Tribeca Film Festival 2024 International Narrative Competition Film Lineup

The Tribeca Film Festival 2024, presented by OKX, announced its full lineup of feature narrative, documentary, and animated films. The festival takes place June 5-16 in New York City.

One of the film categories that are a part of the festival is International Narrative Competition. “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.” Check out the full lineup below.

Bikechess, (Kazakhstan) – World Premiere. “As Dina, a Kazakh journalist, finds herself disenchanted with reporting inane government initiatives, she balances supporting her activist lesbian sister while navigating a relationship with her married cameraman.” Written and directed by Assel Aushakimova. Cast includes Saltanat Nauruz, Assel Abdimavlenova, Shyngys Beibituly and Duisenbek Sydykbekov.

The Dog Thief, (Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, France, Italy) – World Premiere. “Martín, an orphan who works as a shoeshine boy, decides to steal the dog of his best client, a lonely tailor he has begun to imagine is his father.” Written and directed by Vinko Tomičić Salinas. Cast includes Alfredo Castro, Franklin Aro, Teresa Ruiz, María Luque, Julio César Altamirano and Ninón Dávalos.

Don’t You Let Me Go, (Uruguay) – World Premiere. “Adela has just lost her best friend, Elena, so she boards a magic bus back in time to spend one last beautiful weekend with Elena in a house by the beach.” Written and directed by Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge. Cast includes Chiara Hourcade, Victoria Jorge and Eva Dans.

Don’t You Let Me Go

Eternal Playground, (France) – World Premiere. “It’s the last day of school in Paris and most of first-year music teacher Gaspard’s colleagues are thinking about vacation. But Gaspard is surreptitiously planning a weekend sleepover in the school with his childhood crew to honor his recently departed twin sister.” Written and directed by Pablo Cotten and Joseph Rozé. Cast includes Andranic Manet, Alassane Diong, Carla Audebaud, Alba-Gaïa Bellugi, Arcadi Radeff, Nina Zamzem and Noé Abita.

Family Therapy, (Slovenia, Italy, Norway, Croatia, Serbia) – World Premiere. “A nouveau riche family finds their life of detached superiority upended when the patriarch’s son from another relationship arrives at the family home, revealing cracks in their staid façade.” Written and directed by Sonja Prosenc. Cast includes Mila Bezjak, Aliocha Schneider, Marko Mandić, Katarina Stegnar, Judita Franković Brdar and Jure Henigman.

Hunters on a White Field, (Sweden) – World Premiere. “Three men go on a hunting trip deep in the Swedish forest. Things start well, but one day all the animals vanish, and the forest turns eerily quiet, leaving the men alone as they insist the hunt must continue.” Written and directed by Sarah Gyllenstierna. Cast includes Ardalan Esmaili, Magnus Krepper and Jens Hultén.

Samia, (Germany, Belgium, Sweden) – International Premiere. “Raised in a Somalia torn asunder by civil war and extremists increasingly gaining a foothold, Samia Yusuf Omar, an assertive, independent young woman, fights to realize her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete.” Directed by Yasemin Şamdereli. Cast includes llham Mohamed Osman, Fathia Mohamed Absie, Fatah Ghedi, Elmi Rashid Elmi, Waris Dirie, Riyan Roble and Zakaria Mohamed.

Samia

Some Rain Must Fall, (Singapore) – North American Premiere. “Mother and housewife Cai thought having a family was everything, but when she inadvertently injures the grandmother of one of her daughter’s less privileged teammates, her supposedly perfect life descends into chaos.” Written and directed by Qiu Yang. Cast includes Yu Aier, Di Shike, Wei Yibo, Xu Tianyi, Gu Tingxiu, Qin Dan and Xu Yun.

Swimming Home, (Brazil, Greece, Netherlands, UK) – North American Premiere. “The presence of a mysterious houseguest exposes subtle fractures in the marriage between a poet and a war correspondent in this sexy, languid drama set on the stunning, sun-baked Mediterranean coast.” Written and directed by Justin Anderson. Cast includes Christopher Abbott, Mackenzie Davis, Ariane Labed, Nadine Labaki and Freya Hannan-Mills.

Under The Grey Sky, (Poland) – World Premiere. “Based on true events, a Belarusian journalist is arrested after covertly livestreaming brutal government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators following rigged elections. Her husband, refusing to leave her, also faces recriminations from a regime determined to break them both.” Written and directed by Mara Tamkovich. Cast includes Aliaksandra Vaitsekhovich and Valentin Novopolskij.

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