Lenny Cooke, first film from the Tribeca Film Festival to be a guest during Venice Days
- The film by the Safdie brothers kicks off a cultural exchange between the two events. Starting from its next edition, the festival founded by De Niro will present New York audiences with one European film chosen by Venice Days
The life of the greatest "loser" in American basketball history, Lenny Cookeby brothers Joshua and Ben Safdie, will inaugurate the cultural exchange set up between Venice Days and the Tribeca Film Festival. For the first time, the independent film festival set up in 2002 by Robert De Niro will be welcomed in Venice with an American film chosen specifically for Venice Days. In turn, starting with its next edition, the American film festival will host an international sneak preview of a European film chosen by Venice Days every year.
“This agreement will allow us to shine a bright light on emerging filmmakers,” Geoff Gilmore, director of the Tribeca Film Festival underlined. “The Safdie brothers are talented artists who represent a strong voice from independent American cinema. Exactly the type of talent we want to promote in Venice.”
Lenny Cooke, the first feature film by the Safdie brothers (already known for Daddy Longlegs, presented in Cannes and winner of a Gotham Award and Independent Spirit Award) looks into the reasons why the most promising high school basketball player in 2001, valued above future champions such as LeBron James and destined to become a big star in American basketball, never played a minute in the NBA. Lenny Cooke will be screened in an international sneak preview as a special event on Tuesday, September 3.
(Translated from Italian)
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