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welcome to talking movies. in this edition, highlights from robert de niro�*s tribeca festival. lots on offer, lots to see in talking movies. the opening—night film was kiss the future, co—produced by matt damon. i love the role of art and music in an act of defiance. compelling documentaries from ukraine including one showing the power of laughter during war. and female film—makers breaking records at tribeca with better representation than ever, and they were very pleased to be here. tribeca! it is the word on every movie director's lips. and the death of oscar—winning actor on his moving short film paying tribute to his father. all that and more on this special tribeca edition of talking movies. for the past 12 days, new york city has been hosting the tribeca festival.

it began on a somewhat ominous note with smoke and haze from canada's wildfires darkening the afternoon manhattan skies. but that didn't dampen festivities. tribeca has become a big enterprise, boasting 600 events, more than 100 feature films shown. it also includes music performances, talks with big names, television games and immersive installations. movie legend robert de niro is among the co—founders alongside his producing partner. what do you hope people get out of the festival? that everybody has a good time and we have good movies to show everyone and that they are happy and want to come next year. tribeca began in the wake of the september 11, 2001, attacks on the world trade center as a civic restoration project. it has helped tribeca get back on its feet. it is now a thriving and affluent neighbourhood.

meet the residents of element city. the centrepiece was elemental a pixar movie set in a metropolis, which closed with a screening of a bronx tale directed by robert de niro. the festival has some very tangible accomplishments when it comes to gender representation. it has made great strides. of the films in competition this year, 70% were directed by women and they are very happy to be included. tribeca, it is the word on every movie director's lips. it is an absolute pinnacle of achievement for me. i am delighted to be in new york and i think tribeca are leading the way in terms of inclusivity and gender parity and promoting female film—makers because we still haven't got that parity and we don't have equal pay either. so all hats off to them. tribeca also brings out reporters, many who want to interview the stars.

people love hollywood actors, matt damon, robert de niro, ben affleck. tribeca isn't a world—class film festival like venice or cannes but amid all the chaos that has a lot to offer, as they talking movies team has been finding out. tribeca kicked off with a music documentary set in the siege of sarajevo in the 1990s, it shows how rock music kept in the spirit of hope alive. i spoke to one of the film's producers, hollywood star matt damon. a long way from sarajevo but perhaps new york shares the same defined punk spirit that imbues the documentary kiss the future. the siege of sarajevo was a horrific war where people didn't have water, they were shot at but they had a necessity to connect and have

purpose, and music and art was one of the ways that they were able to deal with things. risking their lives, running from different bridges to the theatre. using photos and amateur footage, the film shows how a defined underground art scene thrived in the bomb shelters during the bosnian war. it is about 11 o'clock here at sarajevo. in particular it is a story of bill carter, an american aid worker and film—maker still in sarajevo, who got the attention of irish supergroup u2 who in the early 1990s were on the 0.0. it may not be on the news as much as we like but you are with us tonight. every series of live interviews, european audiences were made aware of what was happening in a city on the same continent. matt damon accompanied bill carter to an early premiere in berlin this year, damon produced the film along

with his hollywood partner ben affleck. what i love about this movie is what it says about the role of art and music as an act of defiance and as a way to be alive. and that that wins in the end. inside i had in sarajevo, there was more, in the middle of it. u2 contribute to the documentary, reliving how the band became the first international act to play sarajevo in 1997, after the war formally ended. cementing their connection with the city. the band own the concert footage, it will be seen for the first time in the film as damon explains. they had been amazing, they gave us all this incredible footage, and what they did then, you know, i can say it, it is incredible. that concert, what it meant

and the peace that had been declared, it was the first time that every body came together. it was a therapy to us, real therapy. culture even thrived in sarajevo during the years of war, its internationalfilm festival was started in the middle of it. the name of this film is taken from what u2�*s lead singer told them, but that they can be proud of how their own artists dealt with their past. the ongoing conflict in ukraine was being reported by new south wales throughout the tribeca festival, providing an unsettling backdrop to the festivities. but tribeca did address the turmoil in ukraine in at least two documentaries, focusing on the responses of the creative community in ukraine to the war. i am a subcomedian...

from kyiv, i am trying not to die and defeat russia. the documentary follows four stand—up comics still plying their trade during the war. they have been performing in makeshift venues, often in bomb shelters. if you laugh about it, it is not so scary. one of those featured hanna kochehura came to the festival, she told me that laughter by way of comedy is vital in times of war. i think that humour is incredibly important in such times, ifeel like i can help others in terms of, if you laugh at least for two minutes a day, it is a break, and without a break is impossible to go through all of that. we also do shows for military, when we can because they are kinda busy. some people might find hard

to understand what you're saying because they will think about is going on in ukraine with the war and the turmoil and think that laughter is somehow inappropriate. i think it is most appropriate. first of all it is rebellious, it is against everything that russia wants us to be, like depressed, hopeless and tired. secondly, i think it is normal in the times of darkness to find something light and joke about it, even if it has a darkjoke, if you can laugh about it, it is not so scary and it is just kind of better. this gas station is not working. we are working to make a show in a shelter. - the stand—up comics featured are very committed to what they are doing and to varying degrees they have been inspired by president zelensky who has a background as in actor and comedian.

