Tribeca and Youtube have announced their full roster of titles for their unprecedented festival for these unprecedented times — We Are One: A Global Film Festival. In a unifying spirit reminiscent of Tribeca's own post-9/11 beginnings, the festival flexes some curatorial practice by the biggest muscles on the market — including Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, and Annecy. We've taken the liberty to parse out their Asian titles for your viewing pleasure below. With a slate of festival features (like Arun Karthick's “Nasir,” which premiered at this year's IFFR) and star-studded panels (including the likes of Zhang Ziyi, Bong Joon-ho, and Ang Lee — oh my!), the festival will stream some of the best of what the circuit has to offer.
We Are One can be found (for free!) on youtube.com/weareone. The festival will run from May 29 to June 7.
Feature Films
Amreeka (Cherien Dabis, Canada, Kuwait, USA; Online premiere)
When a Palestinian single mom and her teenage son immigrate to small-town Illinois, their dreams of an exciting future clash with the racism they encounter there in this dramedic FIPRESCI prizewinner. Curated by We Are One: A Global Film Festival. Starts at 01:15 PM EST on June 5.
A City Called Macau (Li Shaohong, China, Special Presentation Premiere)
In the gambling underworld of early 2000s Macau, a casino VIP client servicing manager is swept up into a high-stakes melodrama amid epic-scale historical change. Curated by International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Starts at 07:00 AM EST on June 6.
Eeb Allay Ooo (Prateek Vats, India, Online Premiere)
A young migrant is hired to shoo away rampaging monkeys from New Delhi government buildings by mimicking aggressive langurs—their natural enemies—in this charmingly absurd social farce. Curated by Mumbai Film Festival. Starts at 7:00AM EST on May 30.
Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (Daigo Matsui, Japan, Special Presentation Premiere)
After their opening night show gets cancelled, a theater troupe decides to rehearse anyways. Over the course of a 74-minute single take, their real lives merge with their roles. Curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts at 3:30 PM EST on June 4.
The Iron Hammer (Joan Chen, China & USA, World Premiere)
Joan Chen's documentary debut charts the inspiring life and career of Chinese icon “Jenny” Lang Ping, who won historic volleyball gold and transformed a struggling national team into Olympic champions. Curated by We Are One: A Global Film Festival. Starts at 4:30 PM EST on June 7.
Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvili, Israel & France, Special Presentation Premiere)
Dover Kosashvili's Ophir Award-winning film from 2001 is a clever dramedy about a bachelor who becomes involved with a single mother against the wishes of his traditional Georgian family. Curated by Jerusalem Film Festival. Starts at 02:45 PM EST on May 30.
Love Chapter 2 (Sharon Eyal, Israel & France, Special Presentation Premiere)
The winner of the FEDORA – Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet, Love: Chapter 2 pulses with livewire choreography, a thrumming electronic score, and the chaos and confusion of love. Curated by the Jerusalem Film Festival. Starts 09:45 AM EST on May 30.
Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy (Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, Thailand, Special Presentation Premiere)
Based on an anonymous Twitter feed (@marylonly), a candid coming-of-age story blooms from the fantasy world of a Thai teenager. Curated by Venice Film Festival. Starts at 2:20 PM EST on June 3.
Nasir (Arun Karthick, India & Netherlands, Online Premiere)
An ordinary day unfolds for a warmhearted street salesman in southern India, as he tries to make a loving home for his family while warding off the anti-Muslim sentiment of his neighbors. Curated by Mumbai Film Festival. Starts at 09:30 AM EST on June 6.
Sisterhood (Tracy Choi, Macau, Online Premiere)
Sei moved to Taiwan 15 years ago with her husband, but a searing melodrama of cultural alienation unfolds when an unexpected death conjures her tangled past in pre-handover Macau. Curated by International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Starts 8:00 AM EST on June 2.
Shiraz: A Romance of India (Franz Osten, Germany & India, & UK, Special Presentation Premiere)
Franz Osten's epic silent feature, featuring a specially commissioned score by Anoushka Shankar, tells the ravishing tale of one of the world's most beautiful monuments to love: the Taj Mahal. Curated by BFI London Film Festival. Starts at 12:15 PM EST on June 2.
Tremble All You Want (Akiko Ooku, Japan, Special Presentation Premiere)
For the past decade, Yoshika has had a secret crush on her middle school classmate. Her life is thrown into chaos when a colleague asks her out. Curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts 03:15 PM EST on June 5.
Volubilis (Faouzi Bensaïdi, France & Morocco & Qatar, Special Presentation Premiere)
In this tale of love and beauty among the ruins, recently married Abdelkader and Malika struggle to make ends meet, but a violent incident turns their destiny upside down. Curated by Marrakech International Film Festival. Starts at 10:15 AM EST on June 3.
