Tribeca Film Fest Announces Partial Line Up For this Year

Today the 9th Annual Tribeca Film Festival The 9th Annual announced a partial line up for this years festivals, which will run from April 21st – May 2nd.  This year’s roster will showcase 85 feature films. The rest of the film fest’s line up will be announced Monday, March 15th.

The festival this year will open with the premiere the 3-D “Shrek Forever After” at the Ziegfeld theater in Manhattan with the after-party at MoMA.

The 85 feature films that are being shown were chosen from a record 5,055 submissions for inclusion at the festival. The planners said the films for this year are coming from 38 countries with 38 of the 85 features being directorial debuts. The festival includes 47 short films and 45 World Premieres this year.

In the film fest’s Special Events this year is a showing of the newly restored David Lean’s 1965 epic “Doctor Zhivago” and Alex Gibney’s (Casino Jack and the United States of Money) work in progress documentary of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, who resigned from office due to a sex scandal.

The Tribeca Film festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff to help revitalize lower Manhattan after 9/11, and has grown to become a spring fixture in New York City and now shows films at theaters all over the city.

This years films will be separated into 9 different sections: World Narrative Competition, World Documentary Competition, Cinemania, Discovery, Encounters, Spotlight, Showcase, Galas and Special Events.

The first four sections announced today were World Narrative Competition, World Documentary Competition, Showcase and Speical Events. Here are those sections film line ups announced:

World Narrative Feature Competition:

“Buried Land” directed by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Steven Eastwood, written by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Steven Eastwood, and Dzenan Medanovic. (USA, UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina) – World and TFF Virtual Premiere.
“Dog Pound,” directed by Kim Chapiron, written by Kim Chapiron and Jeremie Delon. (France) – World Premiere.
“Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti),” directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, written by Ivan Cotroneo and Ferzan Ozpetek. (Italy) – North American Premiere. “Lucky Life,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung, written by Lee Isaac Chung and Samuel Gray Anderson. (USA) – World Premiere.
“My Brothers,” directed by Paul Fraser, written by William Collins. (Ireland) – World Premiere.
“Open House,” directed and written by Andrew Paquin. (USA) – World Premiere.
“Paju,” directed and written by Chan-ok Park. (South Korea) – North American Premiere
“Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime… Moi Non Plus,” directed and written by Joann Sfar. (France) – International Premiere.
“Snap,” directed and written by Carmel Winters. (Ireland) – World Premiere.
“When We Leave (Die Fremde),” directed and written by Feo Aladag. (Germany) – North American Premiere.
“The White Meadows (Keshtzar haye sepid),” directed and written by Mohammad Rasoulof. (Iran) – North American Premiere.
“William Vincent,” directed and written by Jay Anania. (USA) – World Premiere.

World Documentary Feature Competition:

“American Mystic,” directed by Alex Mar. (USA) – World Premiere.
“The Arbor,” directed by Clio Barnard. (UK) – World Premiere.
“Budrus,” directed by Julia Bacha. (USA, Palestine, Israel) – North American Premiere.
“Earth Made of Glass,” directed by Deborah Scranton. (USA) – World Premiere.
“Feathered Cocaine,” directed by Thorkell Hardarsson and Örn Marino Arnarson. (Iceland) – World Premiere.
“Freetime Machos,” directed by Mika Ronkainen. (Finland, Germany) – North American and TFF Virtual Premiere.
“Into Eternity,” directed by Michael Madsen. (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Italy) – International Premiere.
“Monica & David,” directed by Alexandra Codina. (USA) – North American Premiere.
“Sons of Perdition,” directed by Jennilyn Merten, Tyler Measom. (USA) – World Premiere.
“Thieves By Law (Ganavim ba Hok),” directed by Alexander Gentelev. (Israel, Germany, Spain) – World Premiere.
“The Two Escobars,” directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist. (USA, Colombia) – World Premiere.
“The Woodmans,” directed by C. Scott Willis. (USA, Italy, China) – World Premiere.

Showcase:

“Blood and Rain (La sangre y la lluvia),” directed by Jorge Navas, written by Carlos Henao, Alizé Le Maoult, and Jorge Navas. (Colombia, Argentina) – New York Premiere.
“A Brand New Life (Yeo-haeng-ja),” directed and written by Ounie Lecomte. (South Korea, France) – New York Premiere.
“Heartbreaker (L’arnacoeur),” directed by Pascal Chaumeil, written by Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner, and Yoann Gromb. (France) – New York Premiere.
“Lola,” directed by Brillante Mendoza, written by Linda Casimiro. (Philippines, France) – New York Premiere.
“Metropia,” directed by Tarik Saleh, written by Fredrik Edin, Stig Larsson, and Tarik Saleh. (Sweden, Denmark, Norway) – New York Premiere.
“Moloch Tropical,” directed by Raoul Peck, written by Jean-René Lemoine, Raoul Peck. (Haiti, France) – New York Premiere.
“Road, Movie,” directed and written by Dev Benegal. (USA, India) – US Premiere.

Special Events:

“Doctor Zhivago,” directed by David Lean, written by Robert Bolt. (USA, UK, 1965)
“Untitled Eliot Spitzer Film,” directed by Alex Gibney – Work in Progress screening.
“The Western Front,” directed and written by Zachary Iscol. (USA) – Work in Progress screening.

Stay tuned here at mediaconncetiononline.com for the rest of the line up on Monday, March 15th.