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» Friday April 01, 2011 - 06:27 am
The Thrills Of The Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival's 10th edition takes place April 20 to May 1 this year and has never been scarier. We have five additional horror/thriller titles in our Main Slate to add to the eight exciting and eclectic films in CINEMANIA section, which push the boundaries of creativity and genre.
RABIES (Kalevet) is the first slasher film from Israel! Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado write/direct this ripple effect of fear and violence, which cleverly plays on the very genre itself. Other titles include Argentinean family-run whorehouses & violence in Paco Cabezas' NEON FLESH, suspenseful French kidnapping and anti-terrorism in Fred Cavave's POINT BLANK and Julien Leclerq's THE ASSAULT, wintry Norwegian adventures in Andre Ovredal's TROLLHUNTER and last but not least vividly imaginative kiddy-killer Santa Claus in Holland's SAINT.
Please let me know if I may provide any further information, if you wish to attend a screening (schedule announced at week's end) or interview someone from these films by emailing me at cvonkuhn@tribecafilmfestival.org
HORROR/THRILLER GENRE FILMS
Assault, That (L'assaut)
Directed by Julien Leclerq, written by Simon Moutairou and Julien Leclerq
Christmas Eve, 1994. In war-torn Algiers, four men uniformed as border guards hijack Air France Flight 8969, foreboding doom for all 220 passengers. But on their arrival in Marseilles, the elite French SWAT force waits to avert tragedy…. Based on the harrowing true story of one of the most successful anti-terrorist operations in history, and incorporating actual news footage, this action-packed thriller from Julien Leclercq (Chrysalis) is packed with heart-pounding intensity. In French with English subtitle. (France)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – 21 April at 9 pm
Director in attendance!
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Directed and written by Panos Cosmatos
Panos Cosmatos brings his bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory facility and the mysterious scientist who is her captor. At once creatively futuristic and hypnotically retro, Beyond the Black Rainbow will absorb viewers in its unique dystopian futurescape. (Canada, Italy – 109 minutes)
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE – 22 April at 9 pm
Director Panos Cosmatos and lead actor/producer Oliver Linsley in attendance!
Bleeding House, The
Directed and written by Philip Gelatt
Meet the Smiths—a family full of secrets who keep to themselves on a back road outside a small Midwestern town. In this visceral, tightly wound horror/thriller, their lives are shaken when a sweet-talking Texan arrives on their doorstep on a mission for retribution. Will he succeed in his goal to bleed them of their sins, or will the family's haunted past prove to be even more deadly than he bargained for? A Tribeca Film release (USA – 86 minutes)
WORLD PREMIERE – 27 April at 9 pm
Director Philip Gelatt and producer Will Battersby in attendance!
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (Di Renjie)
Directed by Tsui Hark
In a fantastical steampunk version of ancient China, legendary sleuth Detective Dee returns from exile to help solve a series of suspicious murders on the eve of the coronation of the country's first empress. A period epic from genre master Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, visually breathtaking Sherlock Holmes-style mystery featuring stars Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Carina Lau, and Tony Leung Ka-fai. In Mandarin with English subtitles. An Indomina Releasing release. (Hong Kong, China – 122 minutes)
U.S. PREMIERE – 21 April at 8:30 pm
Grave Encounters
Directed and written by The Vicious Brothers.
