Irish Films Screen at Prestigious Tribeca Film Festival
EDEN, the feature film collaboration between director Declan Recks and award winning playwright Eugene O'Brien will screen in competition at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off today.Selected from over 2,327 international submissions, EDEN, which premiered at the Jameson Dublin International Festival earlier this year, will screen as part of the World Narrative Competition.
Produced by David Collins for Samson Films (ONCE) under an innovative financing collaboration between Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) and RTE, with substantial financing from the BCI, EDEN takes a look at the slow distintegration of a marriage during the week running up to a couple's 10th anniversary.
NEW BOY, the award winning Irish short film will also screen in competition. Directed by Steph Green and produced by Tamara Anghie and Zanzibar Films as part of the IFB's Short Cuts scheme, the short will screen among 79 international shorts all competing for $15,000 in prizes.
Originally founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro, the Tribeca Film Festival has grown to become one of the biggest film festivals in North America, screening over 55 world premieres from 31 countries.
Tribeca Film Festival EDEN screenings:
Friday, April 25th at 8.30pm at AMC 19th St. East Theatre
Sunday, April 27th at 5.00pm at Village East Cinema 7
Tuesday, April 29th at 4.30pm at AMC Village VII Theatre 5
Thursday, May 1st at 7.15pm at Village East Cinema 3
Saturday, May 3rd at 4.45pm at Village East Cinema 4
Tribeca Film Festival NEW BOY screenings:
Thursday, April 24th at 5.00pm at AMC Village VII Theatre 2
Sunday, April 27th at 10.45pm at AMC Village VII Theatre 1
Wednesday, April 30th at 7.00pm at AMC Village VII Theatre 2
Friday, May 2nd at 2.30pm at AMC Village VII Theatre 5
Sunday, May 4th at 2.00pm at Village East Cinema 2