Comments on: Tribeca 2007: The One Thing This Festival Needs, Multiplied By 6 http://blog.spout.com/2007/05/03/tribeca-2007-the-one-thing-this-festival-needs-multiplied-by-6/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: The Reeler http://blog.spout.com/2007/05/03/tribeca-2007-the-one-thing-this-festival-needs-multiplied-by-6/#comment-228 The Reeler Fri, 11 May 2007 21:12:15 +0000 http://blog.spoutblog.com/2007/05/03/tribeca-2007-the-one-thing-this-festival-needs-multiplied-by-6/#comment-228 <strong>What We Learned at Tribeca, Vol. VI</strong> Making the rounds to make sense (or something) of it all What We Learned at Tribeca, Vol. VI

Making the rounds to make sense (or something) of it all

]]> By: Brian Newman http://blog.spout.com/2007/05/03/tribeca-2007-the-one-thing-this-festival-needs-multiplied-by-6/#comment-227 Brian Newman Fri, 04 May 2007 00:46:20 +0000 http://blog.spoutblog.com/2007/05/03/tribeca-2007-the-one-thing-this-festival-needs-multiplied-by-6/#comment-227 I guess I' m the "ex festival executive," and probably as such I seem to be the only person in the film industry not sniping at Tribeca. I actually think it is working. It seems that the snipers have collective amnesia of all the problems at other fests, or have decided to aggregate all their problems and throw them at Tribeca. The films I've seen and seen reviewed show an increase in quality and distributors surveyed by the Hollywood Reporter seem happy looking for and showing films there. Tickets may be expensive, but they are reportedly selling well. I had a harder time with the Sundance screener library - and a longer line, and harder to get to the venues, and more commercialism, higher prices (a pass translates to 37.50 folks), etc. They aren't the only for-profit fest (SXSW) nor the only one with bad screening times for the press. So, I guess my hope for them in growing up is that they ignore everyone and keep working towards building a world-class fest. NYC deserves it, and while they are stumbling some, anyone would with the ambitions they've given themselves. I do wish, however, that there was a joint industry/press area near the press/industry screenings and that those were downtown, but hey, same problem at Toronto. I guess I’ m the “ex festival executive,” and probably as such I seem to be the only person in the film industry not sniping at Tribeca. I actually think it is working. It seems that the snipers have collective amnesia of all the problems at other fests, or have decided to aggregate all their problems and throw them at Tribeca. The films I’ve seen and seen reviewed show an increase in quality and distributors surveyed by the Hollywood Reporter seem happy looking for and showing films there. Tickets may be expensive, but they are reportedly selling well. I had a harder time with the Sundance screener library - and a longer line, and harder to get to the venues, and more commercialism, higher prices (a pass translates to 37.50 folks), etc. They aren’t the only for-profit fest (SXSW) nor the only one with bad screening times for the press. So, I guess my hope for them in growing up is that they ignore everyone and keep working towards building a world-class fest. NYC deserves it, and while they are stumbling some, anyone would with the ambitions they’ve given themselves. I do wish, however, that there was a joint industry/press area near the press/industry screenings and that those were downtown, but hey, same problem at Toronto.

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