Free Events at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival always has some free events up its sleeve. For 2016, the offerings range from talks featuring Michael Cera at Samsung’s new digital playground in the Meatpacking district, to a free fan screening of Ghostbusters, to the festival’s signature Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day. Here is a roundup of 2016 Tribeca Film Festival freebies.
Tribeca Talks: Unscripted & Immersive @ Samsung 837
Eric Darnell’s Invasion
This free series let’s you get to know some of the pioneering storytellers and makers being showcased at this year’s festival. Headquartered at Samsung’s snazzy, new state-of-the-art, Wonderwall-designed tech and culture hub in the Meatpacking District, the program includes a panel discussion with the team behind the New York Times’ VR project “Seeking Pluto’s Frigid Heart,” a conversation between LoveTrue Director Alma Har’el (Bombay Beach) and actor Michael Cera, and talks featuring Chris Milk of Vrse/Vrse.works, and Eric Darnell of VR animation studio Baobab Studios and director of Invasion. The talks take place from April 14-18. To find out more and reserve your spot go here.
Twilight Director Catherine Hardwicke
Back for another year is Tribeca Film Festival’s Master Class series. In this section, those interested in breaking into film can learn about the movie-making process from industry experts. 2016’s classes include a course on the complexities of creating sound and music for film with Glenn Kiser of Dolby Institute, a preproduction 101 with Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, and a discussion of the casting process with famed casting directors Ellen Lewis and Ellen Chenoweth. For more information on this series visit the Tribeca Film Festival website.
Tribeca Snapchat Shorts Premiere @ Samsung 837
New for 2016 is Tribeca Snapchat Shorts. For this program, the festival and Snapchat announced an open call for submissions of comedic, positive and/or hopeful short films under 200 seconds in length made using the Snapchat app. A jury and avid Snapchatters were then enlisted to select the top ten stories. At this event taking place at Samsung 837 on Sunday, April 17 at 8pm, the winning entires are revealed. To RSVP and/or to find out more go here.
Ghostbusters, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, 1984
One of Tribeca’s staples is its community-minded street fair which takes place on Greenwich Street north of Chambers. The day-long fete celebrates creativity and storytelling through workshops, screenings, installations, performances and more. Highlights of the day include a program of StoryCorps-presented animated short films at the Tribeca Film Center Screening Room, and performances by members of the casts of Bright Star, Finding Neverland and more, and the the Art Bar at Tribeca Studios Backlot where fair goers can sculpt puppets, build set pieces and create stop motion animation. Also part of the Tribeca Studios Backlot programming is a Ghostbusters Fan Fest, which features a free fan screening at the Regal Cinemas Battery Park, a conversation with the team behind the Ghostheads documentary, and a bunch of Ghostbusters-themed activations.
In conjunction with the street fair is Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day. An area of the fair will feature a variety of participatory sports and games, and members of local New York teams will also be on hand.
The street fair takes place on Saturday, April 23 from 10am-6pm.
For the third year in a row, the screenings occurring on the second Friday of the festival are free for all thanks to festival sponsor AT&T. To find out how to get on tickets, check out our earlier article on Film For All Friday here.