New York – Last week, the competition awards were conferred at the (click) Tribeca Festival and the top narrative films were “Griffin in Summer” (U.S.) and “Bikechess” (International). While different in story arc, both films involved individuals facing a truth they inherently knew but never expected to encounter.
The 2024 Tribeca Festival, presented by Web3 tech company Okx, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, VR, gaming, music, and online work. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is a platform for creative expression and entertainment. For all information, including more on the final weekend, Click Tribeca 2024.
2024 Tribeca Best U.S. Narrative: ‘Griffin in Summer’
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Capsule Reviews, 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
Griffin in Summer involves 14-year-old Griffin (Everett Blunck) who likes to spend his summers producing stage plays. However, when his tween collaborators get distracted by more trivial pursuits like boys and camp,...
The 2024 Tribeca Festival, presented by Web3 tech company Okx, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, VR, gaming, music, and online work. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is a platform for creative expression and entertainment. For all information, including more on the final weekend, Click Tribeca 2024.
2024 Tribeca Best U.S. Narrative: ‘Griffin in Summer’
Photo credit: TribecaFilm.com
Capsule Reviews, 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
Griffin in Summer involves 14-year-old Griffin (Everett Blunck) who likes to spend his summers producing stage plays. However, when his tween collaborators get distracted by more trivial pursuits like boys and camp,...
- 6/19/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
While the film’s title is only strictly relevant to its opening scene — in which a TV news station films a made-up hybrid sport — the understated Russian-language drama “Bikechess” captures the absurdities of working within propagandist frameworks. It builds on several of filmmaker Assel Aushakimova’s previous works, as a chronicler of Kazakhstan’s journalism, as well as its social and familial fabrics. The movie often meanders, but its laid-back approach mirrors the frustrating ennui its story seeks to capture, for better and for worse.
Actress Saltanat Nauruz, who led Aushakimova’s first feature “Welcome to the U.S.A.,” reteams with the writer-director for her sophomore effort. Nauruz plays Dina, a field reporter disillusioned with the manufactured slice-of-life stories she’s forced to cover and a woman who can’t quite find the right avenues to channel her professional drive. Aushakimova’s camera follows her from story to story,...
Actress Saltanat Nauruz, who led Aushakimova’s first feature “Welcome to the U.S.A.,” reteams with the writer-director for her sophomore effort. Nauruz plays Dina, a field reporter disillusioned with the manufactured slice-of-life stories she’s forced to cover and a woman who can’t quite find the right avenues to channel her professional drive. Aushakimova’s camera follows her from story to story,...
- 6/18/2024
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Variety Film + TV
Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and David Tennant have joined the cast of Netflix and Amblin Entertainment’s “The Thursday Murder Club,” based on Richard Osman’s novel of the same name.
According to an official logline, the series follows, “a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Sir Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).”
Chris Columbus serves as writer, director and producer with Jennifer Todd. Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn executive produce.
Tribeca Festival 2024 Competition Winners Include ‘Griffin in Summer,’ ‘Bikechess,’ ‘Hacking Hate’
Tribeca Festival has announced the 2024 winners of its competition categories at an awards ceremony at Racket NYC. Top awards went to “Griffin in Summer,...
According to an official logline, the series follows, “a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Sir Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).”
Chris Columbus serves as writer, director and producer with Jennifer Todd. Holly Bario, Jeb Brody, Eleanor Columbus and Jo Burn executive produce.
Tribeca Festival 2024 Competition Winners Include ‘Griffin in Summer,’ ‘Bikechess,’ ‘Hacking Hate’
Tribeca Festival has announced the 2024 winners of its competition categories at an awards ceremony at Racket NYC. Top awards went to “Griffin in Summer,...
- 6/13/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Jack Dunn, Lexi Carson and Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
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