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
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as leaders of nato countries prepare to meet at a summit in madrid on tuesday. now on bbc news, it s talking movies. hello from the washington heights neighbourhood in new york city. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from this month s tribeca festival. an opening night film goes behind the scenes with new york born megastarjennifer lopez. it wasn t about me. it was about, really, the moment, and how i could contribute to that. # hallelujah.# a documentary paying tribute to canadian singer/songwriter leonard cohen and his famous song, hallelujah. leonard is in my psyche. he s in my conscience. i m not sure you could really class it as a fantasy as such. it s a bit mundane for that. emma thompson impressing tribeca audiences by boldly portraying an older woman seeking sexual fulfilment. yes. the great thing about this film is that it s very honest about sex. also, a tribeca film in whichjohn lennon s one time personal assistant, may p
president vladimir putin, has accused nato of having imperial ambitions. and said its members had no interest in the well being of ukrainians. farmers across the uk are cutting back on food production, as they struggle with soaring costs, according to a study by the national farmers union. it found that a third of farmers say they re cutting back on crops, such as wheat, for food, because fertiliser has trebled in price. instead they are planning to grow wheat for animal feed because it needs less fertiliser. our business editor simonjack reports. if ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, lincolnshire is the breadbasket of britain. it produces one eighth of the uk s food, but there is a chill wind blowing through the farming industry. rising costs, labour shortages and pressure from supermarkets is causing a crisis of confidence. we ve got this massive shortage from ukraine and russia. andrew ward says a quadrupling of fertiliser prices mean his crop could be down this yea