World class festival exec Peter Scarlet is leaving the Tribeca Film Festival. Here is a photo I took during a conversation with him right before Tribeca 2008. I hope Tribeca under the aegis of Geoffrey Gilmore continues to champion global cinema and Peter brings his expertise to another fest.
At the International Filmmaker Meet & Greet, the Aussies were in full force. Why so many?
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Yesterday I wondered via blog, is the Tribeca Film Festival global or isolationist? Today, in the New York Times, David Carr responds to this conundrum.
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At a reception earlier this week, several industry insiders were debating Howard Feinstein’s initial report on Tribeca for indieWIRE. Did the seasoned journalist/programmer go too far in his criticism?
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In a new era of relaxed censorship, a groundswell of Egyptian filmmakers are breaking barriers, such as Yousry Nasrallah, director of “The Aquarium” (Genenet al Asmak). I caught up with Nasrallah at the festival on Monday and we chatted about the film and global politics. Most amusing was his anecdote on how difficult it was to “cast” the spotted fish in the aquarium.
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