The 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival will feature everything from Will Forte’s dramatic film debut to a tale of arctic cowboys herding reindeer.
The New York festival on Tuesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films that will make up this year’s lineup. The films include those in competition at Tribeca, in both narrative and documentary categories, as well as those in its out-of-competition “Viewpoints” section that highlights unique perspectives.
This year’s slate, culled from more than 6,000 submissions, is the typical grab bag of American independent films, issue-driven documentaries and international curiosities that customarily populate the Tribeca Film Festival’s downtown screens for two weeks every spring.
Lance Edmands’ “Bluebird” will open the narrative competition with a drama about a Maine logging town, starring Amy Morton, Adam Driver of “Girls,” John Slattery and Margo Martindale. Also in the category is a romantic drama from “Sherrybaby” director Laurie Collyer. “Sunlight Jr.” stars Naomi Watts as a convenience store employee in love with a paraplegic played by Matt Dillon.
The documentary competition will be led off by Rachel Boynton’s “Big Men,” an expose on oil companies in Africa. Brad Pitt is among the producers. Also in competition is the documentary “Red Obsession,” narrated by Russell Crowe, about the ramifications of China’s appetite for Bordeaux wine.
Other documentaries tackle such fearsome subjects as frigid reindeer herding (“Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys”), the rise of teenagers in American society (“Teenage”), OxyContin addiction in West Virginia (“Oxyana”) and the Austrian director Michael Haneke (“Michael H. Profession: Director”).
Playing in “Viewpoints” will be Steph Green’s “Run and Jump.” It features Forte, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member, in a drama about a family in Ireland struggling after the husband suffers a stroke.
Other entries include a documentary on same-sex couples (“Bridegroom”), a bird-watching comedy with Ben Kingsley (“A Birder’s Guide to Everything”), a New York street performance documentary (“Flex Is Kings”) and a mental hospital drama starring Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Moment”).
The Tribeca Film Festival runs April 17 through April 28. The festival earlier announced its opening night film as the documentary “Mistaken for Strangers” about the Brooklyn rock band the National, which will perform at the premiere, as well.
The festival will announce the other half of its lineup Wednesday.
Timothée Chalamet To Receive Arlington Artist of the Year Award At Santa Barbara Film Fest
Timothée Chalamet will be honored with the Arlington Artist of the Year Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). Chalamet will receive the award during an in-person tribute and career retrospective on Tuesday, February 11, 2025. The evening will highlight his performances in three highly acclaimed films: A Complete Unknown (dir. James Mangold), Dune: Part Two (dir. Denis Villeneuve) and Wonka (dir. Paul King). This honor recognizes Chalamet’s unparalleled talent and his enduring impact on the cinematic landscape.
“I’m a big fan of Bob Dylan, and I was blown away by Chalamet’s transformation in A Complete Unknown. His performance is galvanizing and electrifying, especially coming on the heels of the major box office triumph earlier this year with Dune: Part Two. Truly, this is the age of Chalamet,” said SBIFF executive director Roger Durling.
Chalamet was the youngest Best Actor Oscar nominee since 1939 for his breakout role in Call Me By Your Name. He has starred in five Best Picture Oscar nominees: Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, Little Women, Dune and Don’t Look Up. Additional credits include Bones and All, The French Disptach, Beautiful Boy, The King and Interstellar. He is currently in production on A24 and Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, inspired by the late American table tennis legend Martin “Marty” Reisman.
The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place February 4-15, 2025. Official events including screenings, filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, and celebrity tributes, will be held at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre and its new Film Center, plus the historic Arlington... Read More