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All About Actresses (Le Bal Des Actrices) (Country: France; Director: Maïwenn Le Besco; Writer: Maïwenn Le Besco; Cast: Jeanne Balibar, Romane Bohringer, Julie Depardieu, Mélanie Doutey, Marina Foïs, Estelle Lefébure, Maïwenn Le Besco, Linh Dan Pham, Charlotte Rampling, Muriel Robin)
Maïwenn sets out to resolve her tortured actress identity by making a faux-documentary around a bevy of famous French actresses. Blends real footage with fantasy. US Premiere. Narrative.

Antoine (Country: Canada; Director: Laura Bari; Writer: Laura Bari; Cast: Antoine Houang)
Portrait of a five-year-old blind boy who uses a mini boom microphone to discover and capture the sounds around him, exploring his life and his imagination. US Premiere. Documentary.

Dazzle (Oogverblindend) (Country: Netherlands; Director: Cyrus Frisch; Cast: Rutger Hauer, Georgina Verbaan)
A fragile, long-distance telephone relationship develops between a younger woman (played by Georgina Verban), and an older gentleman (played by Rutger Hauer). North American Premiere. Narrative.

FILM IST. A Girl & A Gun (Country: Austria, Germany; Director: Gustav Deutsch; Writer: Gustav Deutsch)
Gustav Deutsch, the maestro of found footage filmmaking, excavates silent movies from archives worldwide (including the Kinsey Institute) to weave together a stunning vision of the natural and mythological order of the universe, love between the sexes, and weapons of mass destruction. North American Premiere. Narrative.
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Fish Eyes (Yu Yan) (Country: China; Director: Zheng Wei; Writer: Zheng Wei)
Set during the 2008 Olympics on the outskirts of Beijing, first-time filmmaker Zheng Wei’s beautiful and poetic portrait of modern China tells a simple but poignant story about a father, son, and a mysterious young woman. North American Premiere. Narrative.
See: Tribeca Film Festival movie/film reviews/diary Serious Moonlight, When We Were Beautiful

Masquerades (Mascarades) (Country: Algeria, France; Director: Lyes Salem; Writer: Lyes Salem, Nathalie Saugeon; Cast: Lyes Salem, Sarah Reguieg, Mohamed Bouchaïb, Rym Takoucht, Merouane Zmirli, Mourad Khen)
A man spins an outrageous fable to impress his village but as the lie begins to unravel surprising allegiances form and the life of the entire community begins to change. North American Premiere. Narrative.
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My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru) (Country: South Korea; Director: Lee Yoon-Ki; Writer: Park Eun-yeong, Taira Azuko ; Cast: Jeon Do-Youn, Ha Jung-Woo)
Road movie about an unexpected reunion between two exes. New York Premiere. Narrative.

Pandora's Box (Pandora'nin kutusu) (Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Belgium; Director: Yesim Ustaoglu; Writer: Selma Kaygusuz, Yesim Ustaoglu; Cast: Onur Ünsal, Derya Alabora, Tsilla Chelton, Övül Avkiran, Osman Sonant, Tayfun Bademsoy, Nazmi Kirik, Emrah Tinte)
When an aging matriarch (90-year-old Tsilla Chelton) starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her. New York Premiere. Narrative.

Rachel (Country: France, Belgium; Director: Simone Bitton)
In 2003 the 22-year-old American activist Rachel Corrie died trying to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip. She was killed by a bulldozer operated by the Israeli army. An Israeli military investigation ruled that her death was an accident. The film reconstructs the case and reaches a different conclusion. North American Premiere. Documentary.

Salt Of This Sea (Le Sel De La Mer) (Country: Palestine, Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland; Director: Annemarie Jacir; Writer: Annemarie Jacir; Cast: Suheir Hammad, Saleh Bakri, Riyad Ideis, Walid Abdul Salam, Jaber Abu Kaoud, Um Hussein Al Malhi, Iman Aoun, Yahya Barakat, Diana Buttu, Ismael Dabbag)
A Palestinian-American woman takes the law into her own hands when she discovers her bank account has been annulled. New York Premiere. Narrative.
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