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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

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Tribeca Talks Industry: What You See Is What You Get

Sponsored by KodakBringing a story to the screen is no easy feat. First, there is the script, then finding the actors, the money, the crew (what exactly is a grip?)… It really does take a villa... read more

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Idiots and Angels

Oscar®-nominated animator Bill Plympton sketches a David Lynchian dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man scrabbling to hide the good in himself-which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that just won't go away. read more

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Tribeca Talks Industry: Shane Meadows

Hosted by Skillset With more than 30 short films to his name, self-taught director, writer, and sometime actor Shane Meadows is one of the shining stars of British cinema. A 2008 BAFTA winner for This Is England... read more

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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

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Tribeca Talks: Mike Figgis

Mike Figgis is still considered an “indie” film maverick. He was ahead of the digital filmmaking trend with 2000's Timecode, is a founding patron of the online community Shooting People, and created a stabilizer for digit... read more

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Telling a Bronx Tale

Almost 20 years ago, Chazz Palminteri wrote and starred in an Off-Broadway play based on his experiences growing up in the ’60s on the gritty streets of the Bronx. One man knew how best to bring Chazz’s remarkable story to the screen: ... read more

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The Objective

The director of The Blair Witch Project brings his singular brand of suspense to an exhilarating integration of war and mystery, revolving around a precarious CIA mission in Afghanistan. Following the April 30th screening, American Exp... read more

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Days in Sintra

Deftly interspersing home movies with contemporary images, director Paula Gaitán creates a compelling voyage of discovery in her return to Sintra, Portugal on a search for memories of her late husband (the Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha). read more

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Great Genius and Profound Stupidity

Director Benita Raphan "explores the twin concepts of genius and stupidity," focusing primarily on deaf and blind Helen Keller and itinerant mathematician Paul Erdős. read more