21/04/2021 - Among European titles are films by Elisabeth Vogler, Levan Koguashvili, Thomas Daneskov, Shariff Korver and Max Eriksson

Yesterday, the Tribeca Film Festival revealed its 2021 line-up. This year’s selection includes 66 films spanning three competitive strands. 56 of these titles are world premieres.

The festival will run from 9-20 June in a hybrid form, comprising in-person events at outdoor venues across all five boroughs of New York. The gathering will be opened by the world premiere of Jon M Chu’s In the Heights, based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage musical of the same name.

The International Feature Competition includes a few European films. Roaring 20’s [+see also:
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The Documentary Competition boasts one European title, Max Eriksson’s The Scars of Ali Boulala [+see also:
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In the Spotlight Documentary section, the European selections are A-HA the Movie [+see also:
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Lastly, the Movies Plus section features The Father of the Cyborgs [+see also:
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Interestingly, according to the festival, 60% of the selected features are directed by female, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ filmmakers among 11,222 total submissions across all categories.