Over 450,000 Attend 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
By: Tyler Peterson
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by American Express, today announced that more than 450,000 people attended screenings, panels, talks and free community events - including the Tribeca Drive-In series, Family Festival Street Fair, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day, as well as the Storyscapes installation at the Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination, the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards and the Tribeca Film Institute Interactive Day - during the Festival's 12th edition.
From April 17 through 28, the Festival hosted nearly 400 screenings and panels with more than 95% attendance. A total of 89 features and 60 short films from 37 countries were screened for more than 117,000 movie-goers and panel attendees during the course of the 12-day Festival."Experiencing the films and events with our audiences over the past 12 days has been incredible," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder, Tribeca Film Festival. "It is so rewarding to watch their reactions and hear them engage with our filmmakers at the Q&As after the screenings. It proves there is no better audience than New Yorkers!"- The Tribeca Film Institute screened Festival films and student-made work for 1,395 New York City students through its educational programs, including 150 inmates at Rikers Island, who attended a screening of Inside Out: The People's Art Project as part of the Youth Screening Series.
- 415 Vines were submitted to the first-ever #6SECFILMS Vine Competition.
- At the world premiere of Bending Steel, subject Chris Schoeck bent a steel rod into a tightly bound circle in front of the audience, noting that he has no trouble with the ladies when he does the trick in a bar.
- Films Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Lenny Cooke, and Flex is Kings received standing ovations; as did Clint Eastwood following the screening of Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story before his Tribeca Talks Directors Series discussion; President Clinton when he introduced Bridegroom at its premiere; and Jerry Lewis when he came out on stage to join Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese for the conversation following closing night film The King of Comedy.
- During the Q&A for the documentary Dancing in Jaffa, a graduate of subject Pierre Dulaine's program who was in the audience raised her hand and Pierre brought her up to dance the Merengue together in front of the crowd.
- Several cats joined their owners in the audience at the premiere of Lil Bub & Friendz.
- Tribeca's new juried section Storyscapes, created in collaboration with BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin had over 3,200 registrants to experience the five interactive projects, which included 20 robots from Robots in Residence that roamed the Festival interviewing attendees.
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