The crew of ghost-hunting reality TV show Grave Encounters decides to shoot an episode inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a dark past. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night to begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted—it is alive, and has no intention of ever letting them go. A Tribeca Film release (USA – 92 minutes)
WORLD PREMIERE – 22 April at 11:30 pm
Guard, The
Directed and written by John Michael McDonagh
Curmudgeonly small-town sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges) has a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no desire whatsoever to work with a straight-laced FBI agent (Don Cheadle) in from the States on a cocaine-smuggling case. Venerable Irish character actor Gleeson (In Bruges) fills his acid-tongued cop with an irreplaceable charm, and his banter with Cheadle will leave you in stitches. A Sony Pictures Classics release. (Ireland – 96 minutes)
NY PREMIERE – 28 April at 6:30 pm
Neon Flesh (Carne de Neon)
Directed and written by Paco Cabezas
Young hustler Ricky was left to a life on the streets at the age of 12 when his hooker mother got sent to the can, but upon learning she'll soon be released, Ricky enlists a couple of good-for-nothing buddies to help him open a whorehouse as a tribute to Mom. This stylish, edgy crime flick plunges headlong into the fringe world of pimps and junkies where succeeding in business can cost your life…. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Spain, Argentina, Sweden – 113 minutes)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – 22 April at 9:45 pm
Director Paco Cabezas and actor Mario Casas in attendance!
Point Blank (A Bout Portant)
Directed by Fred Cavaye, written by Fred Cavaye' and Guillaume Lemans
Samuel (Gilles Lellouche) is studying to be a nurse and his very pregnant wife, Nadia (Elena Anaya), is relegated to bed rest. But when Nadia is kidnapped right in front of him, to get her back he'll have to free a man under police surveillance from the hospital in three hours. Point Blank is a taut suspense thriller that gets the adrenaline-inducing action going right from the start and never eases up. In French with English subtitles. A Magnolia Pictures release. (France – 84 minutes)
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE – 23 April at 9 pm
Puncture
Directed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen, written by Chris Lopata
Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is not your typical lawyer. The tattooed and drug-addicted townie has more than his share of personal demons, but can he straighten up long enough to lead a renegade safety-needle inventor to victory against a monopolizing medical supply corporation? This David and Goliath legal drama, based on a true story, exposes the corruption and kickback schemes threatening the lives of millions of health care workers. (USA – 100 minutes)
WORLD PREMIERE – 21 April at 6:30 pm
Directors Adam and Mark Kassen and actor Chris Evans in attendance!
Rabies (Kalevet)
Directed and written by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado
A psychotic serial killer on the loose in the woods crosses paths with a group of unsuspecting teenagers. Soon people are dying one by one… but the bad guy isn't who you think. Turning genre conventions on their head with a smart script and plenty of unexpected scares, Rabies is a surprising debut worthy of its mantle as Israel's first-ever slasher horror film. In Hebrew with English subtitles (Israel – 90 minutes)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – 21 April at 10 pm
Directors in attendance!
Saint (Sint)
Directed and written by Dick Maas
An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint reimagines jolly old Saint Nick as a murderous bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy under the December 5 full moon. Full of creative yuletide horror, Saint is a fun chiller that follows local teen Frank as he sets out on a bloody, high-energy battle to save Amsterdam from the wrathful "Sinterklaas" and his minions. In Dutch with English subtitles (Netherlands – 88 minutes)
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – 21 April at 9 pm
Director Dick Maas in attendance!
Trollhunter (Trolljegeren)
Directed and written by Andre Ovredal
In the wintry Norwegian countryside, a series of supposed bear poaching incidents leads a group of plucky film students to the mysterious hunter Hans: the one man charged with keeping the country's entire troll population in check. This genre treat seamlessly blends stunning visual effects with its found footage aesthetic to deliver truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc, all with darkly funny adherence to the original folklore. In Norwegian with English subtitles. A Magnet Releasing release. (Norway – 103 minutes)
NY PREMIERE – 26 April at 11:30 pm
Director in attendance!
Shorts Program
The Kiss
Directed and written by Ashlee Page · Australia · North American Premiere.
Fueled by alcohol and hormones, Aimee and Steph take a swim on a hot summer night in The Kiss. (Australia – 16 minutes)
Picnic
Directed and written by Gerardo Herrero · Spain · US Premiere.
A restful day turns tense for the family in Picnic. (Spain – 13 minutes)
Year Zero
Directed and written by Richard Cunningham III · USA · World Premiere.
In Year Zero a sole survivor battles the zombie apocalypse in New York City. (USA – 24 minutes)
                    
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