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Tribeca 2016 slate announced with Northern Irish shot ‘High Rise’ in competition
03 Mar 2016 : Seán Brosnan
Tom Hiddleston in ‘High Rise’
The competition titles have been announced for this year’s Tribeca Film Festival with Northern Irish film ‘High Rise’ selected to screen in the Viewpoints Strand.

‘High-Rise’, directed by Ben Wheatley, from a screenplay by his regular collaborator Amy Jump, is an adaptation of JG Ballard’s classic 1975 British thriller, starring Tom Hiddleston in the lead along with Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.

The film premiered in Toronto last year. Produced by Oscar-winning Jeremy Thomas, ‘High-Rise’ is a dystopian depiction of a society that starts a class war in a high-rise apartment. It filmed in Northern Ireland, including a key location in Bangor, in 2014 and received funding from the Northern Ireland Screen Fund supported by Invest NI and part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

‘The Survivalist’ – another Northern Irish film – had its’ world premiere at Tribeca last year and went on to screen in numerous festivals with writer/director Stephen Fingleton garnering a BAFTA nomination and winning a BIFA Award for the film.

Ben Wheatley’s next film ‘Free Fire’ is set in Boston in 1978 and centres on a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival. The film will have a strong Irish presence with Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor and Michael Smiley all among the ensemble cast. Brie Larson, Best Actress Oscar winner for her performance in Lenny Abrahamson’s ‘Room’, will also star.

Tribeca takes place April 13-24. Stay tuned to IFTN for more updates.





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