Latinos that make it this year to TRIBECA Film Festival 2017

The countries of the Latino filmmakers that make it to Tribeca Film Festival 2017 are from Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Spain, and Dominican Republic.

International Narrative Competition

Nobody's Watching (Nadie Nos Mira), directed by Julia Solomonoff, written by Julia Solomonoff, Christina Lazaridi. (Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Spain) - World Premiere. After giving up a successful soap opera career in his native Argentina for a chance to make it in New York, Nico finds himself staying afloat with odd jobs bartending and babysitting. In a moving depiction of the vibrant city, Nobody's Watching questions who is watching and how we adjust ourselves accordingly. With Guillermo Pfening, Rafael Ferro, Paola Baldion, Elena Roger, Cristina Morrison, Kerri Sohn, Marco Antonio Caponi. In English, Spanish with subtitles.

Sambá, directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas, written by Ettore D'Alessandro, Carolina Encarnacion. (Dominican Republic) - World Premiere. Cisco has his back against the ropes. After spending 15 years in an American jail, he’s returned to the Dominican Republic yet is unable to get a job, a problem compounded by his mother’s ailing health and his younger brother’s delinquent habits. To make money, he’s resorted to illegal street fighting. But Cisco finds a possible salvation in Nichi, an Italian ex-boxer who sees dollar signs in Cisco’s gritty fighting skills. With Algenis Pérez Soto, Ettore D'Alessandro, Laura Gómez, Ricardo A. Toribio. In Spanish with subtitles.

World Documentary Competition

A River Below, directed by Mark Grieco. (Colombia, USA) - World Premiere. Deep in the Amazon, a renowned marine biologist and a reality TV star are each working to save the indigenous pink river dolphin from being hunted to extinction. When a scandal erupts, ethical questions are raised as murky as the waters of the Amazon River. Mark Grieco’s (Marmato) surprising documentary digs into the ethics of activism in the modern media age. In English, Portuguese, Spanish with subtitles. Earth Day Screening.

This information was taken from the website below:

TRIBECA 2017 ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILM LINE UP FOR COMPETITION, SPOTLIGHT, VIEWPOINTS, AND MIDNIGHT SECTIONS. (2017). Retrieved from https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-2017-feature-films-competition-spotlight-viewpoints-midnightsectionsutm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=FeatureSlate&utm_medium=email&utm_content=030217