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Subject to its Terms of Use Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:42:03 PST http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118066247.html?nid=4192 Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights from Protagonist Pictures for Irish director Lenny Abrahamson's drama "What Richard Did." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118066105.html?nid=4192 Cinedigm Entertainment Group and Tribeca Film have jointly acquired U.S. distribution rights to Craig Zisk's feature debut "The English Teacher," starring Julianne Moore. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118065092.html?nid=4192 The Tribeca Film Festival has tapped the dozen visual artists, including William Wegman, Jose Parla and Clifford Ross, whose original works will be the trophies handed out to winners of the fest's competitive categories this year. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059187.html?nid=4192 Tribeca Film has acquired U.S. rights to Matthew Cooke's documentary "How to Make Money Selling Drugs," which world preemed Friday night at the Toronto Film Festival. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118058909.html?nid=4192 As companies spend considerable coin targeting the independent film community at festivals, others are finding another gathering of tastemakers just as attractive to boost business: foodies. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118058702.html?nid=4192 Tribeca Film has acquired Edward Burns’ "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" for a late November release across multiple platforms. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057808.html?nid=4192 FilmBuff will release "The Russian Winter," a documentary about singer-songwriter John Forte's concert tour, on Oct. 23. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057546.html?nid=4192 The Tribeca Film Festival has set the dates for its 2013 edition, now skedded to run April 17-28 in Gotham. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118054472.html?nid=4192 French helmer Kim Chapiron, whose English-language debut "Dog Pound" earned him Tribeca's new narrative filmmaker prize, is prepping his sophomore feature, "La Creme de la Creme," a French-lingo coming-of-age drama. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053266.html?nid=4192 Drama "Any Day Now" and doc "Burn" scored the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival's audience awards, announced at the fest's wrap party on Saturday, April 28 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053236.html?nid=4192 Two years ago, Goldcrest exec director Nick Quested and his board of directors took a hard look at the global entertainment marketplace and the opportunities their 35-year-old production and financing outfit had to offer. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053202.html?nid=4192 "Una noche" led the list of award winners in the juried competitions at the Tribeca Film Festival, with Lucy Mulloy's feature scoring three kudos -- including one for one of the young actors who disappeared last week when he arrived in the U.S. from Cuba. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053121.html?nid=4192 Tribeca Film Institute, the nonprofit arts org affiliated with the Tribeca Film Festival, has handed out a round of grants to Latin American filmmakers while also announcing a new $20,000 prize to go to an African-American filmmaker. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052935.html?nid=4192 Universal's "The Five-Year Engagement" kicked off the 11th Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, giving the pic's co-writer/director Nicholas Stoller the opportunity to make a truly memorable intro speech from the stage of the Ziegfeld Theater. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052774.html?nid=4192 The 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off tonight with Universal comedy "The Five-Year Engagement," has a diverse lineup geared to both industry denizens and general moviegoers, encompassing world preems, fest-circuit vets, small-scale indies and a four-quadrant studio tentpole in the form of closing film "The Avengers." http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052517.html?nid=4192 With new blood, new roles, programmers feel reinvigorated. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052518.html?nid=4192 A look at select titles garnering buzz at Tribeca http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052519.html?nid=4192 Tribeca Films, the fledgling distribution arm of Tribeca Enterprises, hasn't had any runaway hits at the box-office just yet. But that's not really their primary focus. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052520.html?nid=4192 As a platform for discovery, Tribeca has featured it share of breakout statements, such as Dylan Kidd's "Roger Dodger" in 2002, and artists taking unprecedented risks, such as Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (2005). Here are four actors breaking new ground at this year's fest. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052691.html?nid=4192 Producer-director Irwin Winkler will serve as the jury president at the Tribeca Film Festival, topping a roster of jurors that includes Susannah Grant, Patricia Clarkson, Whoopi Goldberg, Mike Newell, Jim Sheridan, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore, among others.