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More than 6,200 films, from countries ranging from Costa Rica
and Iceland to Albania and South Africa, were submitted for the
festival, which runs from April 15 to 26.
Half of its slate of 97 feature-length films, including
selections for the world narrative and documentary feature
competitions and entries for its "Viewpoints" section, were
announced by organizers on Tuesday.
"We were inspired by, and really admire the ambition and
risk-taking of the filmmakers who are striving to capture the
emotion and complexities of everyday life in this year's
submissions," Frederic Boyer, artistic director of the festival,
said in a statement.
In "Franny," from director/writer Andrew Renzi, Gere is a rich
eccentric who gets involved in the lives of the daughter of a
dead friend, played by Fanning, and her husband.
Franco is a novelist suffering from writer's block in the crime
thriller, "The Adderall Diaries," which also stars Amber Heard
and Cynthia Nixon and is based on the best-selling memoir of the
same name by Stephen Elliott.
"Meadowland," with Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, follows the
strained relationship of a couple whose son goes missing.
This year's festival will open with the world premiere of "Live
from New York!," about the NBC late night comedy sketch show
"Saturday Night Live."
Films in the documentary competition include "Havana Motor
Club," about drag racers preparing for a race in Cuba, and "In
Transit," which travels America's busiest long-distance train
route from Chicago to Seattle.
"Autism in Love" tells the story of adults with the disorder and
"Thank You for Playing" details a couple's efforts to make a
videogame about their son's fight against cancer.
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2001 by actor Robert De
Niro, film producer Jane Rosenthal and investor Craig Hatkoff to
revitalize the downtown New York neighborhood following the
Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and
Andrew Hay)
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