After an American aid worker makes a longshot pitch to U2 to help raise awareness about the Bosnian capital’s plight, the band’s live satellite interviews with local Sarajevans during their 1993 ZOO TV Tour help highlight the direness of the situation on the ground. A stirring testament to art’s enduring ability to cast light in even the darkest of circumstances, Kiss the Future follows an underground community who worked and created throughout the nearly four-year long Siege of Sarajevo. Kiss the Future, (USA, Ireland) – North American Premiere. See below for the full Tribeca Festival Gala selections, and click here for the complete Tribeca lineup and short film programming. The Gala events, sponsored by City National Bank, take place at the Beacon Theatre on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Additionally, Grammy-winning Megan Thee Stallion is participating in a live conversation. The remaining Tribeca Gala selections include the world premieres of music documentaries about Grammy-winning artists Carlos Santana, Cyndi Lauper, and French Montana, with dedicated performances by each artist after the screenings.

The film will have its world debut during Closing Night of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Peter Sohn, “Elemental” is voiced by Catherine O’Hara, Leah Lewis, and Mamoudou Athie. This year’s Centerpiece Gala is the New York premiere of Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental.” Set in Element City, where fire-, water-, earth- and air-residents live together, the film is about Ember, a fiery young woman, whose friendship with water-guy Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in and the person she wants to be.

After the movie, the film’s director and star and Tribeca co-founder Robert De Niro, producer Jane Rosenthal, and writer and co-star Chazz Palminteri will participate in a live conversation with David Remnick, the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker.

Viva Sarajevo!”Ī special 30th-anniversary screening of “A Bronx Tale” will close the 2023 Tribeca Festival on June 17. If defiance is the essence of romance, then the people of Sarajevo are the most romantic figures. U2 frontman Bono said, “We know U2’s marquee is helpful in getting the lives of these local heroes to a wider audience, but even at my most puffed up I couldn’t have imagined our tiny role being given so much care, attention, and screen time by Nenad Cicin-Sain. Cannes Jury Revealed: Paul Dano, Brie Larson, Julia Ducournau Join Ruben Östlund

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