Signs point to Tribeca as an indie speedway

May 03, 2007 An overcrowded market and limited P&A funds have given festivals a much larger role in indie release plans, and the six-year-old Tribeca Film Festival has grown in importance with them. Miramax Films president Daniel Battsek is understandably a fan after landing Martin Scorsese to introduce the 2006 Italian Oscar entry "Golden Door" at its New York premiere Wednesday. Battsek also was impressed by an April 18 "Movies on Madison" program Tribeca initiated with the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District and the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting, featuring small parties and displays for his and several other films at select stores.

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