Tribeca Film Festival announces 2016 dates and call for submissions

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY AT&T, ANNOUNCES CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AND 2016 DATES, APRIL 13 – APRIL 24 

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, will hold its 15th edition on April 13– April 24, 2016 in New York City. Today the Festival announced a call for submissions for narrative and documentary features, short films, and exhibits in interactive storytelling. Returning for the second year is Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios, the Festival’s creative hub and destination for festivalgoers, industry and press where innovation events, select Tribeca Talks® panels, Awards night, parties, and more will take place.

TFF continues to encourage women filmmakers through The Nora Ephron Prize, sponsored by Coach. For the third year, the $25,000 award will recognize a female filmmaker whose work embodies the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer Nora Ephron.

For the past 14 years, TFF has provided a platform for original storytelling, creative expression, and immersive entertainment. The Festival supports and celebrates both American independent voices and established directors from around the world, and hosts screenings of feature and short length films, curated conversations, and master classes for industry and the cultural community. The 2016 Festival will continue to explore the intersection of storytelling and technology with a variety of programming, including the fourth annual Storyscapes program — a juried showcase of interactive storytelling, VR showcases, TFI Interactive, and more.

Deadlines to submit U.S. and international films for the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival are as follows:

  • September 14, 2015: Submissions open for feature films, short films, interactive storytelling projects
  • October 16, 2015: Early deadline for feature films and short films
  • November 25, 2015: Official entry deadline for feature films, short films, interactive storytelling projects
  • December 23, 2015: Late entry deadline for feature length world-premiere films only

*** Complete information regarding eligibility and rules and regulations for the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival will be available at - www.tribecafilm.com/festival 

Prince: A Story of Defining Oneself While Making Mistakes (3/4)

Bringing it back...to the future. With contemporary slang, 90's style of dress, and 80's music backing the movie, Prince displays a forward way of presenting a new style of film, drawing reference to the past but adding elements of modernism not even seen in many commercial films today. With strategic color blocking of the wildly vivid clothes and cars, to the vast and monochromatic background of Amsterdam's ghettos, director Sam De Jong throws us a stylish and ultramodern production with Prince.

Ayoub (Ayoub Elsari), a Dutch-Moroccan seventeen-year-old lives in the projects of Amsterdam with his sister and mother. He assumes the role of man of the house, because his father is living on the streets as a drug addict. All while watching over the household, he also has his eye on someone else, Laura (Sigrid ten Napel), the resident hottie of the hood, who unsurprisingly dates the bad boy in town. Ayoub makes all the necessary attempts to impress Laura, but in doing so, gets involved with the wrong company. The remainder of the film is spent watching Ayoub reverse the thoughtless mistakes he makes, including breaking away from the drug-dealer he was once involved with.

“Prince” is an ode to the coming-of-age of any young man, and the mistakes that must be made to find the right path. Aside from the exceptional performance of the seasoned actors, many of the individuals in the film had no prior experience of a set or script. Sigrid ten Napel speaks on her experiences working with the not-so-polished actors, making note of the fact that while filming, Ayoub's lines were being screamed to him so that he would be able to say them to her.

Prince is set to be released in North American theaters and On Demand by FilmBuff on August 14.

Note: These ratings and review are personal opinion of the author.

ZOMBIE DAY APOCALYPSE COMING THIS LABOR DAY!

2015 Portland Film Festival Unveils Special Event - Guinness Record Setting Zombie Day, With director George C. Romero

Portland Film Festival announced today a record setting special filmed event, Zombie Day Apocalypse, to be held on Labor Day during the 2015 Portland Film Festival, which will take place September 1st - 7th.  Zombie Day Apocalypse, to occur on Monday September 7th, will attempt to set a new Guinness Book of World Records for 'most extras in a short film. Director George C. Romero, son of iconic horror director George A. Romero (Dawn of the Dead), will direct.

Award-winning makeup artists Conor McCullough (The Hunger Games) and Jason Collins (The Maze Runner, Firefly) will oversee makeup effects. Randall Jahnson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro) wrote the screenplay, and Portland Film Festival Founder and Executive Producer Josh Leake is producing the filmed event.  Additional collaborators include the Pander Brothers (Dark Horse Comics), who are creating graphics and imagery. 

An anticipated cast of thousands are expected for the all-day holiday event, which will also include a late night surprise zombie film graveyard screening. 

Additional details and sign-up information can be found at:

www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

Said Portland Film Festival founder and Executive Director Josh Leake, "Zombie Day Apocalypse perfectly captures the renegade spirit and vision of the Portland Film Festival, and we're honored to be working with George Romero Jr., and a truly talented group of filmmakers to redefine cinematic history and set a new Guinness world record.  I invite all zombie lovers, cinema fans and filmmakers from around the world to join us in creating an unforgettable zombie film experience this Labor Day, and celebrate this unique Portland Film Festival event.

The fourth annual Portland Film Festival will take place September 1 - 7th, 2015, in Portland, Oregon, at seven venues throughout the city, including historic theatres and community venues.

The 2015 Portland Film Festival will announce the full festival lineup the first week of August, including all competition films, special events and guests, master classes, and more.  Festival passes are available now, and tickets for all screenings and events will be available upon announcement of the full lineup: 

Lineup and ticket info: www.portlandfilmfestival.com

True Detective - Season 2 (3/4)

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The first season of True detective was exemplary and extraordinary. It was mysterious, crazy, fun & entertaining. Not just the amazing performances and breathtaking visuals, but the plot and storyline was very tight, intriguing and just amazing. But this is the review for second season.

Second season was not as sharp, as brilliant or as anything. But it's still good. Fortunately enough, both the pilot and the finale were two of the best episodes. The entire season did try to maintain the similar cinematic visual styling, but did not have the mystery and aura of first season. But it was still very girthy and grounded, making it look cool. This was a star studded season with Hollywood A-listers Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrel, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly and many other big and good actors. The music was definitely a big high of this season.

***spoliers***

The story takes place in California and follows the interweaving stories of officers from three cooperating police departments; when California Highway Patrol officer and war veteran Paul Woodrugh (Kitsch) discovers the body of corrupt city manager Ben Caspere on the side of a highway, Vinci Police Department detective Raymond "Ray" Velcoro (Farrell) and Ventura County Sheriff's Office CID Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides (McAdams) are called to assist in the following investigation. Career criminal Francis "Frank" Semyon (Vaughn) attempts to legitimize his business with his wife Jordan (Reilly) by investing in a rail project overseen by Caspere, but loses his money when Caspere is killed, prompting him to start his own investigation.

And amongst many up & downs, the story finally ends with all the male characters dying, in very well crafter death scenes. But still, they all die. The season ends in kind of downer note, with the "bad guys" winning. At least sorta!

***spolier ends***

Regardless, this is a good show and another little feather in HBO's cap. If you like good detective, suspense, thriller, dramas, you should watch it. If you saw the season 1 and expecting something better, or as good, you may skip it. And if you haven't seen season 1, go see it now!!

Note: These ratings and review are personal opinion of the author.