYC-set dark comedy that sees two best bros in recovery for addiction trying to prevent the potential murder of their mutual crush’s ex-boyfriend.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Daniel Antebi; Writer: Daniel Antebi; Stars: Christiane Seidel, Jared Abrahamson, Sol Miranda, Liz Caribel Sierra, Ira Hawkins, Jonathan Tierney, Dion Costelloe, John Pope, Ben Groh, Segun Akande, Natalie Woolams-Torres, Susan Torres, Yvette Mercedes, Luisa Sofia, Bobby Guarino)

World premiere

Good Girl Jane

Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz; Writer: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz; Stars: Andie MacDowell, Odessa A'zion, Patrick Gibson, Jessi Case, Olan Prenatt, Eloisa Huggins, Casey Adams, Rain Spencer, Briana Kennedy, Rolando Boyce, Diego Chiat, Jules Lorenzo, Oscar Pereida, Thomas Christopher Nieto)

World premiere

The Integrity Of Joseph Chambers

A family man — hoping to prove his survivalist capabilities and manliness to his family — decides to irresponsibly head off into the woods and go deer hunting by himself.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Robert Machoian; Writer: Robert Machoian; Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James, Colt Crawford, Charline St. Charles, Carl Kennedy)

World premiere

Next Exit

Review preview for Next Exit

Next Exit shines because of its finely crafted script and the performances of its two leads, who work wonderfully together.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
In a world where ghosts are real and front-page news, a controversial new medical procedure allows people to peacefully kill themselves. In the midst of this breakthrough, two strangers travel cross country together to end their lives, only to unexpectedly find what they’ve been missing along the way.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Mali Elfman; Writer: Mali Elfman; Stars: Gavin Powers, Joe Powers, Katie Parker, Karen Gillan, Ty Molbak, Michael May, Rahul Kohli, Tessa Hersh, Jim Ortlieb, Angel Murphy, Eric Hoff, Nerea Duhart, Sally Levi, Drew Brandon Jones, Tongayi Chirisa)

Full review See: Interview with Rahul Kohli about Next Exit

World premiere

Three Headed Beast

The foundation of a bisexual couple's healthy open relationship starts to show its cracks.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Fernando Andrés, Tyler Rugh; Writer: Fernando Andrés, Tyler Rugh; Stars: Sarah J Bartholomew, Rachel DeRouen, Paul Grant, Dani Hurtado, Jacob Schatz, Zach McCardell, Cody Shook, Daniela Vidaurre)

World premiere

Wes Schlagenhauf Is Dying

Two filmmakers set out to make their masterpiece while on a journey toward an estranged, purportedly languishing friend.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Parker Seaman; Writer: Devin Das, Parker Seaman; Stars: Devin Das, Parker Seaman, Wes Schlagenhauf, Aparna Nancherla, D'Arcy Carden, Mark Duplass, Amanda, Nevada Grey, Sharron Shayne, Michael Ashtiany)

World premiere

The Year Between

Forced to return home from college after her erratic behavior alienates everyone around her, Clemence begrudgingly begins a new chapter in the suburbs, hell-bent on defying her mom, dad, younger siblings, therapist—and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Alex Heller; Writer: Alex Heller; Stars: Steve Buscemi, J. Smith-Cameron, Wyatt Oleff, Emily Robinson, Kyanna Simone, Alex Heller, Rajeev Jacob, Zachary Polisner, Kevin Lingle, Anne Hollister, Leena Kurishingal, Aidan Culver, Tasha Youssef)