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After announcing the documentary and narrative films in
competition on Tuesday, the festival revealed its full schedule
of nearly 100 feature-length films.
As in previous years, the downtown New York event will pair
films with live music, dance and comedy performances linked to
them.
"Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions," about the recording of
one of the rhythm and blues singer's albums, will be followed by
a concert at the Beacon Theater. A special dance performance
will accompany "A Ballerina's Tale," which offers a peek into
the daily life of Misty Copeland of New York's American Ballet
Theatre.
"Seeing a film together alongside a live performance heightens
the experience, engages the imagination and brings audiences
together is an unforgettable way," Genna Terranova, the
festival's director, said in a statement.
The festival line-up will include the world premiere of
"Anesthesia," about a New York college professor mugged near his
home and starring Sam Waterston, Glenn Close and Kristen
Stewart.
Schwarzenegger, California's former governor, will be back on
the big screen in "Maggie" as a small-town farmer whose daughter
is infected in an epidemic threatening humanity.
And in "The Wannabe," based on the events surrounding the trial
of American mobster John Gotti in 1992, best supporting Oscar
winner Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood") embarks on a crime spree.
Documentaries, always a major component at Tribeca, include "The
Emperor's New Clothes," an expose of the impact of the financial
crisis by English writer/director Michael Winterbottom and
comedian Russell Brand.
The festival, which runs from April 16-26, was founded in 2001
by actor Robert De Niro, producer Jane Rosenthal and investor
Craig Hatkoff to revitalize the downtown New York neighborhood
following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy)
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