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Tribeca Film Festival Names New Artistic Director
Tuesday November 29th 2011Frederic Boyer, a veteran of the film festival circuit who has most recently been in charge of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, will be the new artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, its organizers said on Monday.
Mr. Boyer, 52, has been the artistic director and head of programming for Directors’ Fortnight since 2009; he also is the artistic director of Les Arcs European Film Festival, which is held at Les Arcs ski resort in France, and ran the art-house video store Videosphere in Paris. Peter Scarlet was the last Tribeca festival executive to hold the title of artistic director; he resigned in 2009 when Geoffrey Gilmore, the longtime director of the Sundance Film Festival, was brought in as Tribeca’s chief creative officer.
In a phone interview, Mr. Boyer said still that the people he had met through Directors’ Fortnight would still be “a part of my family, but now it’s a totally different adventure.”
“What I want to bring to Tribeca,” Mr. Boyer said, “are a lot of things: the desire of cinema, the pleasure to share, the generosity, the welcoming of filmmakers and maybe to bring more ideas for next year.” He added: “This is a very creative festival, they have a very open mind, and for them they wanted me maybe to bring some more European connections. I have some contacts they don’t have, they have some contacts I don’t have, and we will join our forces to do something very specific and very unusual. I have a lot to learn from the Tribeca Film Festival.”
Mr. Boyer will report to Mr. Gilmore, who will be more involved in organizing the festival’s program, and Nancy Schafer, the festival’s executive director. The Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, was first held in 2002 and its 11th annual program is scheduled to run in New York April 18 to 29.
Source: The NY Times
Headline, Industry News
Tribeca Film Festival Names New Artistic Director
Tuesday November 29th 2011Frederic Boyer, a veteran of the film festival circuit who has most recently been in charge of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, will be the new artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, its organizers said on Monday.
Mr. Boyer, 52, has been the artistic director and head of programming for Directors’ Fortnight since 2009; he also is the artistic director of Les Arcs European Film Festival, which is held at Les Arcs ski resort in France, and ran the art-house video store Videosphere in Paris. Peter Scarlet was the last Tribeca festival executive to hold the title of artistic director; he resigned in 2009 when Geoffrey Gilmore, the longtime director of the Sundance Film Festival, was brought in as Tribeca’s chief creative officer.
In a phone interview, Mr. Boyer said still that the people he had met through Directors’ Fortnight would still be “a part of my family, but now it’s a totally different adventure.”
“What I want to bring to Tribeca,” Mr. Boyer said, “are a lot of things: the desire of cinema, the pleasure to share, the generosity, the welcoming of filmmakers and maybe to bring more ideas for next year.” He added: “This is a very creative festival, they have a very open mind, and for them they wanted me maybe to bring some more European connections. I have some contacts they don’t have, they have some contacts I don’t have, and we will join our forces to do something very specific and very unusual. I have a lot to learn from the Tribeca Film Festival.”
Mr. Boyer will report to Mr. Gilmore, who will be more involved in organizing the festival’s program, and Nancy Schafer, the festival’s executive director. The Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, was first held in 2002 and its 11th annual program is scheduled to run in New York April 18 to 29.
Source: The NY Times
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Headline, Industry News
Tribeca Film Festival Names New Artistic Director
Tuesday November 29th 2011Frederic Boyer, a veteran of the film festival circuit who has most recently been in charge of the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, will be the new artistic director of the Tribeca Film Festival, its organizers said on Monday.
Mr. Boyer, 52, has been the artistic director and head of programming for Directors’ Fortnight since 2009; he also is the artistic director of Les Arcs European Film Festival, which is held at Les Arcs ski resort in France, and ran the art-house video store Videosphere in Paris. Peter Scarlet was the last Tribeca festival executive to hold the title of artistic director; he resigned in 2009 when Geoffrey Gilmore, the longtime director of the Sundance Film Festival, was brought in as Tribeca’s chief creative officer.
In a phone interview, Mr. Boyer said still that the people he had met through Directors’ Fortnight would still be “a part of my family, but now it’s a totally different adventure.”
“What I want to bring to Tribeca,” Mr. Boyer said, “are a lot of things: the desire of cinema, the pleasure to share, the generosity, the welcoming of filmmakers and maybe to bring more ideas for next year.” He added: “This is a very creative festival, they have a very open mind, and for them they wanted me maybe to bring some more European connections. I have some contacts they don’t have, they have some contacts I don’t have, and we will join our forces to do something very specific and very unusual. I have a lot to learn from the Tribeca Film Festival.”
Mr. Boyer will report to Mr. Gilmore, who will be more involved in organizing the festival’s program, and Nancy Schafer, the festival’s executive director. The Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, was first held in 2002 and its 11th annual program is scheduled to run in New York April 18 to 29.
Source: The NY Times
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