Tribeca | More exciting than the Pope?
"Who would have thought I would have the chance to shake hands with the Pope five times - even during Passover," said NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Now we have something more exciting: the Tribeca Film Festival."
The Tribeca fest kicked off today with its big presser, where Tribeca partner Jane Rosenthal reminded everyone that "We started this festival to heal our neighborhood and bring the magic of film to the city we love."
Juror Doug Liman announced the judges for this year.
For the 2008 World Narrative Competition: Peter Hedges, Gregory Hoblit, Callie Khouri, Oliver Platt and Christine Vachon.
For the 2008 World Documentary Competition: Jared Cohen, Whoopi Goldberg, Ross Kauffman, Padma Lakshmi and Jose Padilha.
The 2008 "Made in NY" Narrative Feature Award jurors are Peter Dinklage, Fred Durst, Greg Mottola, Stephen Schiff and Annabella Sciorra.
The 2008 "NY Loves Film" Documentary Feature Award jurors are Liya Kebede, Doug Liman, Esther Robinson, Josh Schwartz, Jay McInerney and Andre Leon Talley.
The 2008 Narrative Short jurors are Mario Batali, Christine Lahti, Molly Shannon, Lili Taylor and Zac Posen.
The 2008 Documentary and Student Short jurors are David Bowie, Red Burns, Matthew Modine, Lee Schrager and David de Rothschild.
The fest opens tonight with Tina Fey's "Baby Mama."
Check out variety.com/tribeca for the latest from fest.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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