Tribeca Event Calendar 2009

Thursday, April 23

Tribeca Drive-In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
25th anniversary outdoor screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the World Financial Center drive-in, with face-painting, photos, karate demos, and an appearance by the dudes themselves.

Friday, April 24

Tribeca Drive-In: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
A fortieth anniversary screening of William Goldman’s classic.

North
Derailed by depression, a retired Norwegian skier snowmobiles north in order to visit a son he’s never met.

Outrage
Kirby Dick says his new documentary examines “the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay.”

Eclipse
“People go a little bit funny at literary festivals,” says Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who exploits this closed, liquor-soaked society in this startlingly moving drama.

Saturday, April 25

Tribeca Drive-In: P-Star Rising
A documentary on teen educational-rap sensation Priscilla Star.

Cropsey
In this fascinating doc, we get the nightmarish story behind an urban myth.

Racing Dreams
A doc on three young kids competing in the national go-kart circuit and dreaming of NASCAR stardom.

Garapa
A documentary about starving Brazilian families that is stark in the extreme.

Blank City
New York’s cocky, explosive No-Wave scene gets its due in this work-in-progress doc.

Con Artist
Eighties artist turned pariah Mark Kostabi (the guy who famously pranced around in a suit made of money) gets a doc.

Fixer
In this riveting documentary, Ian Olds explores the Taliban’s 2007 kidnapping and murder of Ajmal Naqshbandi.

Eclipse
“People go a little bit funny at literary festivals,” says Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who exploits this closed, liquor-soaked society in this startlingly moving drama

Tribeca Talks: Inherit the Wind
Scientists and filmmakers discuss controversies of scientific explanations of the world after a screening of 1960s classic.

Sunday, April 26

Cropsey
In this fascinating doc, we get the nightmarish story behind an urban myth.

Racing Dreams
A doc on three young kids competing in the national go-kart circuit and dreaming of NASCAR stardom.

Fixer
In this riveting documentary, Ian Olds explores the Taliban’s 2007 kidnapping and murder of Ajmal Naqshbandi.

Outrage
Kirby Dick says his new documentary examines “the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay.”

About Elly
In this sharp, panic-riddled examination of pretense, a group of young Iranians are weekending in a beach house when Elly, a relative outsider, suddenly disappears into the sea.

Monday, April 27

About Elly
In this sharp, panic-riddled examination of pretense, a group of young Iranians are weekending in a beach house when Elly, a relative outsider, suddenly disappears into the sea.

Blank City
New York’s cocky, explosive No-Wave scene gets its due in this work-in-progress doc.

The Fish Child
Ines Efron embodies a suburban Argentine girl who falls in love with her family’s maid, triggering a headlong, intense thriller.

Tuesday, April 28

Cropsey
In this fascinating doc, we get the nightmarish story behind an urban myth.

North
Derailed by depression, a retired Norwegian skier snowmobiles north in order to visit a son he’s never met.

Garapa
A documentary about starving Brazilian families that is stark in the extreme.

Easy Virtue
How do you update Noël Coward’s fizzy 1924 masterpiece of class conflict for the 21st century? You don’t.

Still Walking
The novelistic Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) has a subtle grasp of the everyday madness of families. Here, he explores how the death of an eldest son continues to reverberate years later.

The Fish Child
Ines Efron embodies a suburban Argentine girl who falls in love with her family’s maid, triggering a headlong, intense thriller.

Con Artist
Eighties artist turned pariah Mark Kostabi (the guy who famously pranced around in a suit made of money) gets a doc.

Departures
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Picture, in which a disillusioned cellist becomes an undertaker.

Fixer
In this riveting documentary, Ian Olds explores the Taliban’s 2007 kidnapping and murder of Ajmal Naqshbandi.

Outrage
Kirby Dick says his new documentary examines “the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay.”

The Girlfriend Experience
Steven Soderbergh’s largely improvised film is about a Manhattan call girl and the many men who want a piece of her.

Eclipse
“People go a little bit funny at literary festivals,” says Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who exploits this closed, liquor-soaked society in this startlingly moving drama.

Wednesday, April 29

North
Derailed by depression, a retired Norwegian skier snowmobiles north in order to visit a son he’s never met.

