{"id":21941,"date":"2022-04-30T16:01:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=21941"},"modified":"2025-03-06T00:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:16:53","slug":"tribeca-film-festival-2022-press-release-april-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/tribeca-film-festival-2022-press-release-april-26\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Several 2022 Tribeca Film Festival Announcements to Get You Ready for the Big F\u00eate Coming This Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21939\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TribecaLogoHarsh-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>On <\/strong><strong>April 26, <\/strong><strong>Tribeca Film Festival\u2122<\/strong> 2022\u00a0 announced its line-up for Tribeca Immersive, a global stage for innovation where top creators debut their latest work. Tribeca\u2019s immersive program showcases cinematic and cutting-edge virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and participatory experiences by top artists who push the boundaries of creative and emotional storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, Tribeca features a thematically curated selection of experiences that address human beings\u2019 relationship with nature and society through digital art and advanced technology. The stories blend together to generate an interconnected experience, offering festival attendees a breathtaking interactive journey.<\/p>\n<p>The programming includes best-in-class experiences, including EVOLVER, a journey through the inner landscape of the human body from executive producers Edward R. Pressman and Terrence Malick, created by Marshmallow Laser Feast, with music by Jonny Greenwood; Please, Believe Me, an investigation of Lyme disease from Peabody Award Winner Nonny de la Pe\u00f1a; and Plastisapiens, an exploration of how the environment affects human evolution from Miri Chekhanovich, \u00c9dith Jorisch, and Dpt.<\/p>\n<p>Three categories of immersive selections (Main Competition, New Voices, and Best of Season) are part of Tribeca this year, running from June 10-19. Main Competition projects are eligible for the juried Storyscapes Award, which honors artists who bridge the gap between technology and storytelling. In addition, Tribeca is introducing the New Voices Award for the immersive program, which is awarded to a first- or second-time XR creator that brings new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21959\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-260x260.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TF_2022_Key_Art_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those able to join the Festival in person this year, the immersive exhibition at Spring Studios (50 Varick Street) features a selection of experiences and installations from all three categories. Outdoor immersive installations are also located at various destinations throughout New York City. For at-home audiences with access to VR headsets, immersive experiences can be accessed via a virtual exhibition at The Museum of Other Realities* \u2013 a digital extension of the in-person gallery experience, reflecting main themes from this year\u2019s line-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTribeca Festival\u2019s immersive programming showcases creators using the latest in technology to tell their stories,\u201d said Casey Baltes, Vice President Tribeca Games &amp; Immersive. \u201cThe projects we&#8217;ve curated push the boundaries of XR in both physical and digital exhibitions for audiences in New York City and around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each experience presented at Tribeca\u2019s immersive exhibition encompasses a standalone reality, represents a cause, or serves as an embassy to a world where users have agency \u2014 a chance to act: bear witness, make a statement, reach out, or simply play,&#8221; said Ana Brzezi\u0144ska, Immersive Curator at Tribeca Festival. &#8220;We invite everyone to visit the virtual worlds created by artists, who take us on a meaningful journey of their vision, and tell evocative stories that demand to be told, carried in silence, or inherited through generations.<\/p>\n<p><em>*The Museum of Other Realities is available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index and Windows Mixed Reality users. Oculus Quest users can access using Oculus Link or the Virtual Desktop application that connects a wireless headset with a VR-ready PC.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><strong>The 2022 Tribeca Festival Immersive Line-up includes:<\/strong><\/u><\/h3>\n<p><strong>MAIN COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These experiences include the best-in-class World, North American, and United States premieres from leading XR creators and studios, visual and performing artists in competition.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>EVOLVER<\/strong><\/em>, (United Kingdom, France, United States) &#8211; World Premiere. <em>EVOLVER<\/em> is a mesmerizing virtual reality experience that celebrates our journey through life and death through the inner landscape of the human body. This musical real-time multiplayer experience invites audiences to follow oxygen\u2019s flow deep into our bloodstream and inner branching, exploring the invisible human connection with the outside world. From Executive Producers Edward R. Pressman and Terrence Malick. Featuring Meredith Monk, J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson, Howard Skempton, and music by Jonny Greenwood.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Marshmallow Laser Feast, Jonny Greenwood, Meredith Monk, J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson, Howard Skempton<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Nicole Shanahan (Bia-Echo), Edward R. Pressman &amp; Sam Pressman (Pressman Film), Terrence Malick (TF Malick Productions), Antoine Cayrol (Atlas V), Mike Jones (Marshmallow Laser Feast)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Intravene<\/strong><\/em>, (United Kingdom, Canada) &#8211; World Premiere. <em>Intravene<\/em> is an immersive audio experience that uses binaural 360-degree audio to plunge listeners into the heart of the overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada. Episode 1, \u201cBenzos,\u201d drops listeners into a safe injection site in Vancouver\u2019s Downtown Eastside, where a user inadvertently injects a hit contaminated with benzos. Intravene is a groundbreaking partnership between immersive and documentary experts, and drug user activists: DARKFIELD, Crackdown, and Brenda Longfellow.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: DARKFIELD (David Rosenberg, Glen Neath), Brenda Longfellow &amp; Crackdown<\/p>\n<p>Producers: DARKFIELD (Victoria Eyton), Crackdown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kubo Walks The City<\/strong><\/em>, (France, South Korea) &#8211; North American Premiere. Seoul, 1934. Korea is under Japanese occupation. Like \u201cethno-detectives,\u201d viewers follow in the footsteps of Kubo, a Korean writer, in his urban fl\u00e2nerie. Through caricatures that mock the shortcomings of a Korean society emerging from the poverty and archaisms of the past, explore a city recklessly discovering the modernity and prosperity that come with occupation. Directed by Hayoun Kwon and produced by Innerspace VR.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Hayoun Kwon<\/p>\n<p>Producer:\u00a0 Innerspace VR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Missing Pictures Ep. 3-5<\/strong><\/em>, (France, United Kingdom, Republic of China, Luxembourg, South Korea) &#8211; World Premiere. For every movie made, dozens of pictures remain missing forever. <em>Missing Pictures<\/em> gives directors a chance to tell a story that would otherwise never be told. Each episode invites one filmmaker to narrate some key points of the movie, why the movie is important for them, and why it was never made. <em>Missing Pictures<\/em> brings to life unmade films by Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-Liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Lee Hyung-Se, and Naomi Kawase.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Cl\u00e9ment Deneux, Joseph Beauregard<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Atlas V, Arte France, BBC, PTS Taiwan, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mushroom Cloud NYC \/ RISE<\/strong><\/em>, (United States) &#8211; World Premiere. <em>Mushroom Cloud NYC \/ RISE<\/em> is a site-specific AR experience by artist Nancy Baker Cahill. Witness a mushroom cloud explode over the water and then slowly transform against the sky into a call to collective action against climate change. The NYC edition is custom geolocated for Tribeca with an accompanying original NFT video work entitled, RISE, marking the first NFT created from an XR festival experience.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Nancy Baker Cahill<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Shaking Earth Digital<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Please, Believe Me<\/strong><\/em>, (United States) &#8211; World Premiere. Thirty years ago, Vicki Logan was diagnosed with the recently identified Lyme Disease. When she didn\u2019t recover with antibiotics, one doctor stood by her side while others in the medical establishment turned against Lyme patients who complained of symptoms after receiving standard treatment. This VR piece investigates Vicki\u2019s tragic case and explores why the scientific community stopped believing patients.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Nonny de la Pe\u00f1a<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Kim Cleworth, Dan Brower, Charlie Park<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>ReachYou<\/strong><\/em>, (United States, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia) &#8211; World Premiere. <em><strong>ReachYou<\/strong><\/em> is an augmented reality transmission from the future built for the tenderness of the present. ReachYou comes from a future when Earth is no longer habitable. Each transmission delivers an important message, asking users to contribute their own stories and share their griefs and gratitudes, integrating you into a larger, ever-evolving Human Record.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Katrina Goldsaito, Jonah Goldsaito<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Zanzibar: Trouble in Paradise<\/strong><\/em>, (United States, Tanzania) &#8211; World Premiere. This immersive holographic experience tells the story of two women who gained financial independence in a male-dominated culture through seaweed farming &#8211; an ingredient found in everything from ice cream to medicine. When climate change decimated the seaweed, their resilience and strength enabled them to pivot to growing sponges. Then climate change killed the sponges. This film illustrates the impact it has on those who are less likely to have their voices heard.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Ashraki Mussa Machano, Steven-Charles Jaffe<\/p>\n<p>Producer:\u00a0 Springbok Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19407\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19407\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19407\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1000w210619-BatteryPark-Dick-Gregory-@SamanthaOkazaki-36-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saturday, June 19: Red carpet premiere, screening, and Q&amp;A for The One and Only Dick Gregory, directed by Andre Gaines, at The Battery for the Tribeca Festival 2021. Picture by Samantha Okazaki<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW VOICES COMPETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These experiences feature 2021\/2022 premieres from first- and second-time extended reality (XR) directors in competition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Emerging Radiance: Honoring The Nikkei Farmers Of Bellevue<\/strong><\/em>, (United States) &#8211; New York Premiere. <em>Emerging Radiance<\/em>, directed by Tani Ikeda and illustrated by Michelle Kumata, celebrates the untold stories of Japanese American strawberry farmers who lived in Bellevue from 1920 to 1942. With a hand-painted mural and Spark AR Instagram filters, visitors have the opportunity to meet Toshio Ito, Rae Matsuoka Takekawa, and Mitsuko Hashiguchi, three survivors of the World War II incarceration camps, as they share in their own words their connections to the land before World War II, during incarceration, and post-World War II. Produced by Meta Open Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Tani Ikeda, Michelle Kumata<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Tamar Benzikry (Meta Open Arts)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Iago, A Green-Eyed Monster<\/strong><\/em>, (United States, Argentina) &#8211; World Premiere. This musical prequel to a futuristic take on Shakespeare\u2019s Othello explores the psychology and origin story of the notorious villain Iago reimagined as a woman. Reviewing holographic memories, Iago muses on her schemes in a rock opera villain song that incorporates Shakespeare\u2019s original words into the lyrics. As her song crescendos, Iago is consumed by her jealousy and literally becomes \u201cthe green-eyed monster,\u201d destroying everyone and everything in her path to vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators:\u00a0 Mary Chieffo, Josh Nelson Youssef, Camila Marturano, Julian Dorado, Kush Mody<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Juvee Productions,\u00a0 3Dar, Verizon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LGBTQ + VR Museum<\/strong><\/em>, (United Kingdom, Denmark) &#8211; North American Premiere. LGBTQ + VR Museum is the world&#8217;s first virtual reality museum dedicated to celebrating the stories and artwork of LGBTQ people by preserving queer personal histories. The museum contains 3D scans of touching personal artifacts, from wedding shoes to a teddy bear, chosen by people in the LGBTQ community and accompanied by their stories told in their own words. The in-person version presented at Tribeca is a never-before-seen multiplayer biometric experience controlled by users\u2019 emotions in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Antonia Forster, Thomas Terkildsen<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Albert Millis<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LIMBOTOPIA<\/strong><\/em>, (Taiwan, Republic of China) &#8211; World Premiere. Illusion, Karma, Apocalypse, Autism. <em>Limbotopia<\/em> is a surrealist animated VR film from first-time Taiwanese director Hsieh Wen-Yee. Based on the architectural design of <em>Limbotopia<\/em>, the experience takes you on a dream-like journey through a mysterious city. When a real location in Taiwan disappears due to the environmental crisis, the physical city reemerges on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Wen-Yee Hsieh, Chun-Lien Cheng<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Wen-Yee Hsieh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mescaform Hill: The Missing Five<\/strong><\/em>, (Canada, US) &#8211; World Premiere. When several policemen disappear in an African town, a Road Safety cadet attempts to prove himself by investigating against his superior&#8217;s orders but discovers far more than he expected. <em>Mescaform Hill: The Missing Five<\/em> is a VR animated graphic novel created for the Oculus platform by Edward Madojemu.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators:\u00a0 Edward Madojemu, Adam Madojemu<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Ryan Genji Thomas (Meta)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Planet City VR<\/strong><\/em>, (China, United States) &#8211; International Premiere. <em>Planet City VR<\/em> is set in a fictional city of 10 billion people\u2060 \u2014 the entire population of earth\u2060. The world has succumbed to global-scale wilderness and surrendered its stolen lands. The city\u2019s creation story, narrated by a young climate activist and one of the city\u2019s first citizens, is an extraordinary tale of tomorrow and an urgent examination of the environmental questions facing us today.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Liam Young<\/p>\n<p>Producers:\u00a0 Well Played Studios (Elliot Ordower),\u00a0 HTC Vive Arts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Plastisapiens<\/strong><\/em>, (Canada, Israel) &#8211; World Premiere. Platisapiens is a surrealist work of eco-fiction, an invitation to explore human influences on the environment, and, inversely, an exploration of how the environment affects human evolution. This speculative, playful, and ironic piece imagines a future where plastic and organic life merge to create a new life form. Viewers will journey back into prehistory to discover that they share the same origins as plastic until they finally mutate into Plastisapiens, and discover the Plastosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Miri Chekhanovich, \u00c9dith Jorisch, Dpt.<\/p>\n<p>Producers: NFB (Marie-Pier Gauthier, Isabelle Repelin), Dpt. (Rapha\u00eblle Sleurs),\u00a0 Lalibela Productions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Black Movement Library<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; Movement Portraits, (United States) &#8211; World Premiere. <em>The Black Movement Library-Movement<\/em> Portraits serve as a way to learn about the lives of performers contributing their movement data to the Black Movement Library, taking viewers on a journey through each portrait. What happens when we ritualize the archival process of data collection and invite the community as a witness? Using motion capture and Unreal Engine, performers send their movement data to be translated into visuals in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: LaJun\u00e9 McMillian<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Brooklyn Public Library, National Endowment for the Arts, Sundance Institute, The Andy Warhol Foundation For Visual Arts, Jerome Foundation, Times Square Arts, Bitforms Gallery and Movement Lab Barnard<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This Is Not A Ceremony<\/strong><\/em>, (Canada) &#8211; New York Premiere. Witness an unforgettable cinematic VR experience, guided with care and kindness by tricksters, matriarchs, and buffalo, as they confront the darker sides of life in Canada while Indigenous. This is Not a Ceremony calls on all who\u2019ve watched to bear witness, and share what they\u2019ve seen and heard\u2014and to never forget.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon)<\/p>\n<p>Producer: NFB (Dana Dansereau)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEST OF SEASON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These selections include the best immersive experiences presented in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Container<\/strong><\/em> (South Africa) &#8211; New York Premiere. Positioned at the intersection of virtual reality and installation art, <em>Container<\/em> takes viewers on an ever-transforming journey, beginning at Clifton Beach, Cape Town, where lie the graves of the 221 enslaved men and women who drowned in shackles when a slave ship sank in 1794. Through a mix of documentary and constructed reality, viewers are taken on an unknown journey into the world of products and people.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator:\u00a0 Simon Wood, Meghna Singh<\/p>\n<p>Producers:\u00a0 Ingrid Kopp, Steven Markovitz, Caitlin Robinson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>End of Night<\/strong><\/em>, (Denmark) &#8211; North American Premiere. 1943. You are sitting in a boat with Josef. He is rowing from Nazi-occupied Denmark to safety in neutral Sweden. As the boat crosses the ocean, the sea gives way to the streets and the people that inhabit his mind. Your journey together becomes a living landscape of the painful recollections from the night of his escape. As dawn draws near, you will witness the trauma of his escape and the grueling choices that those on the run make in order to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator:\u00a0 David Adler<\/p>\n<p>Producers: MAKROPOL (Mikkel Skov, Mads Damsbo)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Exhibition A<\/strong><\/em>, (United States) &#8211; New York Premiere. A love letter to women of color written in virtual reality, <em>Exhibition A<\/em> showcases talent fromthe POC, immigrant, non-binary, LGBTQ, and Black communities in Portland, Maine to benefit Coded by Young Women of Color (CYWOC). Play as glittering avatars amidst intimate performances, including Veeva Banga\u2019s Afrobeats Dance, &#8220;Kiwi Drip&#8221; performed by Adrienne Mack-Davis and Felicia Cruz, spoken word from Portland&#8217;s Poet Laureate Maya Williams,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiamonds\u201d by JanaeSound, and interactive 3D design by Nick Hall\/Tripdragon.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creator: Nick Hall, Janay Woodruff<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Yarn Corporation (Sam Mateosian), Janay Woodruff<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Glimpse<\/strong><\/em>, (Ireland, United Kingdom, France) &#8211; North American Premiere. <em><strong>Glimpse<\/strong><\/em> is an animated interactive VR experience starring Taron Egerton and Lucy Boynton, directed by Academy Award\u00ae winning Writer and Director Benjamin Cleary and VR Creator Michael O\u2019Connor. A highly emotive, visual feast, <em>Glimpse<\/em> is set in the imaginative mind of a heartbroken panda and illustrator, Herbie, who has recently broken up with his deer girlfriend, Rice. Through Herbie\u2019s art, viewers delve back through the memories of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Project Creators: Benjamin Cleary, Michael O&#8217;Connor<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Michael O&#8217;Connor, Raphael Penasa, Lee Harris<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Festival Laurels, winners of the Main Competition and New Voices awards will receive artwork by a comic illustrator and cover artist from AWA (Artists, Writers &amp; Artisans).