His Hands is a British silent psychological thriller short film written and directed by Arron Blake and Darius Shu released in 2019 by Little Deer Films and Silverprince Pictures. It tells the story of two men of different age meeting for the strangest encounter of their lives. The film stars Arron Blake and Philip Brisebois as the film explores themes of sexuality, loneliness, ageism and identity. The film had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2019 and was nominated for Best Narrative Short. The film's streaming debut was on Amazon Prime Video .
34-583: Two men, totally different in both age and outlook, have the strangest encounter of their lives. A caring friend? Calculating enemy? Whose intentions are honourable? Whose is corrupt? Is the relationship compatible or incompatible? Sick or ultimately indefensible?. In 2018, directors Blake and Shu begun writing His Hands at the British Film Institute and wanted to push themselves to create a visually beautiful film on an inconceivable budget of just £400 for their directorial debut. Philip Brisebois
68-556: A dedicated video games category beginning with the 2021 event. Games nominated are presented in online presentations during the Festival, similar to film screenings. That year, the festival dropped "Film" from its name. The Tribeca Festival also presents the Artist Awards, an annual program that selects contemporary artists to offer works to winning creators at the Festival; it is currently sponsored by CHANEL . Its 2024 cohort
102-601: A diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. The festival was founded by Robert De Niro , Jane Rosenthal , and Craig Hatkoff in 2002 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. Until 2020, the festival was known as the Tribeca Film Festival . Each year,
136-556: A family festival, sports activities, and outdoor movie screenings along the Hudson River . The family festival featured children's movie screenings, storytelling , family panels, workshops, and interactive games culminating in a daylong street fair that drew a crowd estimated at 250,000 people. At the end of 2003, De Niro purchased the theater at 54 Varick Street which had housed the recently closed Screening Room, an art house that had shown independent films nightly, renaming it
170-448: A formidable on screen presence that is loaded with palpable vigour." and that the film "benefits from a richness in ambiguity in the storytelling and bold creativity in the filmmaking. The journey is nerve shatteringly entertaining and it has superb cinematic appeal." The Advocate magazine pointed out that, "the cinematography of His Hands offers an unnerving experience through dark, haunting images with no dialogue." Movie Buff gave
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238-405: Is art as it should be." Vulture House describe His Hands as "a wonderful work of art ...Very much like a painting in a gallery" and that it, "masters the art of what is not seen." Gscene Magazine said that, " His Hands presents us with images of torture, attraction, loneliness, ageism, androgyny and wherever else your fertile mind can take you to." HeyUGuys gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and praised
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306-485: The Attic . By 2021, the channel was showing a range of classic shows (similar to programmes already repeated on Talking Pictures TV , ITV4 or Forces TV ) alongside films and local programmes with titles including Sapphire and Steel , Danger Man, The Sandbaggers, and Goodnight Sweetheart in the schedules. In July 2017, it was announced the channel would have an early morning line-up of children's programming from
340-608: The Clones - made independently, About A Boy , the American remake of Insomnia , Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood , and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen . The 2003 festival brought more than 300,000 people. The festival showcased an expanded group of independent features, documentaries and short films from around the world, coupled with studio premieres, panel discussions, music and comedy concerts,
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#1732773081118408-794: The Festival brought films to the Rome Film Festival . As part of the celebrations in Rome, Tribeca was awarded the first-ever "Steps and Stars" award, presented on the Spanish Steps . A total of 169 feature films and 99 shorts were selected from 4,100 film submissions, including 1,950 feature submissions—three times the total submissions from the first festival in 2002. The festival featured 90 world premieres, nine international premieres, 31 North American premieres, 6 U.S. premieres, and 28 New York City premieres. In 2009, Rosenthal, Hatkoff and De Niro were named number 14 on Barron's list of
442-533: The Tribeca Cinema. It became one of the venues of the festival. In an effort to serve its mission of bringing independent film to the widest possible audience, in 2006, the festival expanded its reach in New York City and internationally. In New York City, Tribeca hosted screenings throughout Manhattan as the festival's 1,000-plus screening schedule outgrew the capacity downtown. Internationally,
476-537: The audience through strong performances, unusual imagery, lighting and sound." His Hands had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 28, 2019, with the cast and directors in attendance. The film was made available to stream on Amazon Prime on August 7, 2019. On Amazon Prime Video , the film has an approval rating of 98% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 5/5. Attitude magazine, reviewed His Hands (2019) calling, "It's testament to Blake and Shu's skill, direction, and cinematography that
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544-886: The channel was expected to spend between £15m and £18m before breaking even in about three years; revenue was predicted to reach £25m by then. For the year to September 2021, ESTV Limited reported an operating profit of £4.1 million on turnover of £7.4 million. London Live has commissioned a varied portfolio of programmes, including Drag Queens of London , Good Morning Breakfast , CTRL Freaks , Can You Cook It , Food Junkies , Fresh Fantasy , Jeff Leach +1 , Place Invaders , F2 Kicks Off and Nihal's City Swagger . It has also commissioned documentaries including Girl on Girl , Jail Birds , Half Man Standing , Teenage Kicks , Sizzle London , The Young Upstarts , Digital Nation , Roger & Robin's Night Club Tips , Ron & Ron , Fight Club London , No Place Like Home , Antisocial Network, and Beggar Off . In September 2013
