“Live From New York!” doc to open Tribeca Film FestFebruary 13, 2015 - 17:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Tribeca Film Festival will open its 2015 edition with the world premiere of “Live From New York!”, director Bao Nguyen’s documentary that chronicles the 40-year-history of “Saturday Night Live.” The movie, which combines archival footage with interviews of “SNL” cast members, crew and hosts as well as journalists and other talking heads, aims to trace the evolution and influence of the show over its 800 episodes. The film’s selection as the opener of the 14th annual Tribeca festival coincides with the long-running series’ 40th anniversary. Nguyen recently produced “2030,” the Vietnamese sci-fi tale that recently screened as part of the Berlin Film Festival, as well as “Once in a Lullaby,” the documentary that premiered as part of Tribeca in 2012. His next movie, “In the Shadow of the Hills,” was part of Tribeca’s All Access Program in 2014. JL Pomeroy and Tom Broecker produced “Live From New York!” The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival runs April 15-26, with the fest’s full slate of features set to be announced in early March. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |