The organisers said: "From a musician staging a concert in Iraqi Kurdistan to a lawyer infiltrating the Korean underworld of New York, the films in this section take us on a cinematic journey across the globe. Presenting established and emerging directors from around the world, these films feature a wealth of high profile acting talent from Daniel Auteuil as Napoleon to Lukas Haas as a New Jersey vigilante and America Ferrara involved with a Colombian kidnap victim."
Narrative Feature Competition winner was My Father My Lord. Best New Narrative Feature went to Two Embraces. Lofti Edbelli won the Best Actor award for his role in Making Of, while the Best Actress honours went to Marina Hands for Lady Chatterley. Making Of also won the Best Screenplay award, while Lost In Beijing and Half Moon picked up honourable mentions.
Read our full 2007 Tribeca Film Festival coverage.
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Born And Bred (Nacido y Criado)(Country: Argentina, Italy, UK; Director: Pablo Trapero; Writer: Mario Rulloni, Pablo Trapero; Cast: Guillermo Pfening, Federico Esquerro, Martina Gusman, Tomás Lipan, Victoria Vescio) A man's life falls apart after a tragic accident. US Premiere. Full Review
Gardener Of Eden(Country: US; Director: Kevin Connolly; Writer: Adam 'Tex' Davis; Cast: Lukas Haas, Erika Christensen, Giovanni Ribisi, Jim Parsons, Jon Abrahams, Jerry Ferrara) In this dark comedy, Adam Harris' (Lukas Haas) aimless life consists of working at a deli, living with his parents, hanging with his friends and, well, that's about it. Stuck in a rut, he loses it all, but soon finds new purpose when he accidentally captures a serial rapist. Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio. World Premiere. See: Tribeca Film Festival Diary Day 2 and 3
Half Moon (Niwemang)(Country: Austria/France/Iran/Iraq; Director: Bahman Ghobadi; Writer: Bahman Gobadi, Behnam Behzadi; Cast: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtiani, Hedye Tehrani) Graying but determined, Mamo is a famed Kurdish musician who obtains permission to cross the Iranian border to give his first concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. But the journey poses endless challenges, especially when he tries to bring a female singer from Iran, where performances by women have been silenced since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Kurdish and Farsi. Winner of the Golden Shell, 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival. A Strand Release. US Premiere. Full Review
Lady Chatterley(Country: Belgium, France, UK; Director: Pascale Ferran; Writer: Roger Bohbot and Pascale Ferran, based on the novel by DH Lawrence.; Cast: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis, Hélène Fillières) Winner of five major prizes, including Best Film and Best Actress, at the 2007 César Awards, France's equivalent of the Oscars this frankly sensual yet never vulgar film is based on the second of three versions of DH Lawrence's tale about an earthy passion that is both innocent and subversive. North American Premiere. Full Review
The Last Man (Atlal, Le Dernier Homme)(Country: France, Lebannon; Director: Ghassan Salhab; Writer: Ghassan Salhab; Cast: Carlos Chahine)
In Beirut, a city where so much blood has been spilled in seemingly interminable political conflicts, the sudden appearance of what appear to be victims of a serial killer isn't especially alarming. A 40-year-old doctor (Michel Chahine, astonishing) develops links to the victims, and begins to exhibit strange and disturbing symptoms of his own. North American Premiere.
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Lost In Beijing (Ping Guo)(Country: China; Director: Yu Li; Writer: Yu Li, Li Fang; Cast: Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Tony Leung Ka Fei, Elaine Jin, Zeng Mei Hui Zi) This tragicomic look at modern-day life in China's capital may not be especially daring for Western viewers in terms of its sexual content, despite the battle its producers fought with censors at home, but its depiction of a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife is decidedly unlike anything else we've seen from the People's Republic. Full Review See: Tribeca Day 1: Mission Brando
Making Of (Akher Film)(Country: Morocco, Tunisia ; Director: Nouri Bouzid; Writer: Nouri Bouzid; Cast: Lotfi Ebdelli, Lotfi Dziri, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Fatma Ben Saidane, Foued Litayem, Helmi Dridi)
Bahta, 25, heads up a group of break dancers, but the outbreak Bahta's a young break dancer in Tunisia but after the eruption of hostilities in Iraq in 2003, he falls in with a group of fundamentalists, whose brainwashing is intended to make him a suicide bomber. In the framing story, the actor playing Bahta doesn't know how the film will end, and he and the director have conflicts of their own. Winner, Gold Tanit, Carthage Film Festival. International Premiere.
My Father My Lord (Hofshat Kaits)(Country: Israel; Director: David Volach; Writer: David Volach; Cast: Assi Dayan, Ilan Griff, Sharon Hacohen)
This powerful and heartbreaking film takes a look at the price that may be exacted by a rigid observation of religious tenets. Its central character, a respected rabbi in an ultra-Orthodox community - who is also a father and husband - is forced to come to terms with the demands of his faith and the welfare of his own family. International Premiere.
