Tribeca 2016: Spotlight Films
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- DirectorKatie HolmesStarsKatie HolmesStefania LaVie OwenEve LindleyA mother struggles to make a better life for her daughter.
- DirectorSalima KoromaStarsAwkwafinaDavid LeeRichard LeeFour Asian-American rappers run into tough obstacles as they try to make it big in Hip Hop, a genre rooted in black culture.
- DirectorIan Roderick GrayDylan HarveyStarsRobert J. CarterAndrew LambertyWayne AnthonyA featuring documentary exploring the infamous theft of street artist Banksy's sculpture, 'The Drinker' and the ensuing battle with the art terrorist: AK47.
- DirectorAndrew HecklerStarsGarrett HedlundAndrea RiseboroughForest WhitakerWhen a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.
- DirectorDana FlorToby OppenheimerDocumentary that follows members of Check It, a group of young LGBT African American women and men that live in Washington, D.C.
- DirectorChristian VincentStarsFabrice LuchiniSidse Babett KnudsenEva LallierMichel Racine is a feared president of Assize Court, as strict with himself as with others. Everything changes when he meets again Ditte when she's selected as a juror in a criminal trial over which he presides.
- DirectorJames LapineStarsViola DavisHayden PanettiereCatalina Sandino MorenoThe lives of three women are unexpectedly changed when they cross paths at a New York Family Court.
- DirectorBill PurpleStarsJason SudeikisMaisie WilliamsJessica BielJason Sudeikis stars as a widowed New Orleans architect who strikes up an unlikely relationship with teenage runaway Maisie Williams.
- DirectorMike BirbigliaStarsKeegan-Michael KeyGillian JacobsMike BirbigliaWhen a member of a popular New York City improv troupe gets a huge break, the rest of the group - all best friends - start to realize that not everyone is going to make it after all.
- DirectorJenny CarchmanStarsJames Arthur RayENLIGHTEN US: THE RISE AND FALL OF JAMES ARTHUR RAY is the story of the motivational rock star's meteoric rise, fall and return to the $11 billion self-help industry after his negligent homicide conviction in the death of three clients at a sweat lodge at one of his events. As this story unfolds, we learn from Ray, his followers and his accusers, about how their methods of self-improvement ultimately caused so much suffering. ENLIGHTEN US asks the important questions, "What are we looking for" and "Who has the answers" and even the simple question "Why?"
- DirectorJason BatemanStarsJason BatemanNicole KidmanKathryn HahnA brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsTom HanksOmar ElbaSarita ChoudhuryA failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
- DirectorAndy GoddardStarsPatrick WilsonJessica BielHaley BennettIn 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.
- DirectorFerne PearlsteinStarsRenee FirestoneKlara FirestoneGilbert GottfriedWorld-famous comedians including Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, and Gilbert Gottfried pitch in with their own views on the boundaries of comedy.
- DirectorEd Gass-DonnellyStarsDermot MulroneyAbbie CornishJustin LongAfter discovering old fractures in her skull, a photographer recovering from amnesia becomes increasingly haunted by a sinister childhood secret.
- DirectorRoger Ross WilliamsStarsOwen SuskindCornelia SuskindRon SuskindA coming-of-age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
- DirectorRob MeyerStarsMelanie LynskeyNelsan EllisArmani JacksonAn interracial family struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State.
- DirectorBenjamin ReeStarsMagnus CarlsenGarry KasparovViswanathan AnandMagnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsSusan SarandonRose ByrneJ.K. SimmonsAn aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEddie MurphyBritt RobertsonNatascha McElhone"Mr. Church" tells the story of a unique friendship that develops when a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
- DirectorSophie GoodhartStarsAdam ScottNick KrollGreg ViolandThe rivalry between two brothers reaches a fever pitch during a charity swim competition.
- DirectorJohn DowerStarsLouis TherouxTom CruiseMarty RathbunLouis Theroux documents his investigation into what goes on behind the scenes of the infamous Church of Scientology.
- DirectorSonia KennebeckStarsHeather LinebaughDaniel HaleLisa LingDrone whistleblower interviewed about borderless information gathering by the government.
- DirectorNoah BuschelStarsJohnny SimmonsEthan HawkePaul GiamattiA rookie pitcher undergoes psychotherapy to overcome the yips.
- DirectorBrent HodgeStarsStephanie AllynneSarah BalagiaStephanie BeatrizA group of actresses, musicians, writers, comedians, and moms who compete in the Los Angeles women's recreational basketball league.
- DirectorJohan GrimonprezBased on the book of The Shadow World, this feature length documentary is an investigation into the multi-billion dollar international arms trade.
- DirectorEster GouldReijer ZwaanStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoJose GuitierezWhat does it take to express yourself? The surprising and moving story of Madonna's most famous troupe of dancers.
- DirectorGary Michael SchultzStarsEmile HirschZoë KravitzZoey DeutchA small town loner and a rebellious punk rocker unexpectedly fall in love as they are forced on the run and soon discover violence follows them everywhere.