now on bbc news a special edition of talking movies from the tribeca festival. hello from new york. i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro s tribeca festival. lots on offer at tribeca this year and lots to see in talking movies. the opening night film was kiss the future, co produced by matt damon. what i love about this movie is what it says about the role of art and music as an act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during war. and female film makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever this year they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. and the deaf oscar winning actor, troy kotsur, on his moving short film paying tribute to his father. all that and more on this special tribeca edition of talking movies. for the past 12 days, new york city has been hosting the tribeca festival. it
SXSWHow far can one lie take you? That’s the question at hand in Anu Valia’s feature film debut, We Strangers, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival March 9. It’s also the primary query that clouds Valia’s film, which spends its brief 80-minute runtime attempting to stretch one fabrication across an otherwise sparse, shallow narrative.We Strangers is an intimate character study of a woman named Ray (the talented, mononymous Kirby), who works as a cleaner and housekeeper in Gary, Indiana. Aft
Jayant Rohatgi’s feature directorial debut “Sumo Didi” has its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future strand. The film is based on the life of Hetal Dave, India’s first professional female sumo wrestler. Rohatgi, a veteran of TV commercials, was on the lookout for a story with a strong human connection to …