Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Hilla Medalia's documentary "Dancing in Jaffa," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Read More »At other festivals when we started to ask people what film school they went to (if any), we noticed that a lot of those who didn't go to film school wanted to talk about who their mentors were. When we asked Tribeca filmmakers who their inspirations and mentors were, they were eager to respond, whe...
Read More »When we asked the 2013 Tribeca filmmakers what schools they went to, we were not expecting such a diverse crop of responses. While a fair number did not attend film school, NYU was heartily represented. Boston University, Tel Avivi University and the program at University of Florida (now at Wake F...
Read More »Though crowdfunding is a huge conversation in the indie film industry, we've been consistently surprised at how few festival films are crowdfunding (thought that seems to be changing). When we asked the Tribeca filmmakers if they crowdfunded, we also asked them how much of their budget was raised o...
Read More »When we asked the 2013 Tribeca filmmakers what software they edited on, we got the usual jabs at Final Cut X (though the team behind "Mr. Jones" specifically said they used the much-maligned software, and others may have used it but not specified they did). We also got a lot more Avid users than we...
Read More »Last month's Tribeca Film Festival was a good year for the relatively young fest that has taken a while to get its stride. We invited many of the filmmakers at the festival to share with us a few choice facts, and below are the results of the question "What camera(s) did you shoot on?"
Read More »A little more than a month after it won two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Films has acquired the U.S. rights to "The Broken Circle Breakdown." Director Felix van Groeningen's fourth feature won Best Screenplay and Best Actress after snagging the Audience Award from the Berlin Internat...
Read More »Kiwi stunt woman and sometimes actress might Zoe Bell is best known for her standout turn atop the hood of a moving car in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof." She played a small role in his hit follow-up "Django Unchained" but remained masked throughout, not getting any opportunity to shine. That cha...
Read More »We asked the members of the Criticwire network to single out some of their favorite films, scenes and performances of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.
Read More »What defines the ideal Tribeca film? This year's top winners suggest a potential answer.
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