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Festivals: Tribeca: 2008

Baby Mama will open the Tribeca Film Festival 2008
Baby Mama will open the Tribeca Film Festival 2008

The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff after the attacks on the World Trade Center "to help economically and culturally revitalise Lower Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music, and culture."

Now in its seventh year, it has expanded to include additional venues across Manhattan. It has reduced its slate this year, to show 122 films from 31 countries.







Tribeca Film Festival Latest Reviews

Eden
The disintegration of a marriage.

My Winnipeg
"Docu-fantasia" blurring fact and fiction.

Milky Way Liberation Front
Black comedy adventure about a screenwriter whose personal and professional world is falling apart.

Couscous
The head of a Tunisian immigrant clan tries to realise his dream of opening a couscous restaurant.

Let The Right One In
A touching story of first romance... with a side-serving of horror.

Lou Reed's Berlin
Concert film of Lou Reed's live rendition of his song cycle album.

Fermat's Room
Someone wants four mathematicians out of the equation.

The Wackness
A teen drug dealer swaps spliffs for psychiatry in the long, hot New York summer of 1994.

Man On Wire
Documentary about tightrope walker Phillippe Petit's attempt to cross between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Strangers
Romance blossoms between an Israeli and a Palestinian - but will wider conflicts halt it in its tracks?

Tribeca Film Festival Festival Features

The visitors
Tom McCarthy, Hiam Abbass and Richard Jenkins talk about their latest film while in town for the EIFF.

Ghraib injustice
Errol Morris reveals the outrage that caused him to make Standard Operating Procedure.

Mohamed Al-Daradji on shooting after the war
The director of Ahlaam and accompanying documentary War, Love, God & Madness talks about the experience of directing a film in modern-day Iraq.

Tribeca 2008: Day 10 and 11
Festival wrap up and some films to look out for.

Tribeca 2008: Day Eight and Nine
A visit to Van Peebles' place turns into an unexpected adventure.

Tribeca 2008: Day Seven
Family films that are Worlds Apart, Lou Reed's Berlin and being the guest of Cindy Sherman filmmakers.

Tribeca 2008: Day Five and Six
Elite Squad doesn't live up to the hype, but Bart Got A Room surprises out of the blue

Tribeca 2008: Day Three and Four
Highlights include impassioned roundtable discussions and Spanish thriller Fermat's Room

Tribeca 2008: Day One and Two
A strong set of documentary features open our Tribeca coverage

In the Somers Town
Shane Meadows discusses his latest, low-budget independent British feature

Tribeca Film Festival News

And the winners are...
Tribeca jury awards Swede dreams.

Tribeca Opening Press Conference
Improved tax breaks for New York filmmakers, and Tribeca celebrates cinema's social melting pot.

Speed Racer to close Tribeca
Wachowski Brothers' family adventure to wrap up festival.

David Mamet's Redbelt to premiere at Tribeca
'American samurai film' to be gala screening in Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival segment.

Tribeca All Access programme announced
37 projects to benefit from the help of industry professionals.

Tribeca announce third selection of feature films
Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered selection, plus five special events.

Tribeca announce Discovery and Midnight sections
Second batch of programming released by New York Festival.

Tribeca programme announcement
World Narrative/Documentary Competition and Encounters sections announced.

Baby Mama to open Tribeca
Comedy by first-time filmmaker gets festival world premiere.

News & Features Baby Mama

Tom McCarthy, Hiam Abbass and Richard Jenkins talk about their latest film while in town for the EIFF.

Legendary animator Ray Harryhausen talks about his life and work.

The prizewinners gather in Edinburgh to celebrate.

Scots actor "honoured" to join Connery and Swinton.

Film Festival to open on October 15 with Ron Howard's drama.

Prize money quadrupled to £20k.
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