Monday, March 14, 2011

Tribeca Announces the 2011 Film Line-up Including Several Horror and Thriller Releases (Rabies, The Bleeding House, Saint)

The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival will host thirty-three films this year, beginning April 20th. This one of a kind event that takes place in New York each year and 2011 is a special time for horror and thriller fans. Two dozen thrillers and horror features will show this year, with Rabies, Saint, Trollhunter, and The Bleeding House standing out. Each of these four films will be part of Tribeca's Cinemania feature, which consists of films "that defy categorization from all around the world." Have a closer look at several of the more exciting films to show at the festival, below.

The Assault (L’assaut)

Director: Julien Leclerq, Writers: Simon Moutairou and Julien Leclerq.

(France) – International Premiere, Narrative.

"Christmas Eve, 1994. In war-torn Algiers, four men uniformed as border guards hijack Air France Flight 8969, foreboding doom for all 220 passengers. But on their arrival in Marseilles, the elite French SWAT force waits to avert tragedy. Based on the harrowing true story of one of the most successful anti-terrorist operations in history, and incorporating actual news footage, this action-packed thriller from Julien Leclercq (Chrysalis) is packed with heart-pounding intensity."

*In French with English subtitles (Tribeca).

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (Di Renjie)

Director: Tsui Hark.

(Hong Kong, China) – US Premiere, Narrative.

"In a fantastical steampunk version of ancient China, legendary sleuth Detective Dee returns from exile to help solve a series of suspicious murders on the eve of the coronation of the country’s first empress. A period epic from genre master Tsui Hark, Detective Dee is an action-packed, visually breathtaking Sherlock Holmes-style mystery featuring stars Andy Lau, Li Bingbing, Carina Lau, and Tony Leung Ka-fai."

*In Mandarin with English subtitles. An Indomina Releasing release.

The Good Doctor

Director: Lance Daly, Writer: John Enbom. (USA)

World Premiere, Narrative.

"When lonesome first-year medical resident Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) finally gets the respect he so desperately craves from an enchanting teenage patient, he’ll do anything to keep her in his care…. In this slow-burn psychological thriller, Lance Daly’s (Kisses) keen eye and a restrained yet forceful performance by Bloom paint a gripping portrait of the accelerating depths of obsession."

The Guard

Director/writer: by John Michael McDonagh.

(Ireland) – New York Premiere, Narrative.

"Curmudgeonly small-town sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) has a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humor, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no desire whatsoever to work with a straight-laced FBI agent (Don Cheadle), in from the States on a cocaine-smuggling case. Venerable Irish character actor Gleeson fills his acid-tongued cop with an irreplaceable charm, and his banter with Cheadle will leave you in stitches."

*A Sony Pictures Classics release.

Point Blank (A Bout Portant)

Director: Fred Cavayé.

Writer: Fred Cavayeì and Guillaume Lemans.

(France) – International Premiere, Narrative.

"Samuel (Gilles Lellouche) is studying to be a nurse and his very pregnant wife, Nadia (Elena Anaya), is relegated to bed rest. But when Nadia is kidnapped right in front of him, to get her back he’ll have to free a man under police surveillance from the hospital in three hours. Point Blank is a taut suspense thriller that gets the adrenaline-inducing action going right from the start and never eases up."

*In French with English subtitles. A Magnolia Pictures release.

A Quiet Life (Una Vita Tranquilla).

Director: Claudio Cupellini.

Writers: Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, and Claudio Cupellini.

(Italy, Germany, France) – New York Premiere, Narrative.

"Two decades after he disappeared from Naples, ex-gangster Rosario has earned all the rewards of a simple life in rural Germany—a lovely young wife, a new son, and a gratifying restaurant/hotel business. But when a pair of mysterious young men take a room at his hotel, Rosario’s violent past catches up with him. The great Toni Servillo (Gomorrah) stars in this slow-burn dramatic thriller, a brilliant addition to the new school of sophisticated, subtly suspenseful Italian crime films."

*In Italian, German with English subtitles.

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Director/writer: Panos Cosmatos.

(Canada, Italy) – International Premiere.

"Panos Cosmatos brings his bold, Kubrickian vision to the screen in stunning detail in this sci-fi fable of a young woman imprisoned in an experimental laboratory facility and the mysterious scientist who is her captor. At once creatively futuristic and hypnotically retro, Beyond the Black Rainbow will absorb viewers in its unique dystopian futurescape."

The Bleeding House

Director/writer: Philip Gelatt.

(USA) – World Premiere.

"Meet the Smiths—a family full of secrets who keep to themselves on a back road outside a small Midwestern town. In this visceral, tightly wound horror/thriller, their lives are shaken when a sweet-talking Texan arrives on their doorstep on a mission for retribution. Will he succeed in his goal to bleed them of their sins, or will the family’s haunted past prove to be even more deadly than he bargained for?"

*A Tribeca Film release.
Grave Encounters

Directors/writers: The Vicious Brothers.

(USA) – World Premiere.

"The crew of ghost-hunting reality TV show "Grave Encounters" decides to shoot an episode inside an abandoned psychiatric hospital with a dark past. All in the name of good television, they voluntarily lock themselves inside the building for the night to begin a paranormal investigation, capturing everything on camera. They quickly realize that the building is more than just haunted—it is alive, and has no intention of ever letting them go."

*A Tribeca Film release.

Rabies (Kalevet)

Directors/writers: Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado.

(Israel) – North American Premiere.

"A psychotic serial killer on the loose in the woods crosses paths with a group of unsuspecting teenagers. Soon people are dying one by one… but the bad guy isn’t who you think. Turning genre conventions on their head with a smart script and plenty of unexpected scares, Rabies is a surprising debut worthy of its mantle as Israel's first-ever slasher horror film."

*In Hebrew with English subtitles.

Saint (Sint)

Director/writer: by Dick Maas.

(Netherlands) – North American Premiere.

"An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint reimagines jolly old Saint Nick as a murderous bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy under the December 5 full moon. Full of creative yuletide horror, Saint is a fun chiller that follows local teen Frank as he sets out on a bloody, high-energy battle to save Amsterdam from the wrathful “Sinterklaas” and his minions."

*In Dutch with English subtitles.

Trollhunter (Trolljegeren)

Director/writer: André Øvredal.

(Norway) – New York Premiere.

"In the wintry Norwegian countryside, a series of supposed bear poaching incidents leads a group of plucky film students to the mysterious hunter Hans: the one man charged with keeping the country’s entire troll population in check. This genre treat seamlessly blends stunning visual effects with its found footage aesthetic to deliver truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc, all with darkly funny adherence to the original folklore."

*In Norwegian with English subtitles. A Magnet Releasing release.

Visit the Tribeca Film Festival Homepage for more info':

Tribeca Film Festival

Sources:

Tribeca. Press Release. 14 March 2011.

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