Top brass at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) presented by AT&T have announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition and Viewpoints selections.

Organisers also said that AT&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.

Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!

The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.

Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of these directors (as well as two screenwriters) are eligible to receive the third annual Nora Ephron Award, which “recognises a woman who embodies the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer.”

“We were inspired by, and really admire the ambition and risk-taking of the film-makers who are striving to capture the emotions and complexities of everyday life in this year’s submissions,” said artistic director Frederic Boyer.

“The films in competition and viewpoints come from all over the world and showcase a wide range of styles, yet have remarkable universality,” said festival director Genna Terranova. “They exhibit a sophistication in storytelling and a pursuit of truth that we believe will resonate with audiences.”

This year, 12 narrative and 12 documentary features making their North American, international or world Premieres will compete for cash prizes totalling $225,000, as well as artwork from the Artists Awards programme featuring donated work from contemporary artists.

Two features – one narrative and one documentary – will be selected to receive the Audience Award. Films playing in the World Narrative Competition, World Documentary Competition, Viewpoints, Spotlight and Midnight sections are eligible.

The films selected for the World Narrative Competition, World Documentary Competition, and Viewpoints are:

WORLD NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION

Each of the 12 international films compete for the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best New Narrative Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Editing in a Narrative and Best Cinematography.

The Adderall Diaries (USA), dir Pamela Romanowsky
World premiere

Bridgend (Denmark), dir Jeppe Rønde
North American premiere

Dixieland (USA), dir Hank Bedford
World premiere

Franny (USA), dir Andrew Renzi
World premiere

Meadowland (USA), dir Reed Morano
World premiere

Men Go To Battle (USA), dir Zachary Treitz
World premiere

Necktie Youth (Netherlands-South Africa), dir Sibs Shongwe-La Mer
North American premiere

The Survivalist (Northern Ireland-UK), dir Stephen Fingleton
World premiere

Sworn Virgin (Vergine Giurata) (Albania-Germany- Italy-Kosovo-Switzerland), dir Laura Bispuri
North American premiere

Viaje (Costa Rica), dir Paz Fábrega
World premiere

Virgin Mountain (Iceland-Denmark) dir Dagur Kári
North American premiere

Wednesday 04:45 (Tetari 04:45) (Germany-Greece-Israel), dir Alexis Alexiou
World premiere

WORLD DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

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The 12 selections compete for Best Documentary Feature, Best New Documentary Director and Best Documentary Editing.

Autism In Love (USA), dir Matt Fuller
World premiere

The Birth Of Saké (USA), dir Erik Shirai
World premiere

Democrats (Denmark), dir Camilla Nielsson
North American premiere

Havana Motor Club (Cuba-USA), dir Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
World premiere

In My Father’s House (USA), dirs Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
World premiere

In Transit (USA), dirs Albert Maysles, Nelson Walker, Lynn True, David Usui and Ben Wu
World premiere

Indian Point (USA), dir Ivy Meeropol
World premiere

Palio (UK-Italy, pictured), dir Cosima Spender
World premiere

Song Of Lahore (USA-Pakistan), dirs Andy Schocken and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
World premiere

Thank You For Playing (USA), dirs David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall
World premiere

Tom Swift And His Electric Rifle (USA), dir Nick Berardini
World premiere

Very Semi-Serious (USA), dir Leah Wolchok
World premiere

VIEWPOINTS

All Eyes And Ears (China, USA), dir Vanessa Hope
New York premiere, documentary

Applesauce (USA), dir Onur Tukel
World premiere, narrative

Bad Hurt (USA), dir Mark Kemble
World premiere, narrative

Bare (USA), dir Natalia Leite
World premiere, narrative 

Being 14 (À 14 Ans) (France), dir Hélène Zimmer
International premiere, narrative

Come Down Molly (USA), dir Gregory Kohn
World premiere, narrative

A Courtship (USA), dir Amy Kohn
World premiere, documentary

Crocodile Gennadiy (USA), dir Steve Hoover
World premiere, documentary

Cronies (USA), dir Michael Larnell
New York premiere, narrative

dream/killer (USA), dir Andrew Jenks
World premiere, documentary

El Cinco (El 5 de Talleres), (Argentina), dir Adrián Biniez
North American Premiere, Narrative

GORED (USA), dir Ido Mizrahy
World premiere, documentary

Jackrabbit (USA), dir Carleton Ranney
World premiere, narrative

King Jack (USA), dir Felix Thompson
World premiere, narrative

Lucifer (Belgium-Mexico), dir Gust Van den Berghe
US premiere, narrative

Orion: The Man Who Would Be King (UK), dir Jeanie Finlay
World premiere, documentary

Shut Up And Drive (USA), dir Melanie Shaw
World premiere, narrative

Slow Learners (USA), dirs Sheena Joyce and Don Argott
World premiere, narrative

Stranded in Canton (Nakangami na Guangzhou) (Sweden-Denmark-China), dir Måns Månsson
North American premiere, narrative

Sunrise (Arunoday) (India-France), dir Partho Sen-Gupta
North American premiere, narrative

Tenured (USA), dir Christopher Modoono
World premiere, narrative.

(T)ERROR (USA), dirs Lyric R Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe
New York premiere, documentary

Toto And His Sisters (Toto Si Surorile Lui) (Romania), dir Alexander Nanau
North American premiere, documentary

TransFatty Lives (USA), dir Patrick O’Brien
World premiere, documentary

Uncertain (USA), dirs Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands
World premiere, documentary

We Are Young. We Are Strong. (Germany), dir Burhan Qurbani
North American premiere, narrative

The Wolfpack (USA), dir Crystal Moselle
New York premiere, documentary

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