The Tribeca Festival Lisboa, which starts this Thursday, will bring together names such as Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg and Ricardo Araújo Pereira in the Portuguese capital, and expects more than 1,500 people in the Beato Innovation District space.
This is the first time that the Tribeca festival, founded two decades ago in New York, has an edition in Europe, with Lisbon hosting a program of cinema, entertainment and conversations with more than a hundred participants, including directors, actors, musicians and shows. figures and journalists.
The official opening of the Tribeca Festival Lisboa is scheduled for this Thursday with an event for guests at the MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, and the main program will take place on Friday and Saturday at the Beato Innovation District.
Regarding the advance sale of tickets and day passes to the public, a source from the Impresa group, which includes the SIC television network and the Opto streaming platform, told the Lusa agency that the expectation is that more than 1,500 people will pass through day for the party.
HE The daily ticket costs 75 euros and the two-day pass costs 130 euros..
The announced programming includes a mix of North American independent films, Portuguese films, series, live podcast recordings, musical performances and conversations with international and national stars.
Among the more than one hundred guests and participants are producer Jane Rosenthal and actor Robert De Niro, who founded the Tribeca festival in New York 22 years ago, to support independent cinema and new talent.
The guest list also includes director Patty Jenkins, actress Whoopi Goldberg and actor Griffin Dunne, Portuguese producer Joana Vicente, Prime Video content director for Portugal and Spain Ricardo Carbonero and actress and model Sara Sampaio.
The Portuguese actors Afonso Pimentel, Alba Baptista, Daniela Ruah and Joaquim de Almeida, the musician Dino d’Santiago and the singer Gisela João, the writers Mia Couto and José Eduardo Agualusa and the comedian Ricardo Araújo Pereira are other guests.
Among the twenty conversations planned, they will talk about the Impact of Artificial Intelligence in film production.about the art of telling stories, about humor and the empowerment of women.
The program will also include some films, including “Anora”, by Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and “In the Summers”, by Lacorazza Samudio, awarded at Sundance.
Also included in the programming are the Portuguese series “Azul”, by director Pedro Varela, the feature film “Podia Ter Esperado Por Agosto”, by César Mourão, and the series “Unicórnios”, “about the culture of startups”. .
The Tribeca Festival Lisbon is the result of a collaboration between Tribeca Enterprises, the SIC television network, the OPTO streaming platform and the Lisbon City Council.
Source: Observadora
