By Maria Esteves – June 26, 2012

The 11th Annual 2012 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF 2012) presented by founding partner American Express commenced April 18 - 29, 2012 in New York. This year’s festival showcased 106 features, 60 shorts, and 88 premieres including panel discussions, special events, online screenings, real time video streaming, free events (Tribeca Drive-In, Family Festival Street Fair, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Day, Tribeca Soccer Day), filmmakers, and industry parties. The opening and closing night red carpet premieres were The Five-Year Engagement, directed by Nicholas Stoller and The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon.

TFF 2012 Opening Day Press Conference Breakfast announced the festival’s new programming on Wednesday, April 18. The new team include artistic director Frederic Boyer, director of programming Genna Terranova, Tribeca Enterprises chief creative officer Geoff Gilmore, programmer Cara Cusumano, shorts programmer Ben Thompson, assistant programmer Liza Domnitz, and executive director Nancy Schafer. TFF 2012 Filmmakers Welcome Party hosted by Apple, Inc., commenced Thursday, April 19, 9:00 PM at Apple, NYC.

TFI 2012 (Tribeca Film Institute) Latin America Media Arts Fund Awards sponsored by Heineken commenced Saturday, April 21, 7:00 PM at Tenjune, New York. TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund acknowledge and support emerging filmmakers of Latin American descent focused on Latino perspectives in the U.S.

TFF 2012 Press Meet & Greet networking events with filmmakers (documentary, shorts, narrative) was held during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival at the Cadillac Tribeca Press Lounge, TFF Filmmaker/Industry Lounge, and the Bombay Sapphire House of Imagination, NYC.

TFF2012 Opening Press Conference: (from right-left), TFF new
programming team chief creative officer Geoffrey Gilmore, Tribeca
Enterprises, executive director Nancy Schafer, artistic director Frederic
Boyer, and director of programming Genna Terranova, Wednesday, April
18, 2012.

TFF 2102 Filmmakers Welcome Party hosted by Apple: CCO
Tribeca Enterprises Geoffrey Gilmore, right, and director of
digital strategy Eugene Hernandez, Film Society Lincoln Center,
Thursday, April 19, 2012.

TFF2012 TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund Awards: Director
of programming Genna Terranova, TFF, right, and TFI award
presenter Fernando Rovzar, Lemon Films, Saturday, April 21, 2012.

TFF 2012 Press Meet & Greet Documentary Filmmakers
Event at Cadillac Tribeca Press Lounge: Co-directors,
Jill Bauer, left, and Ronna Gradus, Sexy Baby, Friday,
April 20, 2012.

TFF2012 Cadillac Press Lounge: Director Malgoska Szumowska, left,
and actress Joanna Kulig, Elles, with the all new Cadillac CTS Coupe
on display, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

TFF 2012 Filmmakers Lounge: Actor/writer Tarik Low,
Supporting Characters, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

TFF 2012 Filmmakers Lounge: Director Adiya Imri Orr, right, and
cinematographer Meidan Arama, Stitches, Wednesday,
April 25, 2012.