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Tribeca Talks Long Story Short

Reaching out to us through tablets, personal computers, and mobile phones, short-form content creators are able to distribute their works on their own terms. With seemingly limitless online directions, how does a content creator find the right ro... read more

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Tribeca Talks Secrecy Power

If knowledge is power then secrets are weapons. Secrets have always fueled great stories, but what happens when our secrets are breached in real-life? Join former spy Valerie Plame, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bart G... read more

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Tribeca Talks Directors Series Christopher Nolan with Bennett Miller

Christopher Nolan, one of the most critically and commercially successful filmmakers of our time, will talk about his ability to push boundaries and create entire worlds from his imagination with fellow director Bennett Mi... read more

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Tribeca Talks ESPN Sports Film Festival The Greatest Catch Ever A Conversation with Spike Lee

In Super Bowl XLII, the Giants were down to the undefeated New England Patriots when Eli Manning spotted David Tyree, setting up one of the most renowned plays in football history. Stay for a conversation with David Tyree, read more

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Tribeca Talks Directors Series George Lucas with Stephen Colbert

George Lucas, creator of Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic, will talk about his trailblazing career as a film industry innovator with Stephen Colbert. read more

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Tribeca Talks Script Screen Hosted by Barnes Noble Act Your Age

Act Your Age, a discussion around the many ways filmmakers address themes concerning age, from youth to growing older. Panelists include King Jack director Felix Thompson, Bridgend dierctor Jeppe Ronde and Gored d... read more

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LoveTrue Exclusive Scenes and Talk with Alma Harel Shia LaBeouf

Director Alma Har'el returns to TFF with an exclusive preview of clips from her latest film. LoveTrue weaves three challenging relationships, while examining non-fiction performance as a documentation of truth and a purveyor of memory. Join Har'el... read more

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Award Screening Best New Narrative Director Men Go To Battle

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Award Screening Best New Documentary Director Uncertain

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Good Will Hunting Sloan Retrospective Screening Conversation

Will Hunting (Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon) is a math genius working at MIT as a janitor. After another run-in with the law, Will is taken under the wing of a psychology professor (Academy Award®-winner Robin Williams). Join director G... read more

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Award Screening First Place Audience Award Documentary TransFatty Lives

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Aferim

Winner of Best Director at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival and shot in savory black-and-white, Radu Jude’s Aferim! offers a rare and gripping glimpse into the political and religious landscape of nineteenth-century Romania. While traveling across th... read more

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Wondrous Boccaccio

Set against the backdrop of a black plague-stricken Florence, ten young men and women escape to a country estate where they spend their days telling different stories of love, fate, and resurrection. From legendary Italian directors Paolo and Vitt... read more

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Chefs Table

TFF alumnus and director of the foodie doc Jiro Dreams of Sushi, David Gelb returns with his new documentary series Chef’s Table, which profiles chefs from around the world and offers a glimpse into their process. Join us for the series’ episode o... read more

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Scherzo Diabolico

Armed with a fine-tuned chokehold and penchant for piano sonatas, a wearied accountant breaks his mild-mannered routine when he kidnaps a young woman. What starts as a carefully calculated plan soon crescendos into his worst nightmare. A delightfu... read more

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TransFatty Lives

Director Patrick O’Brien is “TransFatty,” a former NYC DJ and current online meme-maker who in 2005 was diagnosed with ALS and given only a few years to live. In this autobiographical account of his own terminal illness, O’Brien sharply and shamel... read more

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Meadowland

Sarah and Phil’s son goes missing, shattering their life together and forcing each to find their own way to cope. Cinematographer-turned-director Reed Morano presents a masterfully crafted contemplation on a relationship strained to the breaking p... read more

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Tenured

In Christopher Modoono’s hilarious directorial debut, a broody and foul-mouthed elementary school teacher, Ethan Collins, finds his life turned upside down when his wife leaves him. Stuck with a group of precocious fifth graders, and fraught with ... read more

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Anesthesia

On a snowy night in New York City, a Columbia professor is brutally mugged on the doorsteps of an apartment building. Director Tim Blake Nelson’s haunting meditation of city life traces the chain of events that precipitate the attack, examining th... read more

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Mojave

William Monahan’s second feature, starring Oscar Isaac and Garrett Hedlund, is a delirious trip from the fringes of the desert to the center of the film industry. Armed with little more than a knife and two handles of vodka, an on-edge Hollywood d... read more

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Franny

Richard Gere delivers a bravura performance as the title character, a rich eccentric who worms his way into the lives of a deceased friend’s young daughter (Dakota Fanning) and her new husband (Theo James). The narrative feature debut of writer-di... read more

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Indian Point

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has generated controversy for the surrounding community. In the brewing fi... read more

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Stung

For catering staffers Paul and Julia, Mrs. Perch’s fancy garden party at her remote country villa is nothing out of the ordinary. A mishap with toxic plant fertilizer leads to the most unwelcome of dinner guests: giant killer wasps. Director Benni... read more

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Autism in Love

What does it mean to love and be loved? With remarkable compassion, director Matt Fuller examines the reality of autistic adulthood and shows how the members of this often-misunderstood community cope with the challenge of keeping romance alive. A... read more

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Live From New York

A New York institution and comedy powerhouse, Saturday Night Live has been churning out hilarious sketches and launching top comedy talent for 40 years. In honor of the occasion, director Bao Nguyen looks back at the show’s history, influence, and... read more