N (Napoleon And Me) (N (Lo E Napoleone))(Country: Italy, Spain, France, US; Director: Paolo Virzì; Writer: Francesco Bruni, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Paolo Virzì, based on the novel by Ernesto Ferrero; Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica Bellucci, Sabrina Impacciatore, Valerio Mastandrea, Francesca Inaudi, Massimo Ceccherini, Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, José Ángel Egido, Achille Brugnini) Napoleon's exile on the Italian island of Elba is seen through the eyes of a young teacher who reviles the former emperor (played by Daniel Auteuil), but must serve as his librarian in this light-hearted costume drama that's as fast-paced as an operetta and spiked with Tuscan humor. Featuring Monica Bellucci as the intriguing Baroness. North American Premiere. Full Review
Playing The Victim (Izobrazhaya Zhertvu)(Country: Russia; Director: Kirill Serebrennikov; Writer: Oleg Presnyakov, Vladimir Presnyakov; Cast: Yuri Chursin, Vitali Khayev, Marina Golub, Lia Akhedzhakova, Marat Basharov, Aleksandr Ilyin, Olga Demidova, Anna Mikhalkova, Fyodor Dobronravov, Andrei Fomin, Yelena Morozova, Natalya Mokritskaya) One of Moscow's top theatre directors has adapted his own successful play into a cinematic marvel in which a young slacker is employed by the police to literally "play the victim" in videos reconstructing crimes. His dangerously escalating disgust with the world is portrayed in a visual style so inventive that it's only when he receives nocturnal visits from his father's ghost that the echoes of Hamlet are evoked. Winner, Grand Prize, Rome Film Festival. North American Premiere. Official Site
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Still Life (Sanxia Haoren)(Country: China, Hong Kong; Director: Jia Zhang-Ke; Writer: Jia Zhang-Ke, Guan Na, Sun Jiamin; Cast: Zhao Tao, Han Sanming, Li Zhubin, Wang Hong Wei) This poignant human drama is set against a surreal, metaphorically loaded backdrop -- a Yangtze town that will soon be submerged by the Three Gorges Dam. Like the director's other films (Platform, Unknown Pleasures, The World), it's an empathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society, and a unique hybrid of documentary and fiction. US Premiere. Full Review See: Tribeca Film Festival Diary Day 2 and 3
Times And Winds (Bes vakit)(Country: Turkey; Director: Reha Erdem; Writer: Reha Erdem; Cast: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan, Bulent Emin Yarar, Taner Birsel, Yigit Ozsener, Selma Ergec) This unforgettable, beautifully observed film is a lyrical and haunting portrait of life in a remote Turkish mountain village, where three pre-teens struggle with dreams and desires that are utterly specific and personal, and yet somehow universal. An extraordinary score by Arvo Pärt adds to the electrifying experience. US Premiere. Full Review See: Tribeca Film Festival Diary Day 2 and 3 Official Site
Towards Darkness (Hacia La Oscuridad)(Country: US, Colombia, Panama; Director: José Antonio Negret; Writer: José Antonio Negret; Cast: Roberto Urbina, America Ferrera, David Sutcliffe, Tony Plana, William Atherton, Cameron Daddo, Alejandra Borrero, Fernando Solórzano, Roberto Cano, Juan Carlos Arango, Carlos Humberto Camacho,) Colombia's rampant kidnappings are the brutal reality at the heart of this nail-biting thriller. A young photographer is abducted, held for ransom, and forced to contemplate imminent death while his family makes desperate covert deals to secure his release. Featuring America Ferrara. Official Site
Two Embraces (Dos Abrazos)(Country: Mexico; Director: Enrique Begne; Writer: Enrique Begne; Cast: Giovanni Florido, Alan Andree, Carmen Beato, Alan Sanchez, Emilio Caballero, Maya Zapata:) Four people forced to fend for themselves in life - a burdened 12-year-old boy, the cashier he has a crush on, an angry taxi driver and the estranged daughter of one of his passengers - come together in two embraces. An auspicious film debut and poignant tale of lonely people who find a glimmer of hope in each other in today's Mexico City. International Premiere. See: Tribeca Festival Diary 2007: Days nine to the end
Two In One (Dva V Odnom)(Country: Ukraine, Russia; Director: Kira Muratova; Writer: Yevgeni Golubenko, Renata Litvinova; Cast: Bogdan Stupka, Renata Litvinova, Alexandr Bashirov, Natalya Buz'ko, Sergej Bekhterev)
On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out from her small town for the big city, Rotterdam, to find her little sister, who has run off to follow her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope. This exquisitely photographed tale employs a fragmented timeline to illustrate the story of three lost souls on the run. International Premiere.
Vivere(Country: Germany, Netherlands; Director: Angelina Maccarone; Writer: Angelina Maccarone; Cast: Hannelore Elsner, Esther Zimmering, Kim Schnitzer, Egbert-Jan Weeber, Aykut Kayacik, Inger Hansen, Evert Aalten, Maarten Hemmen, Angelo Colagrossi, Tygo Gernandt, Nina Vorbrodt) On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out from her small town for the big city, Rotterdam, to find her little sister, who has run off to follow her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope. This exquisitely photographed tale employs a fragmented timeline to illustrate the story of three lost souls on the run. World Premiere. Official Site
West 32nd(Country: US, South Korea; Director: Michael Kang; Writer: Michael Kang, Edmund Lee; Cast: John Cho, Jun Sung Kim, Jun-ho Jeong, Grace Park, Jane Kim) After hustling his way onto a homicide case, an ambitious young lawyer (John Cho) infiltrates the gritty Korean underworld of New York, searching for clues. When he meets his match in the syndicate, they'll both do anything to get to the top. It's a raw and thrilling race. World Premiere. Official Site
The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias)(Country: Brazil; Director: Cao Hamburger; Writer: Adriana Falcão, Claudio Galperin, Cao Hamburger, Bráulio Mantovani, Anna Muylaert; Cast: Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk, Caio Blat, Simone Spoladore, Paulo Autran) It's the summer of 1970, and twelve-year-old Mauro's biggest concern is whether Brazil wins the World Cup-until his politicized parents are forced to flee the country, and he is thrust into the alien world of Sao Paolo's Jewish community. This sensitive drama shows an innocent caught up in a ferociously repressive dictatorship he knows nothing about. North American Premiere. Official Site
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