Tribeca Italian Film Festival
New York's most important dedicated Italian film festival, held annually in November in New York City, presenting the best of contemporary Italian cinema to one of the world's largest Italian diaspora communities.
Overview
The Tribeca Italian Film Festival is New York's most important dedicated Italian film festival. Founded in 2003 and held annually in November in New York City, the festival presents the best of contemporary Italian cinema to one of the world's largest Italian diaspora communities.
New York's Italian American community -- concentrated historically in neighborhoods including Little Italy, Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, and Howard Beach in Queens -- has complex relationships with Italian culture that the festival addresses directly. The community's cultural connections to Italy, its American-born generations' distance from direct experience of the country, and the continuing Italian immigration to New York create a multi-generational audience with diverse relationships to Italian cinema.
Italian cinema's extraordinary tradition -- from neorealism through the Spaghetti Western through Bertolucci and Fellini to contemporary directors like Matteo Garrone, Paolo Sorrentino, and Marco Bellocchio -- gives the festival rich programming material.
Key Sections
- Contemporary Italian Features -- new Italian cinema
- Documentary Program -- Italian nonfiction
- Short Film Program -- Italian short films
- Italian American Stories -- films addressing the Italian diaspora experience
- Classic Italian Cinema -- retrospective programming
What Filmmakers Should Know
The festival accepts open submissions from Italian filmmakers. For Italian filmmakers seeking US distribution exposure, New York's Italian American community provides a concentrated and culturally invested audience.
Major Awards
- Audience Award -- voted by New York Italian cinema audiences
Festival History
Tribeca Italian Film Festival was founded in 2003 and has operated as New York's primary platform for Italian cinema.
See Also
For Italian cinema, see International Film Markets. For the Tribeca Film Festival, see Tribeca Film Festival.
