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9 unusual facts about Tribeca Film Festival


Conor McPherson

He is the director and co-writer of The Eclipse, a film which had its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

Jared Cohen

Cohen has been involved in the Tribeca Film Festival, serving as a juror in multiple categories over a number of years.

Larry Hillblom

A film by Alexis Spraic documenting the legal hoopla that took place after Hillblom's death, titled Shadow Billionaire premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.

Mike J. Nichols

His recent editing credits include The Last Play at Shea which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and at Citi Field in New York for the largest movie exhibition since 1919.

Mistaken for Strangers

The songs title was also given to the 2013 documentary film "Mistaken for Strangers" which premiered April 17, 2013 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

QatarDebate

The first Qatar National Schools Debating Team (2008) are the subject of an independent documentary film, 'Team Qatar', directed by Liz Mermin, which premiered in New York at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and broadcast in the UK on the BBC.

Sylvia Kristel

In May 2006, Kristel received an award at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York for directing the animated short film Topor and Me, written by Ruud Den Dryver.

The Kingsnakes

The band has toured in various parts of the US and in Windsor- some of the highlights have been in New York City as part of an after-party for the MC5 documentary "A True Testimonial" shown at the Annual Tribeca Film Festival.

Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy

Founded in 2007 as Flashpoint, The Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, the college entered a 50/50 partnership with Tribeca Enterprises, the company established by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff best known for producing the Tribeca Film Festival, in April 2010.


Banker to the Poor

For the script of his "Banker to the Poor", written together with the famous Sergio Donati, Amenta was rewarded by Robert De Niro at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Billy Corben

In April 2011, Limelight (2011 documentary), about the rise and fall of Peter Gatien, New York City's biggest nightclub owner, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and premiered in NYC in September 2011.

Borscht Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and at the Guggenheim Museums in New York City, Bilbao, Venice, and Berlin.

Charles Matthau

He also directed Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988), Her Minor Thing (2005), Baby-O (2009) and "Freaky Deaky" (2012), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Dinah Manoff

After a four-year hiatus, Manoff appeared in the film Bart Got a Room in 2009, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival but would not be released widely until the following year in which Dinah appeared in two episodes of Lose Yourself on Strike.TV.

Kenneth Kokin

2008 is also the year where For Tomorrow the documentary that Kokin produced and directed in Argentina which was an official selection for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Newport Beach Film Festival where he won the Humanitarian Vision Award.

Raymond De Felitta

In 2009, De Felitta wrote and directed the independent film City Island, which received the First Place Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Sam's Lake

Sam's Lake is a horror movie directed by Andrew C. Erin and starring Sandrine Holt, Fay Masterson, and William Gregory Lee, it was an official selection at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

Signe Baumane

Her films have been screened at important film festivals such as Annecy, Tribeca, Sundance, Berlin, Ottawa, Venice and they have received numerous awards.

World Malbec Day

(April 14, 2011), Gary Vaynerchuk hosted a private VIP tasting on April 14, and the Tribeca Film Festival provided Argentine wines for the more than 130 events held in the framework of the festival.


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David Bouley

In the summer of 2006, David married fellow collaborator, Nicole Bartelme, pioneer of the TriBeCa Film Festival, artist and photographer.

Jeanne Fleming

For example, the Opening Parade Event for the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival and a series of Special Weekends for the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY that included many original ideas including a Murder Mystery Weekend with Edward Gorey and Isaac Asimov; a Chamber Music Weekend; Explore the Tiny (Small is Beautiful); Star Parties with Carl Sagan; a Chocolate Lover’s event and many more that continue to be featured events at the Mountain House to this day.

Shane Bitney Crone

Bridegroom was endorsed by President Bill Clinton, who introduced the movie Bridegroom at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Slawomir Grünberg

Grünberg's director of photography credits include: HBO’s Legacy, which received an Academy Award Nomination for the best documentary feature in 2001, and HBO's Sister Rose's Passion, which won Best in Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2004 and received an Academy Award Nomination for best documentary short in 2005.