After opening the festival with a documentary on Saturday Night Live last year, the 2016 iteration of Tribeca will stay close to home with the world premiere of The First Monday in May. Coming from director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times), it chronicles The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Ball and their exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass.
“The First Monday in May illuminates the debate between fine art, fashion, pop culture and captures the creativity, passion and visionaries behind the exhibition and gala – Andrew Bolton and Anna Wintour,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder, Tribeca Film Festival, and Executive Chair, Tribeca Enterprises said in a press release. “It is an honor to pay tribute to a fellow New York cultural institution on our opening night.”
Ahead of the premiere, check out the first celebrity-filled trailer below.
The First Monday in May follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “China: Through the Looking Glass,” exhibition, an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton. With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala, one of the biggest global fashion events co-chaired every year by Condé Nast Artistic Director and Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. Featuring a cast of renowned artists in many fields (including filmmaker Wong Kar Wai and fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano), the movie dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as art.
The First Monday in May opens Tribeca on April 13th and arrives in theaters two days later.