December 25, 2024

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Movies by Kristen Stewart, Jenna Ortega, and more

Movies by Kristen Stewart, Jenna Ortega, and more

The Tribeca Festival has announced the feature slate for its 2024 edition, which will open with the world premiere of the Hulu documentary. Diane von Furstenberg: The Woman in Chargedirected by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton.

Other highlights in this year's lineup of films include the world premieres of documentaries about Liza Minnelli (Lisa: Really cool true story), Harry Belafonte (After Harryexploring his life and legacy through the artists and activists who carry out his work, which will be followed by the presentation of the 2024 Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Satisfied), Ani DiFranco (1-800-ON-HER-OWN), Linda Perry (Let her die here) and Avicii (I'm Tim(Hampton's Dream)It was all just a dream) and “The Brat Pack” (directed by Andrew McCarthy). Sausages) and the New York premiere of Dawn Porter's documentary Luther Vandross, Never too much.

The Tribeca festival will also include film screenings requitewith Lily Gladstone following Maurissa Maltz The unknown country; DaddioStarring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn; Firebrand Starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law; Michael Angarano Sacramentostarring Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart and Maya Erskine; Everything we loveStarring Margaret Cho and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Psychological thriller McPheeBased on Oklahoma City bombing; and the world premiere of Tiffany Paulsen's film Winter spring summer or fall Starring Jenna Ortega and Percy Hines White.

The festival will also feature the world premieres of two documentaries centered around comedians: “The Kevin Hart” produced by Kevin Hart Group therapywith Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Birbiglia, Tig Notaro and Outstanding: A Comedy Revolutionwith Lily Tomlin, Wanda Sykes, Rosie O'Donnell, Hannah Gadsby and Joel Kim Booster.

“Every year, the Tribeca Festival reflects our culture, capturing the essence of the current moment. We are thrilled to showcase our 23rd edition, which delves into engaging explorations of artificial intelligence with Demis Hassabis, and exciting discussions,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder and CEO of Tribeca, in a statement. To think about the future of democracy, and so much more.” “Storytelling has a wonderful ability to bring us together, providing hope in these difficult times. We eagerly anticipate interacting with audiences on difficult but timely topics.

“In a year that saw a record high number of submissions, despite industry-wide challenges and global disruption, our amazing filmmaking community once again delivered some of the most surprising, inspiring and fun films,” added Cara Cusumano, Tribeca Festival Director and Vice President of Programming. A stimulating, boundary-breaking and thoroughly entertaining work that we were privileged to screen at the festival. Whether we're grappling with everything from the crisis of global democracy to the most intimate of human dramas, it's been heartening to be reminded of the undeniable power of a great film to illuminate our world.

The festival of the year's film slate, which marks the first time an interdisciplinary Perspectives section has competed, was selected from more than 13,000 entries and consists of 103 feature films from 114 filmmakers across 48 countries. The festival will include 86 world premieres, two international premieres, six North American premieres, and eight New York premieres. Half of the participating films are directed by women, while 35% of the feature films in the 2024 festival are directed by Black, Indigenous or people of color filmmakers. Thirty films in this year's competition are directed by first-time filmmakers, and 25 directors in the 2024 lineup return to Tribeca.

The 2024 Tribeca Festival, the 23rd edition of the annual New York event, is scheduled to run from June 5 to 16 in New York.

More information about this year's festival Available here.