The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival will be the first major US fest to have in-person events since the pandemic began as well as continuing with online screenings for those more comfortable watching from home or anyone unable to attend living in the USA. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of this New York celebration of indie cinema and will be held June 9th to 20th. The festival will also feature Tribeca Immersive which explores the art found in the virtual world; Tribeca Podcasts will deliver the best of audio-storytelling; Talks will have discussions on the business of entertainment, TV will showcase the best of the small screen on the big screen and the welcome return of live events.
The fest will open with the world premiere of the big screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical, "In The Heights". The film, directed by John Chu, will be screened at various sites in outdoor venues across all five of New York's five boroughs and also indoors at the recently restored United Palace theater in the Washington Heights neighborhood where the story is set. "In The Heights" will be released on June 11th in theaters and HBO Max.
Another Warner Bros. film, "No Sudden Move", the latest from director, Steven Soderbergh, has been selected as the Centerpiece Gala with an outdoor screening taking place at the Battery on June 18th. Set in 1954 Detroit, a group of small-time criminals get in over their heads when a planned job goes terribly wrong. Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Hamm and Ray Liotta star in this crime-thriller that will be in theaters and HBO Max on July 1st.
There will be several retrospective outdoor screenings including the 25th anniversary of the Coen brothers', "Fargo"; "The Royal Tenenbaums", "The Five Heartbeats" and the Charlie Chaplin classic, "The Kid". A restored version of "Raging Bull" will be screened followed by a pre-recorded conversation about the film's lasting legacy with star, Robert De Niro and director, Martin Scorsese.
The Closing Night film will be the new documentary which is being referred to as "Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary". Inspired by the difficulties of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, the film follows Chappelle as he performs a series of outdoor, socially-distanced comedy shows done in his neighbor's cornfield last summer. The documentary, directed by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert, will make it's world premiere at Radio City Music Hall which will be the first time the venue has been opened for an event since last March.
And after having their planned 2020 Tribeca screenings cancelled due to the pandemic, those selected fifty-six feature films will be making in-person theatrical premieres during this year's event.
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