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Tribeca Film Festival To Support Latin American Projects

  • The marquee is seen at world premiere of the film

    The marquee is seen at world premiere of the film "Live From New York" at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, in New York April 15, 2015. | Photo: Reuters

Published 17 April 2018
Opinion

The festival will showcase almost a hundred feature films, documentaries, shorts, and talks with filmmakers over its 10-day run.

The Tribeca film festival, which started as an activist festival in 2001, kicked off its 17th year announcing Tuesday that it was supporting 16 new projects of Latin American and Caribbean movies, including 12 of them receiving a US$10,000 grant.

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The projects come from a broad range of countries like Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

“Our long-standing collaborations with over 10 regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean have been a truly meaningful cultural exchange for TFI,” said Jose Rodriguez, Director, Documentary Programs, TFI. “I have been involved with this program since its inception, and have greatly enjoyed seeing these thoughtful storytellers flourish throughout the region. It’s also been a real privilege to have cemented so many great friendships in the process,” he added according to Deadline.

The New York festival has also its highest number of female feature film directors on its slate for the 17th year.

The festival's co-founder, Jane Rosenthal, highlighted that this year more than any other they put a spotlight on female filmmakers, as the selected respected parity with 46 percent of movies being directed by women, while the movies selected also featured strong women characters.

“In a year that has reminded us more often of our divisions than our connections, this festival’s program embraces film’s unique power to overcome differences – that connecting with stories not our own is the road into our deeply programmed human capacity for empathy and understanding,” added Cara Cusumano, Tribeca’s Director of Programming.

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