Inside the Sudden Closing of Tribeca Film Institute: ‘They’re Leaving a Big Gap’
The pandemic took the blame for TFI’s end, but Tribeca Enterprises’ new owners are focused on corporate partnerships that will help them grow the brand.
The pandemic took the blame for TFI’s end, but Tribeca Enterprises’ new owners are focused on corporate partnerships that will help them grow the brand.
While there had been some hope that the postponed festival would be able to put on a traditional in-person event later in 2020, attention now shifts to 2021.
Tribeca leaders left open the possibility that TFI could rise again.
Online festival events are much more than a safe substitute — here’s how organizers are embracing their new virtual realities.
Tribeca Drive-In will kick off in late June and will feature a curated selection of new, classic, and independent films, as well as music and sports events.
The annual festival was postponed, but juries still chose top films across categories, including narrative, documentary, and shorts.
Tribeca: Bo McGuire’s inventive hybrid documentary casts his homophobic aunt as a man in drag, but gets bogged down in its own reflection.
Tribeca: A variation on the themes of “Kedi,” Elizabeth Lo’s documentary inhabits the lives of several street dogs in Istanbul.
The documentary he produced, “Not Going Quietly,” missed a Tribeca launch, but he knows that there’s a way forward when production returns.
Tribeca: Ruthy Pribar’s first feature avoids obvious sentimental beats and delivers an emotional wallop.
Tribeca: A modern day Butch Cassidy whisks his adorable Sundance kid away to the Montana mountains in this elegant revisionist Western.
Tribeca: Etyan Fox’s understated gay drama finds two men from different generations and cultures briefly finding common ground.