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Tribeca Festival : A Mistake : Exclusive Interview with Director Christine Jeffs

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Christine Jeffs is a New Zealand-born director, editor, and screenwriter. Jeffs has a 2018 master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Auckland, examining the relationship between a photographer and their subject. She began her career by working locally in post-production, most notably…

Tribeca Festival: Interview with Directors Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg on Emergent City

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Assigning the responsibility to shape the evolution and future of an already built environment in a thriving, bustling city has long served as an existential crisis. The way people work within – and outside of – existing systems to try to strengthen and protect a specific neighborhood is the driving force…

Tribeca Festival / The Freshly Cut Grass Review: Subtle and Skillful on Infidelity in Argentina

It’s in the common things we come across daily that life happens, not among the grand gestures, the dramatic moments, decisive turning points or splendid vacations. Although many yearn for the smell of freshly cut grass on the other side of the fence – if only a small or big change takes place, life would…

Tribeca Festival : Exclusive Interview with Kosai Sekine on Dust to Dust

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival While the environmental and ethical damages caused by the fashion industry have garnered significant attention in recent years, fashion remains an enduring aspect of human culture, and people’s desire to shop for clothes continues unabated. If eradicating the source of harm is impossible, we must seek a middle ground where fashion…

Tribeca: ‘Nuked’ is a Cannabis-Infused End-of-the-World Blast

Milestone birthdays can do interesting things to people, forcing them to confront the years they’ve lived and to look ahead to what they may feel isn’t all that much time left as they thought. Blowout celebrations are common, as is the idea of reliving glory days, often prompting reunions with old friends who represent nostalgic…

Tribeca Festival/ The Dog Thief Review: Shoeshine Boy Finds Father Figure in Bolivian Gem

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Time stands still in Bolivia’s La Paz. Every day, thousands of shoeshine boys swarm to the highest altitude capital in the world to find customers. Wearing thick balaclavas and baseball caps pulled down low to hide their faces, the lustrabotas come to work in one of the most undesirable professions facing discrimination…

Tribeca Festival : Samia / Exclusive Interview with Directors Yasemin Samdereli and Deka Mohamed Osman

Samia : Samia is an assertive, independent young woman growing up in a place that isn’t very welcome to young women who are independent and assertive. Raised in a Mogadishu, Somalia torn asunder by civil war, all that young Samia wants to do is run. Despite the harassment from local militias saying women shouldn’t be…

Tribeca: ‘Swimming Home’ is an Intriguing, Perplexing Character Study

Opening one’s home to a stranger can be seen as an act of generosity, but it also presents a calculated risk. Someone may come claiming the best intentions and have ulterior motives which put everyone who is already within the home in danger. There are those who are inherently more trustworthy because they know that…

Tribeca: Interview with Delaney Buffett and Katie Corwin; Best Friends aka Director/Co-Writers/Stars Duo on ‘Adult Best Friends’

©Courtesy of Before The Door Pictures As we grow older and our lives become more complex, we inevitably learn that preserving childhood friendships requires more than just moments of laughter. Responsibilities and circumstances lead us down different paths, and when we reflect on how far apart those paths have diverged, we ponder how it happened….

Tribeca Festival: Interview with Director Tiffany Paulsen on Winter Spring Summer or Fall

Minimalistic, but incredibly nuanced, long scenes that allow the protagonists to fearlessly simmer in their authentic, genuine emotions are the pinnacle of the romantic drama movie genre. Up-and-coming filmmaker, Tiffany Paulsen, who’s known for writing such Emma Roberts-starring romance features as About Fate and Holidate, is fulfilling her dream of helming such a project with…

Tribeca Festival : La Cocina / Exclusive Interview with Director Alonso Ruizpalacios

©Courtesy of HanWay Films La Cocina : In the heart of a bustling Times Square kitchen, dreams and desperation collide as the back-of-house staff each chase the elusive American dream. When money goes missing from the till, the spotlight falls on Pedro (Raúl Briones), a passionate dreamer entangled in a tumultuous love affair with Julia…