Tribeca Line-Up Part 2
Yesterday, Tribeca released the films that will play in the Encounters, Discovery, Cinemania and Spotlight sections. Here are the women directed films: Encounters- Zero out of 14 Discovery- (3 out of 17) brilliantlove, directed by Ashley Horner, written by Sean Conway. (UK) – World Premiere, Narrative. Love and lust entangle over a sweltering summer as a novice photographer, Manchester, documents his sweaty affair with his taxidermist girlfriend, Noon. But when a wealthy art-world pornography collector “discovers” Manchester as a genius, the trappings of the art world are unleashed upon the unsuspecting couple, shattering Noon’s trust and heart. Director Ashley Horner captures the yearning and desire that can simultaneously strengthen and burn romance. No Woman, No Cry, directed by Christy Turlington Burns. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. More than half a million women each year die from preventable complications during pregnancy or childbirth. In her gripping directorial debut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful stories of pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in East Africa, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States. The Other City, directed by Susan Koch. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary. There’s a part of Washington, DC never seen by the tourists and ignored by the mass media. At least three percent of DC is HIV positive, a staggering rate higher than parts of Africa, but the city is also full of encouraging stories of grassroots movements to extend education, combat stigmas, and spread hope. TFF alum Susan Koch’s (Kicking It, TFF ’08) eye-opening documentary tells the unheard stories behind the growing epidemic in our nation’s capital. Cinemania (Zero out of six) Spotlight (Three out of nine) Cairo Time, directed and written by Ruba Nadda. (Canada, Ireland, Egypt) – US Premiere, Narrative. In this graceful cross-cultural love story, a happily married woman (Patricia Clarkson) is separated from her husband in the overwhelming city of Cairo. While waiting for his return, she experiences the unique beauty of Egypt with his friend (Alexander Siddig). As their tender friendship blossoms, a series of small yet profound moments changes both of their worlds forever. An IFC Films release. Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work, directed by Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg. (USA) – New York Premiere, Documentary. Joan Rivers is the undisputed queen of American comedy, and at 76 years old, with a career spanning five decades, she shows no sign of slowing down. Following Rivers over the course of a year, A Piece of Work reveals the fascinating combination of vulnerability and irreverence behind the public figure in this endlessly entertaining, quintessential profile of a New York icon. An IFC Films release. Please Give, directed and written by Nicole Holofcener. (USA) – New York Premiere, Narrative. Death, materialism, liberal guilt, adultery, midlife malaise… writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing) makes such topics sing with earnest emotion and devastating humor. Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt star as well-to-do Manhattanites waiting out the death of their crotchety neighbor so they can take over her apartment. Things get messy when they try to make nice with the old lady and her granddaughters (Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall).A Sony Pictures Classics release. Just so that you know that I am not the only one obsessed with the numbers, I got this an email from producer of forthcoming documentary, “a woman like that” directed by Ellen Weissbrod: I was just curious, so I counted for the Tribeca Festival 2010: ENCOUNTERS – 0 of 14 films christ. 11 out of 81 = 13.5% Really this issue is about about women’s voices and women’s stories getting equal time. I guess we are supposed to be satisfied w/ Christy Turlington and Joan Rivers. Not that they aren’t good films or valid issues, but when that’s THE ONLY thing – it feels . . . stilted. Un-diverse. end of lecture. See earlier post: Tribeca Film Festival Lineup Part 1
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