absolutely, they'll have reverence for zelensky, they all were inspired in some way by him. not maybe perhaps to do with stand—up but they appreciate, they have a certain connection with him. because of that. it is really an exploration of the power of laughter and comedy as a driving force to kind of defy, to bolster strength and galvanise people and a culture and to keep their head up and to carry on. another ukraine focused tribeca film that got attention was rule of two walls, looking at the war through ukrainian artist who have remained in the country. it includes the stories of members of the crew involved in making the film. i have not really slept for two years... the film's ukrainian american director crafted his documentary to convey the view that ukraine has a distinct identity they have emphasised that what they see in the face of russian propaganda.

putin made his case to this invasion by saying that ukraine doesn't exist, that it doesn't have a history or culture, so the job of artists and storytellers is to fight within this battlefield of the information. we are seeing artists and activists fighting that war on that front. there was a british presence at tribeca this year and among the offerings was a film called the lesson, starring richard e grant and darren mccormack. its presence at the festival represented a big moment for its director, alice charlton, as we have been finding out. your father is the most revered writer in the country. the subject of your thesis? the film is a thriller where words and ideas are dangerous currency. rising irish actor darryl mccormick place and asbury

——plays a rising writer takes up residence at a famous novelist�*s house in order to tutor his son. it isn't long however before varied secrets begin to emerge. when you said i wasn't the first, what did you mean? what truly to playing this character was the fact that i just saw a hungry young man who is walking into a world that he is not fully embodied yet, and i think you just have a great thriller in that he ends at right beside his hero quite quickly. the film talks about how we idolise people as well and how that can be both good and bad thing. i think the film says a lot about the english class system and we were aware of that, the death by one thousand cats at a dinner table can give you. have you got the right tie on, the right music playing? how we fit into that. it says a lot about creativity as well, when your creativity is on the wane, how do you prop site up and how do you know that you are toxic? that is interesting. great writers steal.

veteran actor richard e grant plays the pre—eminent novelist, a man obsessed with finishing his latest work. but at what cost? if you're asking whether my son's death has inspired my writing, the answer is no, i will not be writing about his death, i will be writing in spite of it. i knew that we had a clever, witty script. i didn't know was how funny it was going to turn out to be in the edit. what richard brings, he made his name on withnail and i, the same sort of role that brings you comedy but complete tragedy, he can encompass both. it is one of his finest performances, he is splendid in it. the film has a very english feel to it but it was actually shot in hamburg in germany.

cast him out into the sun. he is probably best associated with genre shows, having directed episodes of doctor who, torchwood and the living and the dead. i have a good novel and was wondering if you might be on hand for the final stretch. the statistics of women movie directors, we're still on about 18%, so part of what i wanted do was show their next generation that can be done, should be done, we need other voices directing and that is, i think, one of my main motivations is to set an example. also there is a joy to directing short form and putting your story in now and a half which has been wonderful. 0ther directors are moving from films to high—end television because they can tell their arcs over a longer period of time and i am doing the opposite, living in the opposite direction, which i always like to do.

despite a long career in television, she is all too aware of the pitfalls, double standards and high scrutiny that female directors often experience. i think the film will live and die on its own merit, and yet i do see a trend to take certainly high—profile directors that there is a salaciousness in leaping on any kind of perceived mistake and tearing the wings of butterflies is how i like to put it, and let's hope we can avoid that. you are changing my work. who is the writer? this isn't about the writing. it was only ever about the writing. 0ne tribeca festival documentary that got a lot of attention this year was transition which charts a journey ofjordan brian and his gender transition in the most unlikely environments while he was embedded with the taliban

australian film—maker was in afghanistan in to taliban rule. he stayed on for a period journalist for the new york taliban soldiers. jordan didn't tell them reinforcing again and again the airport that i am a woman. the film which co—directed of the trials of a gender stressful of environments. jordan worries that secret, he could be executed there are nerve—racking moments that the airport. the airport scene was surreptitiously, not and in the intelligence shooting that scene and got

to spend a couple of hours ultimately they deleted it goes to the trash so luckily we were it is a film about a very determination to transition, to get reassignment surgery, reveal something universal of the trans experience. the thing i want and hope that take from this is that go anywhere, do incredible doesn't need to limit you. at the tribeca gilm festival, stronger than the transition is a great of its category. it is a film that addresses while unusually humanising right away, the taliban the main point that i find in the film and that

