The Tribeca Film Festival, which runs April 22 to May 3, just announced its lineup. The highlights of the World Documentary Feature Competition include world premieres from Kirby Dick, Marshall Curry and Liz Mermin, and North American premieres from Jose Padhila and Yoav Shamir, while the Discovery strand includes a doc about CBGB's, the legendary and lamentedly departed New York City venue for punk aesthetes.
Here's the World Documentary Feature Competition lineup:
The Burning Season (Dir.: Cathy Henkel; Australia--International Premiere)
Defamation (Hashmatsa) (Dir.: Yoav Shamir; Denmark, Austria, USA, Israel--North American Premiere)
Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi (Dir.: Ian Olds; USA--North American Premiere)
Garapa (Dir.: José Padilha; Brazil--North American Premiere)
Only When I Dance (Dir.: Beadie Finzi; Brazil, UK--World Premiere)
Outrage (Dir.: Kirby Dick; USA--World Premiere)
Partly Private (Dir.: Danae Elon; Canada--World Premiere)
Racing Dreams (Dir.: Marshall Curry; USA--World Premiere)
Shadow Billionaire (Dir.: Alexis Manya Spraic; USA--World Premiere)
Team Qatar (Dir.: Liz Mermin; UK--World Premiere)
Transcendent Man (Dir.: Barry Ptolemy; USA--World Premiere)
Yodok Stories (Dir.: Andrzej Fidyk; Norway, Poland--North American Premiere)
Here are the documentaries among the Discovery lineup:
American Casino (Dir.: Leslie Cockburn; USA--World Premiere)
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (Dir.: Mandy Stein; USA--World Premiere)
Con Artist (Dir.: Michael Sladek; USA--World Premiere)
Off and Running (Dir.: Nicole Opper, written by Avery Klein-Cloud and Opper; USA-World Premiere)
P-Star Rising (Dir.: Gabriel Noble; USA-World Premiere)
Playground (Dir.: Libby Spears; USA-World Premiere)
Which Way Home (Dir.: Rebecca Cammisa; USA-World Premiere)
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