The Tribeca Art Awards, sponsored by CHANEL, will be given out in a live broadcast on April 26. Take a peek at a new video documenting the incredible works donated to winning filmmakers this year.
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Giraffes and Magic Tricks
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Today at Tribeca: 4.28.12
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"Film is a Universal Language"
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Tribeca Takes: Mahmoud Kaabour
The director of Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story talks about the collaborative process of making a documentary film, and offers advice to aspiring filmmakers: just do it.
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Now through October 14, the Museum of Jewish Heritage's new exhibit tracks legendary directors John Ford, George Stevens and Samuel Fuller through their documentation of the liberation of WWII concentration camps.
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The Kite: Prashant Bhargava
The next in our series of conversations with this year's TFF filmmakers, Raymond De Felitta, director of Booker's Place and Travis Fine, director of Any Day Now, talk us through some of their mentors and what advice they received to help them lear...
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Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights to For Ellen, the latest dramatic study from director So Yong Kim (Treeless Mountain). Paul Dano, Jena Malone and Jon Heder star.
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Director Nisha Pahuja took the stage for a lively Q & A after the world premiere of her fascinating, award-winning documentary, The World Before Her.
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Director Andrew Shea thrillingly traces the twisted and complex history of Egon Schiele's iconic painting Portrait of Wally in his new documentary, which plays like an unfolding mystery. Opens Friday, May 11 at Quad Cinema.
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The Music Behind The Pictures
In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore talks to Susan Sarandon about fighting his fears during the filmmaking process: “I’m [usually] trying to convince myself that I’m going to get through this alive, ...
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In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon answer an audience question about privacy issues. Sarandon: “I was denied security clearance recently to go to the White House, and I don’t know...
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Opinion: The Other Docs
Apple and indieWIRE are pleased to bring you discussions with some of today’s leading actors, writers, and directors on their latest projects. Each moderated discussion lasts an hour and features an audience Q&A session.
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Hesham Issawi: Cairo Exit
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Revenge, Revised
"I set out to make a movie just a little weirder and more beautiful than maybe it ought to be," says first-time director Todd Rohal. "And really,” he adds, “I just set out to make a film I could call The Guatemalan Handshake.”
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Over the past thirty years, cinematographer and director Ed Lachman has established a fascinating and eclectic oeuvre. As BAM celebrates him this month, we talk to the trained painter about paying tribute to Douglas Sirk and catching Madonna on th...
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Might the German-Turkish film director Fatih Akin be a major filmmaker? If the reviews for his fifth fictional feature, The Edge of Heaven, are any indication, the Golden Bear-winning talent is very much one to watch.
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Canadian director Guy Maddin wrestles with the old ball and chain—his hometown—in his newest work, 2008 Festival alum My Winnipeg.
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Is it possible to turn tragedy into hope? These directors document some victims of terrorism who've done just that. At TFF, Sean Penn will be on hand for a Tribeca Talks discussion.
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