Due to have its world premiere at Tribeca 2020, director Letia Solomon’s gripping short film The Cypher, written by Wes Akwuobi focuses on Khalil (Nigel Cox) as he prepares to face Yung Reap (O’Shay Neal) in a freestyle rap battle in Philadelphia. Wasting no time, the film opens mid-action with the semi-final of The Cypher... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Pray Away ★★★★1/2
Featured in Tribeca 2020’s Awards Competition, Pray Away—which opens at New York's IFC Center on Friday July 30th and debuts globally on Netflix on Tuesday August 3rd—looks at the destructive history of conservative Christian “reparative therapy”, a shocking misnomer for a practice with no medical or psychological basis. Through the stories of key “defectors” from... Continue Reading →
Tribeca 2020 announces Jury Award Winners with virtual ceremony
The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival may have been unavoidably postponed, but it nevertheless continued in characteristically defiant and inspiring spirit with select films being made available for press and the juried competition, awarding top honours from this year’s program, still taking place. The winners have just been revealed in the festival's first virtual awards ceremony.... Continue Reading →
We Are One: A Global Film Festival announced
Today, 20 major festivals from around the world joined with Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube to announce We Are One: A Global Film Festival. The unprecedented 10-day digital film festival will bring together an international community of storytellers to present festival programming for free. The festival will begin on May 29th on YouTube.com/WeAreOne and will feature... Continue Reading →
Film Review: Swallow ★★★★
Writer and director Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ haunting debut narrative feature Swallow is a taunt, unnerving psychological thriller with horror elements that’s definitely not for the squeamish. And you may want to save those snacks for another movie. Hunter (Haley Bennett) has just married into the stifling, privileged patriarchy of the Conrad family. She's moved into a... Continue Reading →
An Empowering Day of Programming as Tribeca 2019 Celebrates Pride
The 18th Tribeca film festival marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a one day event, Tribeca Celebrates Pride. The packed day of programming included a diverse range of fascinating panel discussions and interviews with notable LGBTQ+ figures and allies, plus screenings of LGBTQ+ related short films and the world premiere of HBO... Continue Reading →
Tribeca 2019 Celebrates Pride
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival is set to explore activism in the arts with the first Tribeca Celebrates Pride this Saturday 4th May at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios, New York. The day long event will honour the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, including on stage interviews with LGBTQ+ creatives including Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron... Continue Reading →
