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Tribeca Festival · 2023

Tribeca Festival 2023

US Narrative Competition

Programme

8 films · 3 reviews

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Bad Things

Review preview for Bad Things

It’s in this fracturing of feminine figures within a familial, uterine space that Thorndike finds the unsettling kind of horror she’s looking for.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A weekend getaway for four friends at a snowy resort turns into a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Stewart Thorndike; Writer: Stewart Thorndike; Stars: With Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Rad Pereira, Jared Abrahamson, Molly Ringwald)

Full review See: Interview with Stewart Thorndike about Bad Things

World premiere

Cypher

Pseudo-documentary charting the astronomical rise of rapper Tierra Whack.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Chris Mourkabel)

World premiere

The Graduates

After a tragedy, a group of friends face an unsettling senior year.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Hannah Peterson; Writer: Hannah Peterson; Stars: Mina Sundwall, Alex Hibbert, Yasmeen Fletcher, Ewan Manley, John Cho, Maria Dizzia, Kelly O'Sullivan)

World premiere

Lost Soulz

Review preview for Lost Soulz

It’s a story which invites trust and faith in humanity even as it acknowledges that life involves risks.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A young rapper leaves behind his surrogate family and sets out on an expedition across Texas, contemplating new and old friendships.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Katherine Propper; Writer: Katherine Propper; Stars: Sauve Sidle, Syanda Stillwell, Micro TDH, Krystall Poppin, Alexander Brackney, Malachi Mabson)

Full review

World premiere

Mountains

Xavier works in demolition and dreams of buying a bigger house for his family, while his adult son, caught between two cultures, struggles to find a place for himself.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Monica Sorelle; Writer: Monica Sorelle, Robert Colom; Stars: Atibon Nazaire, Sheila Anozier, Chris Renois)

World premiere

The Secret Art Of Human Flight

Review preview for The Secret Art Of Human Flight

There’s a deep understanding of the ways that people can be affected by grief underlying the gentle, quirky comedy of this tale.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
While mourning the death of his wife and fending off an ambitious detective who thinks he killed her, Ben encounters a man who claims that he can teach him to fly.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: HP Mendoza; Writer: Jesse Orenshein; Stars: Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Lucy DeVito, Nican Robinson, Reina Hardesty, Maggie Grace, Sendhil Ramamurthy)

Full review See: Interview with HP Mendoza about The Secret Art Of Human Flight

World premiere

Smoking Tigers

A Korean American girl navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Shelly Yo; Writer: Shelly Yo; Stars: Ji Young Yoo, Jung Joon Ho, Abin Shim, Erin Yoo)

World premiere

Somewhere Quiet

A woman readjusts to normalcy after surviving a traumatic kidnapping — but her grounded sense of reality soon starts to deteriorate when she travels with her husband to his wealthy family’s isolated compound.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Olivia West Lloyd; Writer: Olivia West Lloyd; Stars: Taylor Ava Shung, Emma Hannaway, Eamon Downey. With Jennifer Kim, Kentucker Audley, Marin Ireland)

World premiere