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Congratulations to Zoe McIntosh, Fraser Brown, Leela Menon and Tom Blackwell whose New Zealand feature film STYLEBENDER, will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2023 in Documentary Competition in June.

STYLEBENDER, offers an up-close view into the world of Israel Adesanya, the Nigerian born New Zealand based MMA fighter.

Directed by Zoe McIntosh (Dark Tourist, The World in Your Window), STYLEBENDER is one of the 19 films or 68% of the 28-strong competition line-up directed by women. Zoe McIntosh will attend with the support of the New Zealand Film Commission.

STYLEBENDER is a FluroBlack production, from filmmakers Fraser Brown (McLaren, Dawn Raid) Leela Menon (Dawn Raid, Mothers of the Revolution) and Tom Blackwell (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!), with Ahi distributing the film in New Zealand and Australia.

See the full Tribeca 2023 programme and more information about STYLEBENDER here: https://tribecafilm.com/films/stylebender-2023