16th ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM LINEUP WITH NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED SELECTIONS

16th ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM LINEUP WITH NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED SELECTIONS March 7th, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16th ANNUAL TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM LINEUP WITH NARRATIVE, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED SELECTIONS

From Powerful to Poignant, 10 Thematic Shorts Competition Programs Celebrate Storytelling and Contemplate Life, Dreams, Kindness and Compassion

NEW YORK, NY- March 7, 2017 -The 16th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today announced its lineup of 57 thought-provoking and diverse short films in competition, including 36 world premieres. The selected shorts, 40% of which were directed by women, and include filmmakers from every corner of the globe, were curated from a record 4,385 submissions. They will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, consisting of five narrative, four documentary, and, for the second year, one animated program. In addition, there is the Sports Shorts program as part of the 11th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts program, sponsored by Nutella Originals, is a part of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs April 19-30.

Tribeca Film Festival has several first-time documentary shorts programs this year including S.O.S., which focuses on kindness to each other and planet Earth, and Surf's Up!, which will have an extended Q&A following the premiere with the filmmakers and their subjects. The always popular New York program this year is aptly called Group Therapy and includes performances by Bobby Cannavale, Kieran Culkin, Salma Hayek, John Turturro, and real New York firefighters.

This year's short slate boasts a vast geographical reach - 40% are international films. Eighteen countries are represented, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and the United States.

It's wonderful to have shorts from such diverse countries like Iran, Venezuela, and South Korea to complement the American short films, said Sharon Badal, Vice President of Filmmaker Relations and Shorts Programming. This year's shorts programs are evidence that storytelling has no boundaries, and creativity is global.

The program features some of the industry's finest creative talent, in front and behind the camera, including Jim Sheridan (The Boxer, Get Rich or Die Tryin'), marine life artist Wyland, visual artist Chris Burkard, two-time Academy Award Winner for Visual Effects Paul Franklin (Interstellar and Inception), Elisabeth Moss, and Mae Whitman.

Special Screenings include the premiere of Dear Basketball, written and executive produced by Kobe Bryant and directed by Disney animator Glen Keane, and featuring a talk with Bryant and Keane about the project and process; and the World Premiere of Blues Planet: Triptych, directed and written by Wyland and featuring a performance by Taj Mahal and the Wyland Blues Planet Band.

Several Tribeca alumni are returning for the 2017 festival, including: Emmy Award-winning Geeta Gandbhir with Love The Sinner, Academy Award -winning writer Shawn Christensen (Curfew) with Cul-De-Sac, David Darg (four time Tribeca alumnus) screens The Rugby Boys of Memphis, and Rubika Shah (Let's Dance: David Bowie Down Under) returns with White Riot: London. Other returning festival alumni include James Burns, Evan Ari Kelman, Seth Kramer, Zoe McIntosh, Daniel Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Michael Premo, and Jim Sheridan.

Recipients of the Tribeca Film Festival awards for Best Narrative Short and Best Documentary Short will qualify for consideration in the Academy Awards' Short Films category, provided the film complies with Academy rules. Since 2004 (with the exception of 2007), Tribeca's program has included a short that has been nominated and/or won in one of these two categories. From last year's Festival selection, three shorts that world premiered at Tribeca were nominated for Oscars: Joe's Violin, Pearl, and Extremis, which was the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival Award winner for Best Documentary Short.

Tribeca Film festival also bestows a Student Visionary Award, and this year for the first time, a Best Animated Short Award.

Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Program, sponsored by Nutella Originals' Spread the Happy series, includes:

Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G

The Animated shorts program showcases imaginative storytelling and captivating craft.

This program is suggested for those 14 and older.

Curpigeon, directed and written by Dmitry Milkin. (USA) - New York Premiere. A heartwarming story about the power of community support during a time of grief, this action-oriented CG-animated short film centers around a group of park pigeons and their old men pals who come together to help one of their own get through a great loss.

Summer Camp Island, directed and written by Julia Pott. (USA) - New York Premiere. Oscar has to accept that his totally normal sleepover with Hedgehog isn't going to be totally normal.

Odd is an Egg (Odd er et egg), directed by Kristin Ulseth, written by Maria Avramova, Kristin Ulseth. (Norway) - North American Premiere. Odd is terrified of his head - until one day he falls in love with Gunn and his life is turned upside down, freeing him from his worries in the most expected way. In Norwegian with subtitles.

Angel (Mon Ange), directed and written by Gregory Casares. (Switzerland) - International Premiere. Eva and Mr. Corbeau have long felt a reciprocal affection and attraction, but the world of humans and the world of animals dont mix - until one autumn evening, at the masked ball organized by Evas father in honour of his daughter.

The Talk: True Stories About The Birds & The Bees, directed and written by Alain Delannoy

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