Tribeca Festival 2015

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Emelie Emelie
Emelie and Hyena
Bodyslam: The Revenge Of The Banana! (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Ryan Harvie, John Paul Horstmann; Writer: Ryan Harvie, John Paul Horstmann)
Ronald McFondle, Eddie Van Glam, and other social outcasts made up the Seattle Semi-Pro (SSP) Wrestlers, an off-kilter family of cabaret fighters that spoofed the pros. When a newcomer Paul, The Banana, fell on the wrong end of the joke, he ran to the government to disband the SSP. This drama captures the wrestlers' fight.
World Premiere, Narrative.
Emelie (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Michael Thelin; Writer: Richard Raymond, Harry Herbeck; Stars: Sarah Bolger, Susan Pourfar, Ryan Monolopolus, Elizabeth Jayne, Dante Hoagland, Robert Bozek, Randi Langdon, Brian Mysliwy, Daniel James, Sara Kow-Falcone, Christopher Srock, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Michael Joseph Dugan, Daniel James)
A replacement babysitter seems to have sinister intentions towards her young charges.
World Premiere, Narrative.
Hyena (Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Gerard Johnson; Writer: Gerard Johnson; Stars: Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell, Elisa Lasowski, MyAnna Buring, Richard Dormer, Gordon Brown, Tony Pitts, Orli Shuka, Gjevat Kelmendi, Thomas Craig, Lorenzo Camporese, Shaban Arifi, Alfred Doda, Mem Ferda)
The story of a corrupt cop caught up in the London crime scene.
US premiere. Narrative.
Scherzo Diabolico (Country: Mexico, US; Year: 2015; Director: Adrián García Bogliano; Writer: Adrián García Bogliano; Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Daniela Soto Vell, Jorge Molina, Milena Pezzi, Vita Vargas, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Evan Alducin, Tito Guillén, Pau Alva)
Armed with a fine-tuned chokehold and penchant for piano sonatas, a wearied accountant breaks his mild-mannered routine when he kidnaps a young woman. What starts as a carefully calculated plan soon crescendos into his worst nightmare.
World Premiere, Narrative.
Stung (Country: Germany, US; Year: 2015; Director: Benni Diez; Writer: Adam Aresty, Adam Aresty; Stars: Lance Henriksen, Clifton Collins Jr., Matt O'Leary, Jessica Cook, Florentine Lahme, Daniele Rizzo, David Masterson, Cecilia Pillado, Kathleen Renish, Eve Slatner, Tony de Maeyer)
Parasitic wasps party on down.
World Premiere, Narrative.
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