Imagine an entire year’s worth of films condensed and shown nearly non-stop for one entire week. The Tribeca Film Festival is just that and more; with concerts, art exhibits and lots of family activities.
This year’s opening screening will be “The Interpreter” with Nicole Kidman as Silvia Broome and Sean Penn as Tobin Keller.
The company releasing the movie described “The Interpreter” this way: “Silvia and Tobin, by nature, see life from different points of view: one, a U.N. interpreter, believes in the power and sanctity of words; the other, a Secret Service agent, believes in reading people based on their behavior, no matter what is said.”
In 2002, shortly after Sept. 11, Tribeca Film Festival was created by Jane Rosenthal and Robert DeNiro with a mission to enable the international film community and the general public to come together and have a powerful film experience through a film festival.
This year’s festival has attracted filmmakers from 44 countries and nearly 250 films will be shown over an 11 day span.
The Tribeca Film Festival can be enjoyed inexpensively through the special events that are offered with drive-in movies and art exhibitions. It is open to the public on a first come, first serve basis with a few events that require tickets.
Tribeca offers an experience that will bring back fond memories of yesteryear with the Tribeca Drive-In. It is the festival’s classic two-night program of films under the stars.
The films will be shown on an enormous screen with a state-of-the-art projection and audio system, food vendors and a capacity for thousands.
This year’s exhibit will feature special contributions from Matthew Barney, Eric Fishl, April Gornick, Stephen Hannock, Nicky Nodjoumi, Richard Prince, Todd Stone and Tom Sachs.
“Tribeca” stands for “Triangle Below Canal,” which is made up of the district below Canal street on the lower west side. The neighborhood is easily accessable by both public transportation and car, along with transportation around the area provided for free by the Festival.
The only thing left to do before heading out to the Festival is logging on to the library’s archive of The New York Times for a quick reference for navigation through the Festival (it was published Apr. 3, and the archive is available at library2.fairfield.edu). Have your camera ready because you never know who you might be bumping shoulders with while at the festival.
For more information visit www.Tribecafilmfestival.com for a full list of screenings and events.
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