Tribeca Film Festival announces first half of 2015 lineupMarch 4, 2015 - 10:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, March 3 announced the first half of its 2015 lineup in the World Narrative, Documentary Competition, and Viewpoints categories. Making the list among others were "The Adderall Diaries" starring James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris, and Cynthia Nixon, "Franny" with Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, and Theo James in the cast, and "Meadowland" featuring Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, John Leguizamo, Elizabeth Moss, and Juno Temple, AceShowbiz reports. There were a total of 51 film titles announced. Chosen from 6,223 films, the announced lineup included feature films from 31 countries with 64 world premieres. This year's fest, presented by AT&T, is slated to be held beginning from April 15 to 26 and is set to be opened with the "Saturday Night Live" documentary "Live From New York!". The event will include free screenings on April 24, as part of AT&T's "Film for All" Friday. Advanced ticket packages and passes have been available for purchase on the Tribeca official site for American Express Card Members and will be available for general public starting next Monday, March 9. Movies in the festival's spotlight, midnight, and special sections are expected to be announced later this week. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |