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The Tribeca Festival sets out to conquer New York

a-ha THE MOVIE | OFFICIAL TRAILER | A Film by Thomas Robsahm and Aslaug Holm

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Another novelty is that the event New York It will take place completely outdoors and will cross the borders of Manhattan: there will be screenings in the five boroughs of the city. In addition, for the first time, there will be a mobile maxi screen that will screen films in the most isolated neighborhoods of New York.

“The Tribeca Film Festival was born with the mission of getting people back to the movies after 9/11. And it is what we are doing again. Considering that New York is emerging from the shadow of Covid-19, it seemed appropriate for the public to return to a face-to-face event for our twentieth anniversary “De Niro argued.

The projection that will inaugurate the exhibition will be “In the Heights”, the adaptation of the Broadway show set in the Washington Heights neighborhood, in northern Manhattan, mostly inhabited by Dominicans. The festival will also be marked by the diversity, as 60 percent of the films that make up the programming are directed by women, “bipoc” (acronym for black, indigenous and other people of color / black, indigenous and other people of color) and LGBTQ +.

IN THE HEIGHTS – Official Trailer

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The grid includes 66 films, 54 of them previews, and 81 filmmakers from 23 countries. It will see “A-Ha The Movie”, a documentary about the iconic Norwegian music band, short films like “Grottaroli” that tells the story of a group of fishermen from the Adriatic coast who grapple with being the last generation to do that. The Canadian short “Toto” stars Italian pasta through Rosa Forlano, a 90-year-old granny who falls in love with a robot while teaching her how to prepare spaghetti. And according to the moment, which needs to multiply the smiles, the festival will conclude with the exhibition of the documentary “Untitled”, by comedian Dave Chappelle.

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