<\/p>\n<p>As previously announced, the Tribeca Festival kicks off on June 8 with the world premiere of <em>HALFTIME<\/em>, a Netflix documentary by director and Tribeca alum Amanda Micheli that follows global superstar <strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>, as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist. Tribeca 2022 closes on June 18 with the world premiere of <em>Loudmouth<\/em>, a documentary written and directed by Josh Alexander that puts a disruptive spotlight on <strong>Reverend Al Sharpton<\/strong>, who has been at the center of the national conversation around race since the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other Festival highlights include the mid-season premiere of the final season of AMC\u2019s <em>Better Call Saul<\/em> with <strong>Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jonathan Banks<\/strong>; the world premiere of <em>Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby<\/em>, a feature documentary from director Karam Gill about <strong>Lil Baby<\/strong>\u2019s transformational journey from local Atlanta hustler to one of hip-hop\u2019s biggest stars and pop culture&#8217;s most important voices for change, followed by a special performance; live world premiere and conversation with the cast and creators of USG Audio\u2019s <em>The End Up<\/em>, a podcast series about a tilted near-future where terminal cancer patients who wish to end their suffering must attend a weeklong boot camp starring <strong>Himesh Patel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Merritt Wever, and John Reynolds<\/strong>; and a special live playthrough of interactive thriller <em>Immortality<\/em> by renowned video game writer and designer <strong>Sam Barlow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As previously announced, the Tribeca Festival kicks off on June 8 with the world premiere of <em>Halftime<\/em>, a Netflix documentary by director and Tribeca alum Amanda Micheli that follows global superstar <strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong>, as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist. Tribeca 2022 closes on June 18 with the world premiere of <em>Loudmouth<\/em>, a documentary written and directed by Josh Alexander that puts a disruptive spotlight on <strong>Reverend Al Sharpton<\/strong>, who has been at the center of the national conversation around race since the late 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Other Festival highlights include the mid-season premiere of the final season of AMC\u2019s <em>Better Call Saul<\/em> with <strong>Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jonathan Banks<\/strong>; the world premiere of <em>Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby<\/em>, a feature documentary from director Karam Gill about <strong>Lil Baby<\/strong>\u2019s transformational journey from local Atlanta hustler to one of hip-hop\u2019s biggest stars and pop culture&#8217;s most important voices for change, followed by a special performance; and live world premiere and conversation with the cast and creators of USG Audio\u2019s <em>The End Up<\/em>, a podcast series about a tilted near-future where terminal cancer patients who wish to end their suffering must attend a weeklong boot camp starring <strong>Himesh Patel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Merritt Wever, and John Reynolds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates on programming for the 2022 Tribeca Festival, follow @Tribeca on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tribeca\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tribeca\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tribeca\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFUkZ2GHOziKjk8dwOT45fQ\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/tribeca-film-festival-nyc-llc\"><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a> or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/tribecafilm.com\/festival\"><strong>tribecafilm.com\/festival<\/strong><\/a> and sign up for the official Tribeca <a href=\"https:\/\/tribecafilm.com\/newsletter\/sign-up\"><strong>newsletter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Passes and Tickets for the 2022 Tribeca Festival<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nFestival passes are on sale now at <a href=\"http:\/\/tribecafilm.com\/festival\/tickets\">tribecafilm.com\/festival\/tickets<\/a>. Sessions, both virtual and in-person, may be reserved at <a href=\"https:\/\/tribecafilm.com\/immersive\">tribecafilm.com\/immersive<\/a> starting May 2, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>About the Tribeca Festival<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nThe Tribeca Festival 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 immersive entertainment. Tribeca champions emerging and established voices; discovers award-winning filmmakers and creators; curates innovative experiences; and introduces new technology and ideas through premieres, exhibitions, talks, and live performances.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center. Tribeca will celebrate its 21st year from June 8\u201319, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, James Murdoch\u2019s Lupa Systems, a private investment company with locations in New York and Mumbai, bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>About the 2022 Tribeca Festival Partners<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nThe 2022 Tribeca Festival is supported by our partners: AT&amp;T, Audible, Bayer&#8217;s One a Day, Bloomberg Philanthropies, CHANEL, City National Bank, Diageo, DoorDash, Indeed, Meta, NYC Mayor&#8217;s Office of Media and Entertainment, and Spring Studios New York.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Edited Press Release by Gregg W. Morris \u2013 gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three categories of immersive selections (Main Competition, New Voices, and Best of Season) are part of Tribeca this year, running from June 10-19. Main Competition projects are eligible for the juried Storyscapes Award, which honors artists who bridge the gap between technology and storytelling. In addition, Tribeca is introducing the New Voices Award for the immersive program, which is awarded to a first- or second-time XR creator that brings new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling. Article by Gregg W. 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