The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) drew more than 450,000 attendees to screenings, panels, community events and other attractions, festival top brass said on Monday [29].

The festival, which ran from Apr 17-28, staged nearly 400 screenings and panels with more than 95% attendance. Eighty-nine features and 60 shorts from 37 countries screened to more than 117,000 people.

The festival wrapped on Sunday with the 30th anniversary restored print of Martin Scorsese’s The King Of Comedy followed by a Q&A with Scorsese and cast members Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis.

  • Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Chiemi Karasawa’s festival entry Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me.