Three Israeli films will have their world premieres at the 19th Tribeca Film Festival, which will take place in downtown Manhattan from April 15-26.
The International Narrative Competition is a section of the festival where Israeli films have always done well and two of the 10 films are from Israel this year. Eytan Fox will be returning to Tribeca for the fourth time with Sublet (full disclosure: I was a script editor on the film). The movie tells the story of a gay New York Times travel writer who comes to Tel Aviv after suffering a tragedy. The energy of the city and his relationship with a younger man who becomes his tour guide bring him back to life. The writer is played by Tony-Award actor John Benjamin Hickey, who played Neil Gross on The Good Wife and who just starred in the acclaimed play, The Inheritance, on Broadway and in London. The younger man is played by Niv Nissim, in his professional debut.
