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You know the game. You don’t know the story. After a world premiere at Tribeca Festival 2026, GRANDMASTERS by director @lizamandelup (CATERPILLAR, JAWLINE) is coming to theaters.

See it in select @amctheatres nationwide Wednesday, October 14th.

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Stay in or go out. We’ve got a watch for you either way.

Introducing Now Playing, a monthly guide highlighting Tribeca Festival alums sharing their projects with the world.

This October, settle in for a scream with Hallowarrior and Breeder, or get a new perspective with The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony and Take Me Home. Explore the full list of new releases & click the link in bio for tickets, showtimes and streaming information.

BIRD IN HAND Directed by Melody C. Roscher

Bird (Alisha Wainwright), a bride-to-be with a secret agenda, returns to her hometown and uses her wedding plans to manipulate everyone in her orbit.

THE SCOUT Directed by Paula González-Nasser

Sofia is a location scout tasked with finding the perfect interiors for a new TV pilot—yet what she’s really searching for may be harder to pin down. She slips in and out of strangers’ homes, capturing fleeting moments of intimacy, curiosity, and vulnerability, until her work takes a sudden, personal turn.

TAKE ME HOME Directed by Liz Sargent

Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain until she creates a world where she can thrive.

THE EVERYTHING POT Directed by Sherise Dorf

A comedy of errors unfolds upon the delivery of The Everything Pot, a wedding gift that inadvertently becomes a Pandora’s box, forcing two couples to reevaluate their respective relationships.

HOLDING LIAT Directed by Brandon Kramer

On October 7th, during a raid by Hamas on her kibbutz, Israeli-American Liat Atzili was kidnapped along with 250 others, 12 of whom, like Liat, are U.S. Citizens. An urgent and heart-wrenching fight for her release by her family begins, forcing members of her family to confront their own uncertainty and perspectives on conflict as they pursue Liat’s safe return home.

GRANDMASTERS Directed by Liza Mandelup

Grandmasters chronicles the rivalries and personal battles in the game of chess, as Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, and an eccentric entrepreneur race to pull the game into a new e

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♟️GRANDMASTERS
Premiered at Tribeca.
In select US theatres on October 11 & 14.

Directed by Liza Mandelup @lizamandelup
✨ Cinematography by Ben Whatley @benjaminwhatley

#BenWhatley #Artistry #Grandmasters

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Chess comes to the big screen in ONE WEEK - get your Grandmasters tickets before they’re gone!

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This has to be the most challenging and demanding project I’ve shot to date. Over the course of a year, we shot single-camera across seven different countries, revisiting many of them multiple times, with around 75 shoot days in total—moving between intimate home visits with the players and documenting the Freestyle Chess tournament tour as a whole.
All the while I was still actively shooting commercials, which made for some pretty wild stretches—wrapping a commercial one day, jumping on a flight to Europe the next for two weeks, landing and immediately going into production.
It was an enormous undertaking, and I’m really proud of what we made.
So much went into bringing this project to life, and I’m incredibly grateful to the solid team of people who made it possible.
Excited to finally share it with everyone. Documentaries are truly labors of love. It takes a small yet mighty team to make them happen, often working 14–16 hour days, completely locked in, focused, present, and ready for every moment.

Playing in AMC theaters October 11th and 14th. Please check it out. Trailer and a few stills in post

Tix here - https://www.grandmastersdoc.com/

Core Team
Director @lizamandelup
Showrunner @altemaco
Producers @bumbleton @therealmcgills @xtian_vazquez @lanabarkin
Director of Photography @benjaminwhatley
1st AC @andrewlersanlin @nikofeldman @snpmn @gigours
Editors Alex Oflinn @rejhcabrera @ericfmartin
Sound @singlemaltpapi
Composer @gtripi
Sound Design @ryanbillia
Colorist @josephbicknell @company_3
Additional Photography @michael_faller

And many more!!

Special thanks @arri @abelcine @pillsemm @gooddeedentertainment @erikdonley

#cinematography #filmmaking #documentary #dop

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Liza Mandelup previews Grandmasters! The documentary hits AMC screens October 11 and 14! 🎬

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Will Grandmasters be at a theater near you?! Swipe to check!
Check the map for all the AMC locations premiering Grandmasters on October 11 and 14!

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Get your tickets to see Grandmasters in theaters now!

Find showings near you at grandmastersdoc.com/tickets/

#Grandmasters #GDE #GoodDeedEntertainment

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GRANDMASTERS WILL BE IN THEATERS OCTOBER 11 AND 14

Get your tickets at grandmastersdoc.com/tickets/

#Grandmasters #GDE #GoodDeedEntertainment

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Grandmasters is nearly here! Experience the dramatic, non-stop world of chess like never before. 🎥

Watch the show in over 90 AMC theaters across the U.S. on October 11 and 14!

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GAME ON #grandmasters

@wwwchesscom

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You know the game.
You don’t know the story.

From the producers of Welcome to Wrexham, see GRANDMASTERS on the big screen at AMC Theatres across the United States, October 11 and 14.

Get your tickets here: go.chess.com/grandmasters_tickets

Ticket links in story!

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