Tribeca Film Festival 2016: Guide
Robert De Niro and co.'s Tribeca Film Festival has long shown a spotlight on local indie features,documentaries, foreign films, the latest from big-name talent and the greatest from up-and-coming filmmakers. We've got your complete one-stop-shopping guide to Tribeca Film Festival 2016: our personal must-see picks, movie screenings, ticket info, a list of nearby bars and restaurants and oh-so-much more.
When is Tribeca Film Festival?
The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival will take place in Lower Manhattan from April 13–24, 2016.
Where is Tribeca Film Festival?
A range of venues host the TFF. Exact locations will be released closer to the date.
How do I get tickets?
Buy tickets at the official festival website. Prices are $10 (matinee screenings before 6pm, Mon–Fri), $20 (evening and weekend screenings) or $40 (conversations and special events). You can also purchase passes for individual days or the entire festival.
One new program at Tribeca this year is Tribeca Tune-In, highlighting "some of the best in television," a few of them world premieres.
Two in this category are "Greenleaf." Chronicling the titular family and the goings-on at its Memphis megachurch, it premieres on OWN. "Greenleaf" is also remarkable for being Oprah Winfrey's return to television as an actor in a recurring role.
Elsewhere at tune-in, it's not exactly Alex Haley's iconic version but it is "Roots." The eight-hour miniseries premieres on the HISTORY channel on Memorial Day.
This "historical portrait" of American slavery follows one family starting with Kunta Kinte. A conversation with cast and directors is scheduled after the screening of each series.
The acting career of Viola Davis has been on a steady rise since she graduated from Juilliard and soon began winning awards for her work in theater, film and television.
Her latest film role is as a beleaguered family court judge in "Custody." Not only does Davis get top billing in the film - it marks her debut as a producer of a film for the big screen.
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| Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez in Lila & Eve. The film premiered on Lifetime last year and is Davis' debut as a producer |
"Custody" is also among a number of films to watch out for at the 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), which kicked off Wednesday.
At 15, Tribeca is coming into its own as a true film festival, a marketplace where emerging filmmakers and producers can show their work alongside their more established colleagues.
In its young life, the festival founded by Robert DeNiro has gotten a reputation as an extension of the Hollywood moviemaking machine. (Considering the economic impetus behind its founding that is not at all surprising.)
Is it any wonder, then, that in serious film circles it is not as well regarded as it would like to be. One doesn't whisper Tribeca in the same breath as Toronto and Sundance. Certainly not with Cannes and Berlin. Absolutely not.
To be sure, TFF 2016 has plenty of mainstream Hollywood fare such as "Custody" coming to the metroplex near you. However, there is a significant increase in smaller, non-mainstream films and other programming such as "Vincent N Roxxy."Zoe Kravitz and Emile Hirsch are the title characters in this action thriller. When Vincent spirits Roxxy away from her abusive ex-boyfriend the two find themselves in a whole world of other trouble - scored by Questlove.
Another small film is "Mr. Church." Eddie Murphy - in a rare dramatic role that was initially intended for Samuel Jackson - is a chef hired to make meals for a dying girl. FROM the director of "Driving Miss Daisy," this film will no doubt get more notice because Murphy is attached to it.
Among the issues-oriented works at TFF 2016 are a few that at least nominally touch on the tensions between law enforcement and elements of the black community. The most notice is likely to go to Spike Lee's "2 Fists Up."
Other noteworthy shorts:
At "Nkosi Coiffure," Frederike Migom characters in an African quarter of Brussels are supportive until they get the details of Eva's argument with her boyfriend.
A troubled student requires the intervention of a high school administrator (S. Epatha Merkerson) in Christine Turner's "You Can Go."
Brian Burton's subject is an L.A.-based actor, artist, musician. And "The Chauffeur."
TFF2016 opened with "First Monday in May," a chronicle of the hugely popular The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute (MET Gala) exhibit, "China Through the Looking Glass."
The closer is "the bomb," a multimedia installation that addresses the nuclear threat.
On a lighter note in the identity space is the film, "Little Boxes." A biracial boy named Clark, going into the 6th grade after summer, has moved with his parents to a small town from New York City. Alas, the new kid on the block has to act "more black" to be cool and accepted.
Chris Rock once had acceptance issues in "Everybody Hates Chris." Now he is among those participating in the "Tribeca Talks" series. He and J.J. Abrams, directors both, may at least jaw about "Star Trek." The classic sci-fi series turns 50 this year.
What would a film festival be without documentaries? It would be without the aforesaid "2 Fists Up," and "Life, Animated" among others, for starters.
Visit http://www.tribecafilm.com to learn more about the 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival, including schedule, screenings and how to purchase tickets.
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