New York, April 18 (EFE).- The Tribeca Film Festival announced on Tuesday the more than 100 films that will participate in its next edition, from June 7 to 18 in New York, and highlighted the large number of actors who decided to get behind the camera, including David Duchovny and Steve Buscemi.

The 21st edition of the competition will welcome 109 films from 137 directors from 36 countries, including 93 world premieres, and will fill the Big Apple with stars and emerging talents with events that transcend the boundaries of cinema and encompass music, television and video games, according to a statement.

Note in this selection the incursion of David Duchovny as a filmmaker, who tells the story of a father and a son who are baseball fans in 1978 in “Bucky F*cking Dent”, and Steve Buscemi, who shows the “power of empathy” by presenting to a mental health helpline volunteer on “The Listener”.

Performers John Slattery also make films; Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater; Chelsea Peretti; Michael Shannon; Jennifer Esposito and Randall Park.

The festival, founded by actor Robert de Niro to revitalize lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11, 2001, stands out for its militant character, which is found in several documentaries on the war in Ukraine and the censorship of artists in Iran. , and works that engage the Black community and LGTBIQ+.

This year, for the June 16 holiday – which commemorates the liberation of African-American slaves – and the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, there is a special program which includes the documentary “All Up in the Biz”, on the musical legend Biz Markie, and the movie “Cinnamon” with famous black actress Pam Grier.

New to the upcoming cinematic season are the first Marvel documentary, “Stan Lee,” about the life and career of this comic book figure, and another documentary focusing on the financial vicissitudes and age discrimination of singer Gloria Gaynor and her upcoming comeback. with a gospel.

Tribeca announced that it will present its second Human/Nature Award, for an environmental story that seeks solutions, to the documentary “Common Ground,” which highlights the regenerative agriculture movement and the relationship between land policy and disease.

Unlike the other editions, few Hispanic or professional titles are concentrated in the international narrative category: the Dominican film “Boca Chica” by Gabriella A. Moses competes; the Brazilian “A Strange Path”, by Ticiana Augusto Lima, and “Richelieu”, with a Guatemalan component as well as Canadian and French.

Among the documentaries, “Breaking the News”, by Mexican-American director Chelsea Hernandez, and “Transition”, co-directed by Colombian-American Mónica Villamizar; as well as “The Space Race”, co-directed by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés.