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
welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro s tribeca festival. lots on offer, lots to see in talking movies. the opening night film was kiss the future, co produced by matt damon. i love the role of art and music in 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, and they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. and the death of oscar winning actor 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 began on a somewhat ominous note with smoke and haze from canada s wildfires darkening the afternoon manhattan skies. but that didn t dampen festivities. tribeca has become a big enterprise, boasting 600 e
now on bbc news, a special edition of talking movies from the tribeca festival. hello from new york, welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro s tribeca festival. lots on offer, lots to see in talking movies. the opening night film was is the future, produced by matt damon. i love the role of art and music in an act of defiance. act of defiance. compelling documentaries act of defiance. compelling documentaries from - act of defiance. compelling l documentaries from ukraine act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during the war. and female film makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever, very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. find tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director s lips. and the death of oscar-winning movie director s lips. and the death
about pay and conditions. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. sir salman rushdie s agent has said the author is likely to lose an eye, after he was stabbed on stage ahead of a lecture in new york state. in a statement, andrew wylie said the 75 year old was on a ventilator in hospital. police have arrested a 24 year old man. no motive has been established, but sir salman has faced death threats from islamists since the publication of his fourth novel, the satanic verses, in 1988. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. mr rushdie was provided medical treatment by a doctor who was in the audience, until ems arrived on scene. mr rushdie was airlifted to a local
scotland and that is about it. temperatures, high 20s across scotland and northern ireland and we could be up to 35 or maybe 36 degrees, the warmest spots across the midlands and southern england. sunday, another warm and sunny day, especially for england and wales but you will notice showers developing for scotland and northern ireland into northern england and maybe wales, and if you catch when they could be heavy and thundery but they will be pretty isolated at this point. another hot day likely across central, southern and eastern parts of the country. things will be cooling down as we had three next week, low pressure takes over and we will start to see hit and mist thundery showers. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on friday 12th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one now as it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where y