Films

Gala

These tentpole events are the biggest premieres of the festival including Opening Night and Closing Galas.

Tribeca Festival Awards Night

Join Tribeca Co-Founders Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro for one of the festival’s most electric nights as this year’s compet...

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Sara Bareilles: Good Grief

Seven years after her Grammy Award-winning Amidst the Chaos, Sara Bareilles reunites with her closest collaborators to record a...

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Opening Night: Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World)

Academy Award winner Questlove kicks off the 25th Tribeca Festival with the boisterous, decades-spanning story of this legendar...

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Spotlight+

Tribeca's unique Spolight+ events bring the film experience off the screen with live conversations and performances after each screening.

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Spotlight Narrative

A launching pad for the most buzzworthy new films, Tribeca’s Spotlight section brings audiences anticipated premieres from acclaimed filmmakers and star performers.

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Act One

In this rhythmic psychological thriller, a lonely aspiring teen actress finds herself drawn to an acting teacher who pulls her ...

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Young Washington

Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war c...

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Never Change!

Due to a legal loophole, the Class of 2008 must return to high school, now in their mid-30s –– bringing with them midlife bagga...

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Spotlight Documentary

Both onscreen and behind the camera, Spotlight Documentary films represent the biggest names in nonfiction premiering high profile new work.

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AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About

The definitive documentary on AI's origins, told by the people who built it. A thriller-paced reckoning with ambition, rivalry ...

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The Best Summer

A found footage documentary from a concert tour in 1995 that features live performances, candid interviews and a behind the sce...

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Mario

Ronald Reagan’s America sets the stage for Mario Cuomo, the son of Italian immigrants who rose to become Governor of New York a...

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Escape From Tribeca

The most exciting cult movies from our galaxy: present, past, and future. Far-out premieres and nerve-shredding classics along with giveaways, prizes and fan-focused fun. Escape the ordinary and embrace the psychotronic!

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Hallowarrior

Pumpkin, a Halloween-obsessed post-apocalypse survivor, thinks she’s the last person alive. But when a vicious band of scavenge...

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Breeder

An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he so...

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The Haunting of Pennhurst

Once a notorious institution for people with disabilities, Pennhurst finally closed after decades of abuse in 1987. Now those d...

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Viewpoints

Tribeca’s home for distinct points of view and bold directorial visions, Viewpoints discovers the most boundary-pushing, rule-breaking new voices in independent film.

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Árru

When a proposed copper mine threatens the land and livelihood of reindeer herder Maia and her Sámi community, the arrival of a ...

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Deepfake

After a breakup, rudderless millennial Jane hires a team of Gen-Z consultants to reinvent her life. But what begins as a makeov...

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Something You Should Know About Me

In this sweet and raunchy trans rom-com, insecure cartoonist Al is faced with his most daunting prompt yet: confess his true fe...

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U.S. Narrative Competition

Discover breakout independent voices from around the country as these extraordinary world premieres compete for honors in Tribeca's U.S. Narrative Competition.

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Lucy Schulman

After a crushing breakup, Lucy moves back in with her eccentric single dad and dives into bad dates, false starts, and growing ...

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Mother Future Self

An experimental dance camp in rural Maine sure sounds like a great place to have a long-awaited reunion, no? Sofi and Jordan re...

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Cotton Fever

Inspired by director Daniel Blake Schwartz's real-life experiences, this striking debut feature charts the uneven cycles of add...

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Documentary Competition

Experience the cinema of reality with these remarkable non-fiction premieres sure to make waves in the coming year.

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Retrieval

If science allowed you to hold onto a piece of someone you lost, would you? When Christina’s fiancé dies suddenly, she faces th...

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Time Warp

50 years after “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” electrified audiences, a drag theater company in the once-booming mining town of...

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American Zoo

The Catskill Game Farm was America's first ever private zoo, fostering beloved childhood memories for a generation before falli...

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International Narrative Competition

The New-York based Festival breaks its geographical boundaries with the International Narrative Competition, welcoming filmmakers from abroad to join a global platform for contemporary world cinema.

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Against the Flow

Dayao and his pregnant wife, Tiantian, live in the countryside but work themselves to the bone in the city. Tiantian prefers th...

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I Spy With My Little Eye

After losing their childhood best friend, Yalda and Lou are left to clear out Solveigh’s apartment. In Alisa Kolosova’s bitters...

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Sad Girlz

A striking coming-of-age drama seen through the eyes of two best friends whose bond is put to the test when they have drastical...

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Reunions & Retrospectives

One of a kind cinematic experiences, performances, and conversations.

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The Cable Guy with Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick

It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy $50 and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs...

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Bound: 30th Anniversary

In association with Anarchists United, the Tribeca Festival brings audiences the 1996 American neo-noir erotic crime thriller f...

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Small Town Gay Bar

Executive Produced by Kevin Smith, this groundbreaking documentary centers on the struggle for community and expression in the ...

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Special Events

Special events at Tribeca Festival

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Dreams of Violets

Tehran, January 2026. Dreams of Violets is a 75-minute docudrama feature inspired by real events from 47 years of Iranian civil...

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Fueled by the Future

The premiere of two new short films that expand the possibilities of filmmaking, while centering bold, personal and poignant na...

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Between Here and Home

Liz and Anna Sargent have a lot of questions about what the future holds for their family: the world beyond their home is not m...

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Shorts Programs

Big ideas in small packages: our Shorts Programs boast 86 titles from 93 filmmakers across narrative, documentary, animated, and music video categories.

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Shorts: Care Package

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Shorts: Power to the People

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Shorts: Think Fast

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Free Outdoor Screenings

Presenting Tribeca at 25: Celebrating the Stories We Share, a series of free outdoor screenings at Hudson Yards revisiting landmark premieres, audience favorites, and breakthrough discoveries that have defined Tribeca.

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