they re proud of what they brought to new yorkers. we re the first in person film festival in north america, the first major event in all five boroughs in the city and hopefully we are part of the emotional, joyous, coming out party that celebrates artists and all of our humanity and being a place to gather again. tribeca s line up was socially aware. juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday during the festival, celebrating the emancipation of those enslaved in the united states, was marked by films highlighting black stories and storytellers. several films had an arab focus, movies made by people of colour, women, and lgbtq film makers were well represented. director steven soderbergh had a crime drama, no sudden move
now on bbc news, time for talking movies. hello from new york, i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, we look back at highlights of this month s tribeca festival, which took place here in the city. numerous screenings were held outdoors and films are made available virtually too. it marked a milestone, the festival, the first in person film festival in north america since the start of the pandemic. it s certainly fair to say that this year s tribeca festival could be judged a success. the tribeca festival s bold
i do think for some people it is too soon. and to revisit. although i have to tell you i have had three people after the movie come up and say i didn t want to see this movie. i thought i wasn t ready for it. i had no idea that it would be so cathartic and so healing for me. being in telluride was a very positive experience, not only did it demonstrate that this award season is going to be packed with some great cinema, it also proved to me that a well curated in person film festival can function and indeed flourish in pandemic times. although telluride does play a role in the early oscars race it is really the venice film festival that gets the ball rolling with more spectacle. this year it opened one day before telluride. emma jones was there
but let s do it in a way that has been the only way we could do at that time because we couldn t meet each other. so what peter did say was, i m going to send you the equipment, we have got the director of photography here, we have got costume here, we have got make up, we have got costume here, we have got make up, talking to each other on the zoom thing, and then the fellow actors, and then you go, ok, let sjust do it. let s see this experiment. what is so interesting about the film is we were making it while all of this was happening. i do think for some people it is too soon. and to revisit. although i have to tell you i have had three people after the movie come up and say i didn t want to see this movie. i thought i wasn t ready for it. i had no idea that it would be so cathartic and so healing for me. being in telluride was a very positive experience, not only did it demonstrate that this award season is going to be packed with some great cinema, it also proved to
although i have to tell you i have had three people after the movie come up and say i didn t want to see this movie. i thought i wasn t ready for it. i had no idea that it would be so cathartic and so healing for me. being in telluride was a very positive experience, not only did it demonstrate that this award season is going to be packed with some great cinema, it also proved to me that a well curated in person film festival can function and indeed flourish in pandemic times. although telluride does play a role in the early oscars race it is really the venice film festival that gets the ball rolling with more spectacle. this year it opened one day before telluride. emma jones was there for talking movies looking for those venice movies that had oscars heat.