with is even though i don't i don't like the people that to live in a world where what they believe and see i don't like it. i am so sick of being stressed surgery and at least get that with its journalistic view, into the realities of gender of those who fight for equality at a time when afghanistan and transitions are getting transition allows viewers in a new spotlight. if you wear a mask and cover

you from me. cast your mind back year, do you remember he made history by becoming to win in or skill for his family drama coder. at the time in his acceptance saying he was a hero. understand exactly why he chose for such glowing admiration, you have to watch a very moving short film the film is called recounts his memories he makes a point that's father, of his way to learn sign communicate with them. this short film is all power of father's love from a young age.

back then learning sideline for hearing parents, i was born deaf, he decided education and learn silently i was naive and didn't father went through. he was involved in setting up to set up a deaf soccer team even though he was such a busy and he had four kids language and take the time he appeared to be enjoying story even though his sadness when his father a road accident. one night he was hit by a drunk accident and everything from the neck down and lost he didn't let that his persistence inspired me, it was nothing, i saw

through for the rest i won an oscar and so to my father. he made this film because he love helped him get when looked at myself, i'm proud to be deaf, and sign, so my father breaking showed me that i could barriers for myself. i didn't allow i'm not broken, nobody can and a don't need to fix me, showing this film and releasing to be able to gift to my and hopefully people get that that i got from him. i can stay with you for

coda won best picture 0scar, in that it was the first film in leading roles there are improvements are employed by the film on screen. are you satisfied with hollywood is beginning and try to figure out how i'm happy to see this stories to tell, that brings this edition we hope you have remember you can always this year, tribeca featured singer gloria gaynor, of her best—known so from me tom brook and the

other talking movies, it's good—bye. # i #igot # i got all my love to give # i got all my love to give # i'll survive # i'll survive # i'll survive # i will survive # i will survive # hey, hey. hello there. system of us will be pleased to hear that rain is on the way, but be warned — the thunderstorms could be quite severe, so a lot of rain in a short space of time almost certainly leading to flash flooding in places, hail, gusty winds as well, butjust down the road you might escape the worst of it and it will be

predominantly dry, bright or even sunny. a low pressure is just to the west and south—west of us right now. this is where it's going to stay over the next few days and that pattern basically means that a moisture, clouds and warmth will be rotating around this area of low pressure and the air will be predominantly be coming from the south so it will stay on the warm side. but no real heat on the way, at least in the short—term. the rainfall accumulation map so the darker the blue colours the greater the chance of encountering a fair amount of rain, but some parts of the country will still get very little. so let's have a look at the forecast then in the short—term and it is relatively quiet at the moment. yes, there are a few somehow erses around and we will have had some showers and thunderstorms across parts of northern ireland, but on the whole i think it's a generally quiet start to sunday. and a warm one, too, this is muggy air coming infrom warm one, too, this is muggy air coming in from the south, temperatures of around 1a to 16 degrees in the warmer spots

early if in the morning on sunday. when will the showers start to brew? i think from late morning into the afternoon, there's that risk of thunder increasing across the uk and by the middle of the afternoon, certainly storms will be rumbling across the country and some areas 30mm within an hour, in other spots even up to 80mm spread over just a few hours and again that's certainly means flash flooding in some areas. now, i think the greatest risk of the heavy rain, the thundery rain, will be later in the day on sunday across some of these eastern and more northern areas of the country and thunderstorms will have a tendency to drift northwards as we go through the course of the day. the met office warns anywhere across england and wales could see a lot of rainfall. here it is, monday, then, the worst of the rain will have cleared to the north. early in the day it will be very wet in parts of eastern scotland and then the afternoon on monday is a mixture of sunshine and also showers and

staying quite warm temperatures will be in the mid—20s in a number of areas. that low pressure is still with us so essentially the warm atmosphere is coming in from the south and with the moisture, the humidity in the air, and also the strength of the sun will see showers popping off inland during the course. in fact, if you don't get the thunderstorms on sunday, there's a chance you might encounter some showers on on sunday, there's a chance you might encounter some showers on monday, tuesday and, indeed, into wednesday as well. you can see a cluster of showers there across other parts of the country. so the nature of showers is very difficult to pinpoint exactly which areas will get them, just pretty confident that there will be around the uk and stays on the warm side. look at that whole 24 warm side. look at that whole 2a degrees celsius around 20 or so expected in belfast. beyond that, this is wednesday next week onwards, you can see stays on the warm side, if anything there is a chance that the temperatures will start creeping up a little bit as we head to the weekend. but you

can see quite an unsettled picture but on the warm side. bye, bye. chance you