March 16, 2010 02:30PM EDT

TFF Virtual: Full-Length Films, Red Carpets, and More

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You don’t have to come to New York City to check out feature films, interviews, and red carpet goodies from the Tribeca Film Festival (although we hope you can, of course!). Now our neighborhood can come to you thanks to Tribeca Film Fest Virtual, supported by founding partner American Express®. A Premium pass will run you only $45 for 8 full-length films, award-winning short films, streaming panel discussions, exclusive interviews, and conversations with filmmakers and other Festival attendees, both virtual and in-the-flesh. Whether comedy, drama, romance, documentaries, or even horror flicks are your bag, we've got you covered with films from around the world.

TFF Virtual Premium will launch April 23 with the simultaneous Virtual and Festival premiere of Edward Burns’ latest film, Nice Guy Johnny.

Here are the other feature-length films Premium passholders will be able to stream live from their computers anywhere in the US.



Nice Guy Johnny, directed and written by Edward Burns. (USA)—World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative. A master of the modern relationship dramedy, Edward Burns crafts a summery gem centered on baby-faced 24-year-old Johnny Rizzo, who's about to trade his dream job in talk radio for some snoozeville gig that'll pay enough to please his fiancée. Enter Uncle Terry (Burns), a rascally womanizer set on turning a day in the Hamptons into an eye-opening fling for his nephew. Nice guy Johnny's not interested, of course, but then he meets the lovely Brooke...



Elvis & Madona (Elvis e Madona), directed and written by Marcelo Laffitte. (Brazil)—North American and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative. The lives of a beautiful biker babe and a tall blonde trannie intertwine in this vibrant Rio-set romantic comedy. Elvis is an aspiring young photographer delivering pizzas to make ends meet. Madona's plans for a spectacular drag show have just been dashed when her rotten sometime lover steals all her money. When they meet by chance, Elvis and Madona's unlikely love will help them chase their dreams and deal with the obstacles that arise along the way.

Spork, directed and written by J.B. Ghuman, Jr. (USA)—World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative. Junior high isn't easy for anyone—especially if you're a frizzy-haired, pink-cheeked hermaphrodite like Spork. But when the talent show shines a chance for Spork to show up Betsy Byotch's mean girls gang, her recently best-friended trailer-park neighbor Tootsie Roll steps up to coach her in booty-poppin' moves. This '80s-inspired dance send-up is littered with colorful dialogue from a tween cast with mouths beyond their years.



Buried Land, directed by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes and Steven Eastwood, written by Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, Steven Eastwood, and Dzeno Medanovic. (Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, USA)—World Premiere. The small town of Visoko heralds to the world a remarkable discovery: A valley of ancient pyramids predating Egypt exists under the hills of central Bosnia. Tourists flood the war-scarred region, and locals are caught between the real and the imagined (mirroring the film's vacillation between documentary and fiction). With the help of a young man returning to his homeland, an American film crew determines the role of faith in capturing what can not yet be proven. In English, Bosnian with English subtitles.



Into the Cold, directed by Sebastian Copeland. (USA)—World and TFF Virtual Premiere, Documentary. The absolute top of the earth is a place few try to reach on foot. Even fewer succeed. With the vast arctic ice vanishing rapidly, photographer, extreme adventurer, and environmental advocate Sebastian Copeland sets out to reach the North Pole on the centennial of Admiral Peary's reach in 1909. This inspiring documentary follows their tumultuous two-month trek—not just through piercing cold and merciless terrain, but straight into the depths of the soul.



Possessed (Bool-sin-ji-ok), directed and written by Lee Yong-ju. (South Korea)—North American Premiere. In this eminently creepy horror show, college student Hee-jin returns home in the wake of her younger sister's disappearance, only to find her mother a fanatical religious convert and the family's neighbors offing themselves in increasingly bizarre and grotesque ways. Together with detective Tae-hwan, Hee-jin must unravel the tangled web of connections between the victims that will lead back to the missing girl.



Freetime Machos, directed by Mika Ronkainen. (Finland, Germany)—North American and TFF Virtual Premiere. Matti and Mikko play for Finland's worst amateur rugby team. Overworked and domesticated, the two men long for a space to revel in their masculinity and bond with other men. Following the two friends and their teammates on a quest to end the season with just a single win, award-winning writer/director Mika Ronkainen (Screaming Men) crafts a genuine and disarmingly funny love story about modern male friendship.



The Sentimental Engine Slayer, directed and written by Omar Rodriguez Lopez. (USA, Mexico)—North American and TFF Virtual Premiere, Narrative. RReality and fantasy entangle in the semi-autobiographical tale of a twentysomething misfit's loopy trip through manhood in the dusty US-Mexico border town of El Paso, Texas. While director/writer/star Omar Rodriguez Lopez's psychedelic sonic sensibilities are most well-known for fueling the Grammy-winning rockers The Mars Volta, it is piercingly clear that he is also as a riveting and rare voice for independent American cinema.

To buy a pass today, visit http://www.tribecafilm.com/virtual/premium/.