Racing Dreams
A doc on three young kids competing in the national go-kart circuit and dreaming of NASCAR stardom.

About Elly
In this sharp, panic-riddled examination of pretense, a group of young Iranians are weekending in a beach house when Elly, a relative outsider, suddenly disappears into the sea.

Easy Virtue
How do you update Noël Coward’s fizzy 1924 masterpiece of class conflict for the 21st century? You don’t.

Garapa
A documentary about starving Brazilian families that is stark in the extreme.

Still Walking
The novelistic Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) has a subtle grasp of the everyday madness of families. Here, he explores how the death of an eldest son continues to reverberate years later.

Love the Beast
Celebrity documentaries can be vain affairs, but Bana’s earnest, winning story about his 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe is as much about his home as it is about himself.

Departures
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Picture, in which a disillusioned cellist becomes an undertaker.

Eclipse
“People go a little bit funny at literary festivals,” says Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who exploits this closed, liquor-soaked society in this startlingly moving drama

Tribeca Talks: The Girlfriend Experience
Steven Soderbergh’s largely improvised film is about a Manhattan call girl and the many men who want a piece of her.

Thursday, April 30

Still Walking
The novelistic Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) has a subtle grasp of the everyday madness of families. Here, he explores how the death of an eldest son continues to reverberate years later.

Love the Beast
Celebrity documentaries can be vain affairs, but Bana’s earnest, winning story about his 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe is as much about his home as it is about himself.

Departures
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Picture, in which a disillusioned cellist becomes an undertaker.

Eclipse
“People go a little bit funny at literary festivals,” says Irish playwright Conor McPherson, who exploits this closed, liquor-soaked society in this startlingly moving drama

Friday, May 1

Easy Virtue
How do you update Noël Coward’s fizzy 1924 masterpiece of class conflict for the 21st century? You don’t.

Love the Beast
Celebrity documentaries can be vain affairs, but Bana’s earnest, winning story about his 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe is as much about his home as it is about himself.

Blank City
New York’s cocky, explosive No-Wave scene gets its due in this work-in-progress doc.

Tribeca Talks: Poliwood
TLawrence O’Donnell leads a panel discussion featuring director Barry Levinson and other on politics and Hollywood.

Tribeca Talks: The Future of the Independents
panel discussion on challenges independent filmmakers face, featuring Alex Gibney, Rose Troche, Raymond De Felitta and Gary Winick and moderated by David Carr.

Tribeca Talks: The Big Time to the Big Screen
Dan Klores, Barry Levinson, Barbara Kopple, and Albert Maysles discuss their involvement in film series 30 for 30, celebrating ESPN’s 30th anniversary and consisting of 30 films on different sports stars.

Saturday, May 2

Cropsey
In this fascinating doc, we get the nightmarish story behind an urban myth.

About Elly
In this sharp, panic-riddled examination of pretense, a group of young Iranians are weekending in a beach house when Elly, a relative outsider, suddenly disappears into the sea.

Garapa
A documentary about starving Brazilian families that is stark in the extreme.

Love the Beast
Celebrity documentaries can be vain affairs, but Bana’s earnest, winning story about his 1974 Ford Falcon Coupe is as much about his home as it is about himself.

The Fish Child
Ines Efron embodies a suburban Argentine girl who falls in love with her family’s maid, triggering a headlong, intense thriller.

Con Artist
Eighties artist turned pariah Mark Kostabi (the guy who famously pranced around in a suit made of money) gets a doc.

Tribeca Talks: Fixer
In this riveting documentary, Ian Olds explores the Taliban’s 2007 kidnapping and murder of Ajmal Naqshbandi.

The Girlfriend Experience
Steven Soderbergh’s largely improvised film is about a Manhattan call girl and the many men who want a piece of her.

Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair
The Tribeca Film Festival’s family street fair, with performances, activities, and local vendors.

Sunday, May 3

Racing Dreams
A doc on three young kids competing in the national go-kart circuit and dreaming of NASCAR stardom.

Outrage
Kirby Dick says his new documentary examines “the issues surrounding closeted politicians and their hypocrisy in voting anti-gay.”

Tribeca Event Calendar 2009