Wrath of Silence (Yukun Xin, China, Special Presentation Premiere)
When his son disappears while tending to the family's sheep farm, a mute miner (Song Yang) seeks vengeance against the land tycoons who wring his rural village dry. Curated by International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Starts at 07:30 AM EST on June 4.
Short Films
Anna (Dekel Berenson, Ukraine & UK & Israel, Global Festival Premiere); curated by Cannes Film Festival. Starts at 03:00PM EST on June 1.
Awake (Vikramaditya Motwane, India, World Premiere); curated by Mumbai Film Festival. Starts 7:00AM EST on June 1.
The Brat (Shaan Vyas, India, World Premiere); curated by Mumbai Film Festival. Starts at 07:00 AM EST on June 2.
Butterflies (Yona Rozenkier, Israel, Global Festival Premiere); curated by Cannes Film Festival. Starts at 02:30 PM EST on June 2.
Dirty Laundry (Maxim Bessmertny, Macau, Online Premiere); curated by International Film Festival & Awards Macao. Starts 7:00 AM EST on June 4.
East of Jefferson (Koji Fukada, Japan, Online Premiere); curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts at 12:30 PM EST on May 30.
Genius Party: Happy Machine (Masaaki Yuasa, Japan, International Online Premiere); curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts at 07:00 AM EST on June 3.
INABE (Koji Fukada, Japan, International Online Premiere); curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts at 08:00 AM EST on June 1.
Lonely Encounter (Jenny Wan, Hong Kong & Macau, Online Premiere); curated by International Film Festival and Awards Macau. Starts at 07:30 AM EST on June 3.
Rosalinda (Matías Piñeiro, Argentina & South Korea, Special Presentation Premiere); curated by New York Film Festival. Starts at 11:55 AM EST on June 7.
Stories of Destroyed Cities: Şhengal (Şêro Hindê, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, & Syria, Online Premiere); curated by International Film Festival Rotterdam. Starts at 10:00 AM EST on June 2.
The Yalta Conference Online (Koji Fukada, Japan, World Premiere); curated by Tokyo International Film Festival. Starts at 7:00 AM EST on June 1.
Panels
Cinema Cafe with Jackie Chan — Recorded live from the Sundance Film Festival, each Cinema Café invigorates the culture of conversation. Our informal chats round up special guests for thought-provoking discussions between Festival filmmakers and journalists. Cinema Cafe with Jackie Chan moderated by Kyle Buchanan from The New York Times. Starts at 09:30 AM EST on May 29.
IFFR Freedom Lecture: Rojava Film Commune — The Kurdish collective Rojava Film Commune gives IFFR 2020's Freedom Lecture, a cooperation between De Balie and IFFR. Starts at 10:30 AM EST on June 2.
Locarno 2019 Excellence Award Conversation — Conversation between Song Kang-ho and Bong Joon-ho moderated by Olivier Père, in occasion of the 2019 Excellence Award to Song Kang-ho. Starts at 04:45 PM EST on June 3.
Masterclass with Nadav Lapid — Acclaimed Israeli filmmaker and recent Golden Bear winner Nadav Lapid (Synonyms, The Kindergarten Teacher) arrives at the Jerusalem Film Festival studio for a special masterclass moderated by actress and screenwriter Romi Aboulafia. Starts at 04:45 PM EST on May 30.
On Transmission: Ang Lee in Conversation with Kore-eda Hirokazu — Nine-time Academy Award®–winning Ang Lee and Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters) discuss the state of film art today. The conversation is fascinating and unexpected: it presents not only one of many possible narratives of the festival but also a vibrant picture of cinema, taken at a crucial time of transition. These remarkable filmmakers have left a mark on the Berlinale and in all our lives. Starts at 04:30 PM EST on June 5.
Rendez-vous with Zhang Ziyi — Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi talked about her career during a conversation with director and historian Yves Montayeur. For an hour and a half, the star who has worked with the greatest Chinese directors, from Wong Kar-wai to Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee, shared confidences about the films that have left their mark on her. Curated by Cannes Film Festival. Starts at 12:15 PM EST on June 3.
The Rest: VR selection & Television
Bloodless (Gina Kim, South Korea, World Premiere) — Portraying the final moments of a sex worker murdered by a US soldier in South Korea, this piece brings historical atrocities to light through a concrete personal experience. Curated by We Are One: A Global Film Festival. VR.
Losing Alice (Sigal Avin, Israel, World Premiere) — Fascination spirals into Faustian bargain after an ambitious female film director meets—and obsesses over—a younger femme-fatale screenwriter. Curated by Jerusalem Film Festival. Starts at 10:45 AM EST on May 29. Television.
