After a COVID hiatus, the Tribeca Festival is back, hosting panels and film premieres in the heart of New York City. At the same time, it is demonstrating that the city’s arteries stretch far…
is back, hosting panels and film premieres in the heart of New York City. At the same time, it is demonstrating that the city’s arteries stretch far beyond a radius of a few blocks.
As for the removal of “film” from its name, that’s a concession to the fact that Tribeca isn’t just a showcase for movies. It now highlights everything from podcasts to gaming to virtual reality. But it remains, since its inception, a booster of civic life.
COVID also brought film production to a standstill during parts of 2020, but Rosenthal said that most of the movies that will screen at this year’s festival were completed before the pandemic hit and used that time to finish post-production work. A few do reflect the plague era, such as Roshan Sethi’s “7 Days,” a romcom about two people set up on pre-arranged date by their old-fashioned Indian parents, who find themselves forced to spend a lot more time together during lockdown.
“It’s one of our strongest programs ever,” says Rosenthal. “Our competition section is very strong. We’ll probably have more films sold out of this festival than ever before.”
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