TriBeCa Film Festival on the Cheap

The Tribeca Drive-In outdoor screenings will begin each night at 6 p.m. with pre-film events and a movie at sundown. They all start at about 8:15 p.m. Bring some food and get their early as seating is first-come, first serve at the World Financial Center Plaza, located at Hudson River’s North Cove near 200 Vesey Street.

April 23 – “Big”

Pre-show events: fortune tellers, carnival games, music, face painters and trivia contests.

The classic Tom Hanks comedy will be screened on Family Day by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment as part of the studio’s 75th anniversary.

April 24 – “The Birth of Big Air”

Pre- and post- show events: BMX street tricks and freestyle demonstrations and Mat Hoffman, a.k.a. “The Condor” in person.

The movie, a Spike Jonze documentary about BMX pro Hoffman, will make its world premiere at the ESPN at the Tribeca Drive-In event.

The Tribeca Film Festival’s street fair will overlap with the ESPN Sports Day, both scheduled May 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The street fair goes from Greenwich Street from Chambers to Harrison streets with performers.

The festival features dancers, stilt walkers, puppets, arts and crafts and a kite-making. There will be a Tribeca Film Festival “red carpet” to walk and a screening of the movie “Snowmen.”

The fourth annual sports festival is on Duane Street between Greenwich Street and Hudson Street featuring expect interactive sports-related games and demonstrations.

More Tribeca Film Festival free events.