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Yeah, Right... Whatever
Archived Festival Film
Yeah, Right... Whatever
The emotional roller coaster that is being a teenager is explored in this series of short films for young adults. (Older adults can be thankful that this time is long gone.) (Ages 13+) read more
Being Pavarotti
Archived Festival Film
Being Pavarotti
Elton, a 13-year-old South African opera singer, fell in love with opera after his cousin gave him a tape of famed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti. Elton's performances, from solo stints at open-air festivals to opening for established opera sing... read more
Three Sisters Searching for a Cure
Archived Festival Film
Three Sisters Searching for a Cure
When she was diagnosed with ALS in 1997, 35-year-old theater producer Jenifer Estess rallied the corporate and entertainment communities together to work toward finding a cure. This intimate and unflinching documentary traces Estess' efforts, with... read more
Another Road Home
Archived Festival Film
Another Road Home
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is given a human face -- actually, as many human faces as a family reunion -- through Israeli filmmaker Elon's quest to find Musa Obeidallah, the Palestinian man who kept house for her family in Jerusalem for more ... read more
A Rape in a Small Town: The Florence Holway Story
In 1991, a young intruder raped 76-year-old Florence Holway in her New Hampshire farmhouse. After an unsuccessful fight to prevent her rapist's plea bargain, Holway began a crusade for victims' rights that culminated in the rewriting of New Hampsh... read more
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Archived Festival Film
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Based on the award-winning novel by Kimberly Willis Holt, this enchanting story stars Jerry Maguire ragamuffin Jonathan Lipnicki as a 12-year-old who, over the course of one unforgettable summer, finds out his mother is leaving home, meets Zachary... read more
Love Collage
Archived Festival Film
Love Collage
We've all experienced the intensity of first love. In this bittersweet romantic tale, set against the backdrops of New York and Tokyo, Tsutsumi presents a unique visual rendition of that once-in-a-lifetime experience by deftly switching back and f... read more
Copyrighting Creativity: No Eyes Allowed on the Prize
Eyes on the Prize, the award-winning 1986 documentary series, includes a scene of Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff singing to him on his 39th, and last, birthday in 1968. But because of the copyright on "Happy Birthday" the scene was almost cut...pr... read more
Sound Barrier
Archived Festival Film
Sound Barrier
Jesse, an 11-year old deaf-mute boy, sets out to find an audio cassette his mother recorded shortly before her death, which may be locked in a storage room. The director of The Runner and Marathon portrays the boy's determined search as a heroic q... read more
Original Child Bomb
Archived Festival Film
Original Child Bomb
A devastating meditation on the human costs of war, inspired by the Thomas Merton poem. Schonegevel's film mixes live action with found footage (including eerie color images of sun-drenched mornings in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and New York on Septembe... read more
Finding Eleazar
Archived Festival Film
Finding Eleazar
A compelling chronicle of renowned tenor Neil Shicoff and his journey to revive Halévy's 1835 La Juive seven decades after it was banned by the Nazis. The opera's timeless themes of intolerance and fanaticism take on new meaning through the interp... read more
Jailbait
Archived Festival Film
Jailbait
In his directorial debut, LAByrinth Theater Company scribe Leonard offers an existential nightmare that rivals Neil LaBute's lyrical brutality. This claustrophobic prison drama reveals an unsettling emotional vulnerability at the core of a struggl... read more
W(IT)H
Archived Festival Film
W(IT)H
The last tricky, funny 11 minutes on the night a Hit Man named 'Chicken Louie' Farnatelli (Tim Roth) revisits his old neighborhood to do a whack-job. But he's unexpectedly stirred by strong memories. And tonight he decides to quit. read more
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Archived Festival Film
Gowanus, Brooklyn
Drey is a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl who discovers her teacher smoking crack after school and is compelled to investigate further. First-time actress Shareeka Epps brings uncommon assurance to her role as Drey, a tomboy whose experiences kindle a n... read more
1/2 Price
Archived Festival Film
1/2 Price
A rare attempt to portray children's activities utterly without sentimentality, this debut by a 21-year-old actress follows a trio of kids aged 7, 8, and 9 as they fend for themselves in a world nearly free of adults. The film drew considerable at... read more
Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Melvin Van Peebles, still our most playfully inventive filmmaker after nearly 50 years, returns with a boisterous adventure that ranges from Harlem to the high seas, following the exploits of a man (MVP, natch) who's always on the move--but always... read more
Dying Breed
Archived Festival Film
Dying Breed
Inspired by the legends of a 19th-century cannibal and an extinct tiger, this brutal horror-thriller centers on four friends who find out that something--or someone--more murderous than a tiger lurks in the rain-slogged Australian bush. read more
Charly
Archived Festival Film
Charly
Tramping toward the sea, 14-year-old Nicolas crosses paths with Charly, a tough girl who takes him into her mobile home, where an unusual domestic arrangement evolves. As in her brilliant debut ½ Price (TFF '04), Le Besco movingly depicts a world ... read more
Let the Right One In
Archived Festival Film
Let the Right One In
Winner of the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature. Based on Lindqvist's bestselling novel, this beautifully touching tale tells of the first romance for bullied 12-year... read more
Tribeca Talks: Pangea Day, TED & Tribeca
If you had the world's attention, what story would you tell? The Tribeca Film Festival joins CNN's Christiane Amanpour and TED Prize-winning filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) to discuss the launch o... read more
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
Archived Festival Film
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
Rucker Park. The mecca for all street basketball players. In Beastie Boy Yauch's super-energized documentary, eight of the country's top 24 high school players participate in the first "Elite 24" tournament on the same court that helped turn Dr. J... read more
The Elephant Garden
Archived Festival Film
The Elephant Garden
Her older sister's romance spins 11-year-old Chloe into a world of change in The Elephant Garden. read more
Boy A
Archived Festival Film
Boy A
A former juvenile offender released from prison after 14 years reenters society with the help of his counselor. Newcomer Andrew Garfield gives a stunning performance as the hesitant 24-year-old who must catch up with his peers while keeping his pa... read more
Going on 13
Archived Festival Film
Going on 13
Ariana, Isha, Rosie, and Esme are young girls who are followed for four years as they navigate the precarious path to womanhood and, in Valadez' and Guevara-Flanagan's expert hands, breathe new life into the coming-of-age story. Co-hosted with N... read more