Philip Hodges brings you highlights from this year's Tribeca Film Festival, packed into two minute clips for your viewing ease and pleasure. Phil is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn. "TFF in 2 Minutes" is his first online assignment.

Blog Entries by Philip Hodges

Shoutin' Out: TFF says Hi to HuffPo

Posted May 10, 2006 | 10:38 PM (EST)


Filmmakers and celebs proclaim their love for the Huffington Post. See the entirely spontaneous declarations from Jeff Garlin, Craig Newmark, Ewa De Cruz, Rapper GLC, and kind-of Mandy Patinkin and Josh Lucas below.


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Get on the TFF Train: Two Weeks in Two Minutes!

Posted May 10, 2006 | 03:27 PM (EST)


The Huffington Post has had a busy two weeks guiding you through the film festival frenzy - we've boiled it down to two very busy minutes captured by me, your intrepid videographer. Enjoy!

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TFF on Tape: Tribeca Family Fest Part II

Posted May 10, 2006 | 01:40 PM (EST)


The Huffington Post was on hand at the Tribeca Family Fair this past Saturday — catch the excellent commentary and photos here, or relax and hit the "play" button below as we bring you the TFF on Tape version, complete with good times, tasty treats and more bouncy kids....

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Deconstructing "The Falling Man"

Posted May 8, 2006 | 08:17 PM (EST)


HuffPo has blogged previously about The Falling Man, the controversial Tribeca Film Festival short about the riveting, horrible picture of a WTC jumper falling to his death from the burning north tower on 9/11. We spoke with director Kevin Ackerman about the film, its message and how audiences have...

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Thoughts on filmmaking from "First Snow" director Mark Fergus: "I tried to lose the word 'no' from my vocabulary"

Posted May 8, 2006 | 02:12 PM (EST)


Huffington Post Blogs the Tribeca Film FestivalMark Fergus has just capped an exhuasting - but exhilarating - two weeks, thanks to the premiere of his directorial debut, First Snow starring Guy Pearce as a man...

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TFF on Tape: Tropfest @ Tribeca

Posted May 5, 2006 | 11:11 PM (EST)


On Friday, April 28, 2006, the Tribeca Film Festival hosted its first-ever Tropfest, the short film festival that originated in Australia with Swimfan director John Polson. Stu VanAirsdale reviews the event here (including an interview with Naomi Watts) - see how gorgeous she is even with a runny nose...

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TFF in Two Minutes: Rockin' Out at the Air Guitar Nation After-Party

Posted May 4, 2006 | 01:13 PM (EST)


Air Guitar Nation, a documentary by Alexandra Lipsitz, celebrated its New York premiere at Rare in Chelsea this weekend. HuffPo's Justin Purnell reviewed the film here, and I was on hand at the after-party to capture the inevitable finger-shredding riffs on the floor. Urging all to release their...

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