Multicultural Entertainment News

The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival took place in Lower Manhattan from April 18-April 29, 2012. The Tribeca Film Festival is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors and helps filmmakers reach the broadest possible audience, enabling the international film community and general public to experience the power of cinema and promote New York City as a major film-making center. The Tribeca Film Festival has screened more than 1,300 films from more than 80 countries since its first edition in 2002. A sampling of the themes and genres featured at the festival include African American, Asian, border crossing, female directors, Hispanic, Latino, Jewish, LGBT and Middle Eastern. Films included this year are “Trishna” by Michael Winterbottom; “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story” by Raymon De Felitta;“The Girl” by David Riker; “Una Noche” by Lucy Mulloy; “Chicken with Plums” by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud; “Elles” by Malgoska Szumowska; “All In (La Suerte En Tus Manos)” by Daniel Burman and Sergio Dubcovsky; “Babygirl” by Macdara Vallely; “You Sister’s Sister” by Lynn Shelton and “El Gusto” by Safinez Bousbia. With the creative community known as Tribeca All Access (TAA), the careers of directors and screenwriters are promoted from diverse backgrounds through professional guidance and with grants of $15,000. Each year, TAA selects 10 new projects for support and the program has supported more than 225 films and hundreds of talented filmmakers who self-identify as members of traditional ethnic minorities or who are women working in the field. The Tribeca Film Institute Latin America Media Fund is another support for video artists living and working in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. For more information, visit http://www.tribecafilm.com