578-662: The festival hosts over 600 screenings with approximately 150,000 attendees, and awards independent artists in 23 juried competitive categories. The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal , Robert De Niro , and Craig Hatkoff , in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the Tribeca neighborhood in Lower Manhattan . The inaugural festival launched after 120 days of planning with
612-484: The film 4 out of 5 stars praising it to be a modern silent film and writing, "the actors had to ‘show without telling’ and I felt as though they each had me gripping the edge of my chair throughout the film" and that "it is beautifully shot and looks at subject matter that is hotly debated at the moment." FilmInk called His Hands as, "cinema in its purest form, where the audience is meant to rely solely on visual and pictorial literacy to make heads or tails of any of it ...it
646-698: The film as "beautifully written" and "the editing and directing are brilliant ... this independent film has clearly used every penny wisely." Indie Short Mag gave the film 5 out of 5 stars with excellence in all areas in direction, cinematography, screenplay, music and editing as it "... blur lines between eroticism and violence." Viddy Well praised the film as "...cleanly composed, erotically charged, and ripe with atmosphere and oddity that you can't help but lean into it." Viddy Well also complimented Blake and Shu's direction as "...taut and controlled, with notes of Nicolas Winding Refn, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, and David Fincher, and all of their visuals play directly into
680-466: The film's theme... His Hands is a thought-provoking short that's masterfully erected." Blake and Shu made their live television appearance in an interview on London Live after the success of Tribeca Film Festival . Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions . It takes place each spring in New York City , showcasing
714-417: The film, which features absolutely no dialogue, manages to convey an incredible sense of mood and feeling throughout." Mark Gatiss , the producer of Netflix - BBC television series Dracula and Sherlock , reviewed His Hands as, "A beguilingly beautiful gem, Arron Blake and Darius Shu's His Hands defies easy analysis. Shot through with strange, homoerotic melancholy it's ravishing to look at and haunts
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782-513: The global pandemic, Tribeca organized We Are One in partnership with YouTube , a free 10-day digital festival that provided entertainment and connection for audiences at home and raised international COVID-19 relief funds. The program was co-curated by 21 of the top international film festivals including Cannes , Sundance , TIFF and Venice and showcased over 100 hours of shorts, features, talks and music to an audience of 1.9 million people in 179 countries. In July 2020, Tribeca launched one of
816-496: The help of more than 1,300 volunteers. It was attended by more than 150,000 people and featured several up-and-coming filmmakers. The festival included juried narrative, documentary and short film competitions; a restored classics series; a best of New York series curated by Martin Scorsese ; 13 major panel discussions; an all-day family festival; and the premieres of independent and studio films Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of
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884-448: The lockdown. On August 7, 2020, organizers announced that the 20th anniversary edition of the festival was to be held from June 9 to June 20, 2021, with a dedicated space to celebrate films whose premieres were not able to take place in the festival that was cancelled in 2020. In a first for the festival, Tribeca also hosted community screenings — in both indoor and outdoor venues — in all five New York City boroughs. The festival added
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952-455: The memory long after." Film Threat praised His Hands as, "Beautifully well shot, exuding a mysterious atmosphere in each frame. The acting and editing are both excellent, and the story's refusal to hold the audience's hand is commendable" while Unsettled Magazine reviewed His Hands as "a masterpiece built on suspense and appealing imagery." UK Film Review gave the film 4 out of 5 stating, "The performances are really strong, Blake presents
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1020-665: The web show Brothers With No Game . In March 2014, Drag Queens of London was announced. London Live also broadcasts a range of comedy, drama, documentaries and entertainment programmes such as London Real , Absolute Power , Green Wing , Peep Show , Smack the Pony , Spaced , Trigger Happy TV , Twenty Twelve , Filthy Rich and Homeless , Soho Blues , The Tube , Snog Marry Avoid? , Vice Squad , Hale and Pace , Born Equal , Freefall , Harley Street , London's Burning , Misfits , Moses Jones , The Shadow Line , White Teeth , 10 Years Younger , and Cash in
1054-493: The world's top 25 philanthropists for their role in regenerating TriBeCa's economy after September 11. In 2011, L.A. Noire became the first video game to be recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2013, Beyond: Two Souls , featuring Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe , became only the second game to be premiered at the festival. The 19th Tribeca Film Festival, originally scheduled for April 15–26, 2020,
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1088-443: Was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In the weeks and months that followed, Tribeca launched several digital offerings to highlight filmmakers and creators who had hoped to premiere their latest works at the spring gathering. It provided a secure digital platform for 2020 Festival films seeking distribution to be viewed by press and industry and hosted a virtual gathering space for Tribeca N.O.W. Creators Market. In response to
1122-405: Was cast to play the old man in the film with Blake starring alongside and it was Brisebois comeback to acting after 50 years. The film was shot on a single camera with only a three-man crew using 95 percent natural light. Blake and Shu's aim was to create a modern silent film that was fresh and create a multi-layer thought provoking story. Blake and Shu said, “We wanted to create a film that speaks to
1156-786: Was curated by Racquel Chevremont , who also curated the Tribeca Festival Artist Awards in 2022 and 2023. Best Cinematography Vieopoints is dedicated to disovering the most boundary-pushing, rule-breaking new voices in independent film. Starting in 2024, film selected in the Viewpoints section were presented in competition. In 2022, Tribecca added an audio storytelling awards category. The Tribeca Games Award honors an unreleased video game, "recognizing its potential for excellence in art and storytelling through design, artistic mastery and highly immersive worlds." London Live (TV channel) London Live
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