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Tribeca Festival · 2022

Tribeca Festival 2022

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16 films · 8 reviews

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The thriller element of all is slickly written and the tension well generated, but sometimes it struggles for air amid the film’s more soapy subplots.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
The Financial Director for a democratic super PAC behind a frontrunner presidential candidate investigates donations uncovering a conspiracy.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Eromose; Writer: Eromose; Stars: Brandon Victor Dixon, Naturi Naughton, Orlando Jones, Thomas Sadoski, William Fichtner, Amy Sloan)

Full review

Narrative. World premiere

Breaking The Ice

Review preview for Breaking The Ice

Stern takes her time letting us discover what really concerns her characters, their hard shells and vulnerable cores.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
An Austrian woman escapes from the pressure of running her family’s vineyard by playing ice hockey. Then a new player arrives to challenge her rigid worldview, leading to a life-changing night on the streets of Vienna.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Clara Stern; Writer: Clara Stern; Stars: Alina Schaller, Judith Altenberger, Tobias Samuel Resch, Pia Hierzegger, Wolfgang Böck)

Full review See: Clara Stern in conversation on Breaking The Ice, Pia Hierzegger, Michael Haneke, and Jules Et Jim

Narrative. World premiere

Carajita

Review preview for Carajita

The actors make grieving palpable, as sure and solid as the colours caught by Ivan Gierasinchuk.

Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that seems to transcend their class condition but an accident will test their loyalty.

(Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Ulises Porra, Silvina Schnicer; Writer: Ulises Porra, Ulla Prida, Ulla Prida, Silvina Schnicer; Stars: Cecile van Welie, Magnolia Nunez, Richard Douglas, Adelanny Padilla, Mario Cersósimo, Eduardo Martinez Sturla, Clara Luz Lozano, Yuberbi de la Rosa, Javier Hermida, Génesis Buret,)

Full review

Narrative. New York premiere

Carol & Johnny

Two of the most infamous bank robbers in American history, Carol Marie Williams and Johnny Madison Williams Jr, tell their love story in their own words.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Colin Barnicle; Writer: Colin Barnicle; Stars: Johnny Madison Williams, Carol Hawkins-Williams, Don Glasser, Helen Williams, Cindy Hawkins)

Documentary. World premiere

Dreaming Walls (Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel)

Review preview for Dreaming Walls

Dreaming Walls is less a documentary than an attempt at a sense memory.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Documents a critical juncture in the Chelsea Hotel's history, as it prepares to evict longtime residents and transform into a luxury hotel.

(Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Maya Duverdier, Amélie van Elmbt; Writer: Maya Duverdier, Amélie van Elmbt)

Full review See: Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier in conversation on Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel

Documentary. North American premiere

Hommage (Omaju)

A jobless female filmmaker is offered work restoring a film which ultimately reveals the struggles that have faced female directors in Korea.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2021; Director: Shin Su-won; Stars: Lee Jeong-eun, Kwon Hae-hyoTang Joon-sang)

Narrative. North American premiere

Land Of Gold

When truck driver Kiran hears pounding on a shipping container and finds a young Mexican-American girl inside, his already tumultuous life takes a drastic turn as he seeks to reunite her family.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Nardeep Khurmi; Writer: Nardeep Khurmi; Stars: Tina Parker, Iqbal Theba, Ben Hall, Dhruv Uday Singh, Darryl Cox, Chris Freihofer, Pallavi Sastry, Nardeep Khurmi, Julie Bersani, Caroline Valencia, Dustin Wilson, Eshan Inamdar, Kate Kugler, John Russell Coker, Da'Neille Roy)

Narrative. World premiere

Lift

The New York Theatre Ballet’s LIFT program offers scholarships to children experiencing homelessness, helping them develop untapped skills as classical dancers. Spanning 10 years, this film follows their turbulent journeys from shelter to stage.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: David Peterson)

Documentary. World premiere

Liquor Store Dreams

Review preview for Liquor Store Dreams

Often tender, charming and moving

Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
A portrait of two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of their immigrant parents, against the backdrop of struggles for racial equity in Los Angeles.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: So Yun Um; Writer: Christina Sun Kim, So Yun Um; Stars: Mark Burton, Danny Park, May Park, Hae Sup Um, So Yun Um)

Full review

Documentary. World premiere

Our Father, The Devil (Mon Pere, Le Diable)

Review preview for Our Father, The Devil

This is quite simply the best performance of the year, blowing everything else out of the water.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A former child soldier struggling to come to terms with her past finds her world turned upside down with the arrival of a priest whom she belives she recognises.

(Year: 2021; Director: Ellie Foumbi; Writer: Ellie Foumbi; Stars: Babetida Sadjo, Souleymane Sy Savané, Jennifer Tchiakpe, Franck Saurel, Martine Amisse)

Full review See: Interview with Ellie Foumbi about Our Father, The Devil

Narrative. North American premiere

Peace In The Valley

In the aftermath of a senseless act of violence, a young mother must learn to manage her overwhelming grief - not only for her own peace of mind but for the sake of her young son.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tyler Riggs; Writer: Tyler Riggs; Stars: Dendrie Taylor, Brit Shaw, Michael Abbott Jr., Michael Aaron Milligan, Jordan Cox, Alex Van, Nakia Dillard, Guy Messenger, William Samiri, Nicky Buggs, Virginia Kirby, Jaclyn Beck, Nicholas Cordts, Nikkita Johnson, Jp Lambert)

Narrative. World premiere

Petit Mal

Three charismatic women living in an intimate, passionate partnership must learn to navigate the shift in their dynamic when one lover is called away for a long-term project.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2022; Director: Ruth Caudeli; Writer: Ruth Caudeli; Stars: Silvia Varón, Ruth Caudeli, Ana María Otálora)

Narrative. World premiere

Roving Woman

A break-up leaves Sara reeling and directionless, standing alone on her ex's doorstep in a ballgown. Following her impulses, she starts to drive through the desert and makes unexpected connections along the way.

(Country: Poland, US; Year: 2022; Director: Michal Chmielewski; Writer: Lena Gora, Michal Chmielewski; Stars: Lena Gora, John Hawkes, Chris Hanley, Brian McGuire, Ed Mattiuzzi)

Narrative. World premiere

Sansón And Me (Sansón y Yo)

Review preview for Sansón And Me

There’s an inherent sadness to this, not least because this film is taking a much more sobering sweep than more frequently made films about jail time, which tend to end with exoneration or freedom, which Reyes notes from the start is not within this documentary’s gift.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary tracing a young immigrant’s path from coastal Mexico to a life sentence for murder in California.

(Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2022; Director: Rodrigo Reyes; Stars: Antonio González Andrade, Miguel Andrade, Noé Andrade, Gerardo Reyes)

Full review

Documentary. World premiere

To The End

Stopping the climate crisis is a question of political courage, and the clock is ticking. Over three years of turbulence and crisis, four remarkable young women of colour fight for a Green New Deal, and ignite a historic shift in US climate politics.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Rachel Lears)

Documentary. New York premiere

You Can Live Forever

Review preview for You Can Live Forever

A delicate balance is achieved here between telling the girls’ story, exploring the role which Marike’s religion and culture play in her life, and critiquing aspects of the way she is expected to live.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Two teenage girls begin a secret relationship in a strict Jehovah’s Witness community.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Mark Slutsky, Sarah Watts; Writer: Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky; Stars: Anwen O'Driscoll, June Laporte, Liane Balaban, Antoine Yared, Hasani Freeman, Deragh Campbell, Catherine-Amélie Côté, Marc-Antoine Auger, Jude Ferris, Tim Campbell, Xavier Roberge, Lenni-Kim Lalande, HoJo Rose, Jordan Sawyer, Bentley Hughes)

Full review See: Interview with Mark Slutsky and Sarah Watts about You Can Live Forever

Narrative. World premiere