Archived Festival Film

Taxidermia

A wildly inventive and often grotesque panoply of sordid characters and imagery, this dark comedy by the director of the acclaimed Hukkle spans three generations of men in a Hungarian family: a depraved orderly, his obese son and his taxidermist g... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry: Click to View: The Future of New Media

Hosted by The Hollywood Reporter Writers fought for it, directors want it, and actors are next in line. What is “new media,” and what does it mean for artists and audiences? Join those on the frontlines of this fast-growing industry... read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry: Reuse, Remix & Renew

Being an indie filmmaker is expensive—emotionally, financially, and legally. Many young artists don't have the tools to create the films they want or to license them for future use. How does one navigate the uncharted legal waters of the int... read more

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Thriller Night

Join filmmaker and “Thriller” video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie... read more

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Wandering Shadows

At once darkly comic and melancholy, this low-budget debut from a 23-year old Colombian director weaves an idiosyncratic spell in a tale of two outsiders: a one-legged man who fancies origami and a man in goggles who hires himself out to give ride... read more

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Tulse Luper Suitcases Part II - Vaux to the Sea

Tulse Luper's picaresque adventures continue in France and Belgium, in the movie business and in a chateau prison run by the Nazis. The trilogy showcases the director's well-known fascination with stately pans across complex shots, split screens a... read more

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F Word

In Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler mixed fiction with documentary footage when he had actors emote on location in Chicago while real violence swirled around them at the '68 Democratic convention. This time, director Weintrob put his actors on Manhatta... read more

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Tickets

Three of the world's best directors combine to tell different stories, all set on a Rome-bound train. The characters connect through casual encounters and recount a story of love, chance, and sacrifice. With Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (best actress, T... read more

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How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

An unabashed portrait of black independent film pioneer Melvin Van Peebles. Angio's intimate use of film clips, photos, and interviews, including ones with Spike Lee and son Mario Van Peebles, charts the accomplished and colorful life of this rena... read more

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Magic Valley

As one warm October day unfolds, the sleepy town of Buhl, Idaho will never be the same. A fish farmer finds his crop destroyed, a couple of kids are playing an unusual game in the sun-dappled fields, and after a wild party a sleepless teenager is ... read more

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Journals of Musan

Park Jungbum's stunning and much-lauded debut is the story of a North Korean defector forging a life in capitalist South Korea. As both director and actor, Park (assistant director of Lee Chang-dong's stirring Poetry) fully realizes a disar... read more

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Detachment

In Director Tony Kaye’s Detachment, Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody stars as Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students. Yet Henry has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a substitute teache... read more

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Good Doctor

When lonesome first-year medical resident Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) finally gets the respect he so desperately craves from an enchanting teenage patient, he'll do anything to keep her in his care…. In this slow-burn psychological thriller, ... read more

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Higher Ground

Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) makes her directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir. Set in a tight-knit spiritual community at the height of feminism in the 1960-70s, Higher Ground is an exquisite study ... read more

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Grandma, A Thousand Times

Teta Fatima is the 83-year-old matriarch of the Kaabour family and the sharp-witted queen bee of an old Beiruti quarter. This playful magical-realist documentary looks at Fatima's larger-than-life character as she struggles to cope with the silenc... read more

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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

The story of legendary performer Carol Channing's life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. Director Dori Berinstein captures the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon and throws it at the screen like roses at the stage du... read more

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Love Hate Love

Thousands of lives were shattered by three separate acts of terrorism: the attacks on the World Trade Center, the London bus bombing and the Sari Club bombing in Bali. This inspirational documentary tracks the difficult journeys of three families ... read more

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Loving Story

Nancy Buirski's moving, evocative documentary recounts the unknown love story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple behind the 1967 Supreme Court ruling overturning anti-miscegenation laws in the United States. Drawing from a wealth of stunnin... read more

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Limelight

As the owner of legendary hotspots like Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, and Club USA, Peter Gatien was the king of the New York club scene—until years of legal battles led to his eventual deportation to Canada. This exuberant documentary chart... read more

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Lotus Eaters

The bright young things of London's social elite lead an existence as languorous and lavish as it is self-destructive. At the center is Alice, a stunning ex-model unable to keep up with the high standards of living her peers feverishly chase. Alex... read more

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Education of Dee Dee Ricks

Dee Dee Ricks was living her dream—she had a successful business, two beautiful kids, and a whirlwind social life. Then, at age 39, breast cancer changed her world. Director Perri Peltz candidly tracks the emotional rebirth of a survivor det... read more

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Best New Documentary Director Award

Like Water won this award: In the most brutal and often most misunderstood sport in the world, becoming a champion takes more than just blood, sweat, and tears. Like Water follows middleweight Ultimate Fighter Anderson Silva as he prepares ... read more

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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

The most groundbreaking act to emerge from the New York hip-hop scene of the early '90s, A Tribe Called Quest electrified a generation with its brand of jazz-infused beats and intelligent rhymes before dramatically disbanding in '98. In his direct... read more

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Best New Narrative Director Award

The Journals of Musan: Park Jungbum's stunning and much-lauded debut is the story of a North Korean defector forging a life in capitalist South Korea. As both director and actor, Park (assistant director of Lee Chang-dong's stirring Poetry)... read more

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Youth Radicalization Redefined

TFF, Google Ideas, and the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) present a FREE panel discussion involving six former extremists who have renounced violence and are working together to promote a sense of community and youth education. The conv... read more