Festivals - Tribeca 2021 - international narrative competition

By Mulder, 20 april 2021

The New-York based Festival breaks its geographical boundaries with the International Narrative Competition, welcoming filmmakers from abroad to join a global platform for contemporary world cinema. These films will compete for Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Actress.

All My Friends Hate Me (UK) (World Premiere)
directed by Andrew Gaynord
written by Tom Palmer, Tom Stourton
Produced by Tom Palmer.
With Tom Stourton, Charly Clive, Georgina Campbell, Joshua Mcguire, Antonia Clarke.
Synopsis : Genuine but increasingly insecure Pete is cautiously excited about reuniting with his college crew for a birthday weekend of memories, partying and earnest reconnection at a picturesque English manor. Best laid plans, dear audience.

Brighton 4th (Bulgaria, Georgia, Monaco, Russia, United States) (World Premiere)
directed by Levan Koguashvili
written by Boris Frumin, Levan Koguashvili
Produced by Irakli Rodonaya, Olena Yershova, Levan Koguashvili.
With Levan Tediashvili, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze
Synopsis : Tribeca shorts alum Levan Koguashvili returns to the festival with this warm and sensitively rendered story of a Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, en route to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.

Do Not Hesitate (Netherlands) (World Premiere)
directed by Shariff Korver
written by Jolein Laarman
Produced by Leontine Petit.
With Joes Brauers, Tobias Kersloot, Spencer Bogaert, Omar Alwan
Synopsis : A truck carrying a Dutch military convoy on a peacekeeping mission breaks down somewhere in the desert. As a group of soldiers waits for a repair team to arrive, they encounter a local boy who refuses to leave.

Roaring 20's (Années 20) (France) (World Premiere)
directed by Elisabeth Vogler
written by François Mark, Elisabeth Vogler, Noémie Schmidt, Joris Avodo
Produced by Laurent Rochette. In a single
With Vladimir Seguin, Alice de Lencquesaing, Noémie Schmidt, Aurore Déon, Manuel Severi, Adil laboudi, Zoé Fauconnet, Léo Poulet, Fanny Santer, Lila Poulet-Berenfeld, Lilou Guillot, Elsa Guedj, Guillaume Pottier, Mehdi Djaadi, François Mark, Margaux Bonin, François De Brauer, François Rollin, Elie Salleron, Joris Avodo, Paul Scarfoglio, Léa Moret, Elise Tilloloy, Jean Thevenin.
Synopsis : unbroken shot, Roaring 20's gives viewers the chance not only to travel to Paris, but to live a day in the
life there during the COVID-19 pandemic. Audiences can experience first hand both the universality of life in 2020, as well as the specificity and beauty of a summer day in the French capital.

Souad (Egypt, Tunisia, Germany) (International Premiere)
directed by Ayten Amin
written by Mahmoud Ezzat, Ayten Amin. Produced by Sameh Awad.
With Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hager Mahmoud, Sarah Shedid, Carol Ackad
Synopsis : Amin’s assured, harrowing debut follows an Egyptian university student (a breakout Bassant Ahmed) who leads a double life, presenting different versions of herself to her conservative society and her tradition-flaunting peers.

Wild Men (Vildmænd) (Denmark) (World Premiere)
directed by Thomas Daneskov
written by Thomas Daneskov, Morten Pape.
Produced by Lina Flint..
With Rasmus Bjerg, Zaki Youssef, Sofie Gråbøl, Bjørn Sundquist.
Synopsis : Hilariously ill-equipped to live off the land yet clad in a Neanderthal-like ensemble of animal skins, Martin wanders the Norwegian forest in a misguided attempt to find a sense of purpose and independence, a wife and two children back at home be damned.

(Source : press release)