Tribeca Adds Over Forty Pics To Lineup
Tribeca adds over forty pics to lineup
World preem features — including the narrative pic written by and starring Chris Colfer of “Glee” and a new doc from Morgan Spurlock — are among the more than forty movies joining the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2012 lineup.
Chris Colfer
The Spotlight series encompasses some of the fest’s higher profile films and stars, aiming for a broader aud appeal than some of the more esoteric competition sections. “It’s a little more mainstream and it’s got more of a pop culture tilt,” says Genna Terranova, Tribeca’s director of programming. “It adds an entry point to the festival for a lot of general theatergoers.”
Lineup includes both docs such as Spurlock’s “Mansome,” a look at contempo male grooming, as well as Brian Dannelly’s “Struck By Lightning,” the Colfer-penned outing centering on an ambitious teen narrating his own funeral.
Also among the narrative films bowing in the series are “Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,” Donald Rice’s period comedy about an unpredictable wedding; Daryl Wein’s “Lola Versus,” which centers on a woman (Greta Gerwig) who’s dumped by her fiance; Terry George’s Irish crime comedy “Whole Lotta Sole”; Travis Fine’s “Any Day Now,” about a 1970s gay couple (Alan Cumming and Garrett Dillahunt) who take in a mentally challenged teen; and Stefan Ruzowitzky’s “Deadfall,” a thriller starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde and Sissy Spacek.
North American and Gotham preems on the list include Julie Delpy’s “2 Days in New York,” Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s “Chicken with Plums,” Maiwenn’s “Poliss,” Sarah Polley’s “Take This Waltz,” Michael Winterbottom’s “Trishna” and Lynn Shelton’s “Your Sister’s Sister.”
World premiere docs with slots in the Spotlight series include “Knuckleball!,” a sports doc about the titular style of pitching from Rickie Stern and Annie Sundberg (“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”); “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story,” in which filmmaker Raymond De Felitta (“City Island”) circles back to the subject of a doc made by his father; Ramona Diaz’s “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey,” about the new lead singer of the band Journey; and “Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie,” chronicling the rise and fall of the reality-TV emcee.
Cinemania series, meanwhile, ranges from Boris Rodriguez’s horror comedy “Eddie — The Sleepwalking Cannibal” to Jeremy Regimbal’s home invasion tale “Replicas” to Finnish outing “Rat King,” Petri Kotwica’s thriller about a young man absorbed in computer gaming.
Also slotted in to the Tribeca sked are the sports docs that will make up the annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, including gala pic “Benji,” Coodie and Chike’s world preem about the tragically short career of a 1980s basketball prodigy, as well as “Knuckleball!” and a trio of other films. Slated for special screenings are Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen’s doc “Joe Papp in Five Acts,” about the legendary Off Broadway impresario, as well as a pair of music-world portraits, “The Zen of Bennett” and “Queen: Days of Our Lives.”
The 2012 Tribeca fest runs April 18-29, opening with Universal’s upcoming release “The Five Year Engagement.”
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