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The upcoming Tribeca Film Festival will be showcasing movies from 32 different countries, which Director of Programming David Kwok said is “one of their most diverse yet.”
Tribeca announced its selections in world narrative and documentary competition, as well as those in the festival’s “Viewpoints” section. ”Viewpoints” gathers independent international cinema. The rest of the selections will be announced at a later date.
Tribecafilm.com reports:
In a record year for submissions, the 2011 film slate was chosen from a field of 5,624 entries. TFF 2011 will include feature films from 32 countries, including 43 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 19 North American Premieres, 7 U.S. Premieres and 9 New York Premieres. 99 directors will present feature works at the Festival, 54 of whom are making their feature directorial debuts. 12 feature film directors are making a return to Tribeca.
See all the World Narrative Features here. The list of eleven features include these, among others: Angel’s Crest directed by Gaby Dellal, Artificial Paradises (Paraisos Artificiales) directed by Yulene Olaizola, Black Butterflies directed by Paula van der Oest and Cairo Exit (El Korough) directed by Hesham Issawi.
The Tribeca Film Festival will take place April 20 through May 1.
(Via AP and tribecafilm.com)
