Cinereach Blog
- 04/09/2012
Cinereach Supported Films at the Tribeca Film Festival
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» cinereach.org » [email protected] 04/10/2012 Cinereach Supported Films at the Tribeca Film Festival Dear Friends, The spring festival season is upon us! We’re excited to welcome five Cinereach supported films to New York City for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, which begins April 18th. Check the festival’s site for ticket info. Grantees BURN and The World Before Her will have their world premieres, and Planet of Snail will make its North American Premiere. 
BURN (Nonfiction) Dirs. Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez
A front-line look at the city of Detroit, as seen through the eyes of its firefighters, who are some of the busiest in the world.
Planet of Snail (Nonfiction) Dir. Seung-Jun Yi Young-Chan comes from the Planet of Snail. Dwellers of this tiny planet are deaf and blind, and call themselves ‘snails’ because they rely only on their tactile senses, and communicating by touch.
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The World Before Her (Nonfiction) Dir. Nisha Pahuja Two competitors in the Miss India Contest show an India divided along many fault lines—political, religious, economic and cultural.
Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute grantees Keep the Lights On and Postcards from the Zoo will make their New York and North American premieres, respectively, at this year’s festival. 
Keep the Lights On (Fiction) Dir. Ira Sachs The story of a tumultuous, decade-long relationship between two men in New York City, chronicling the bonds that keep them together and the addictions that tear them apart.
Postcards from the Zoo (Fiction) Dir. Edwin After being abandoned at a young age at the zoo, a young woman leaves her magical childhood behind to discover the world outside.
Beyond New York City, across the US and around the world, the spring film festivals are brimming with Cinereach grantees. Keep an eye out for Code of the West, Informant, Kuichisan, Laura, The Patron Saints, Reportero, Ok, Enough, Goodbye and other titles in festival lineups from Boston to Buenos Aires! Click here for a full list. More updates soon!
Happy spring,
Cinereach