Ah, there’s nothing like a good crime story. And we’ve got it all at Tribeca: unsolved murder mysteries, mob-run poker games gone awry, the case of a stolen magic trick, and not one— but two —investigations from Ronan Farrow. These picks range from the hyperreal to entirely unrealistic, and are sure to scratch the itch for anyone interested in no good.
Crooks
Viewpoints/Feature Narrative
Genre chameleon Mickey Keating travels to a timeless Chicago for a pulpy, streetwise crime thriller where everyone’s on the take and no one is what they seem.
Directed by Mickey Keating | Featuring Angela Trimbur, Chase Williamson, Melora Walters, and Keith Kupferer
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Bone Valley Season 5: The Devil's Quarry
Official Selections/Podcast
For Paul, the devil had always been a myth, until now. In the woods outside Carmel, New York, a hunter finds the bones of a twelve-year-old girl, and the unraveling begins. Buried records, ignored warnings, and a justice system that may have gotten it dangerously wrong are forced into the open, while the real killer bides his time, counting the days until he can hunt again.
Written & Hosted by Paul Solotaroff
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Kids Like Me
Documentary Competition
The charming Kids Like Me explores the life and aspirations of Oliver, a rambunctious and imaginative preteen growing up with disabilities, who’s an avowed murder-mystery aficionado about to craft the perfect mystery caper.
Directed by Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs
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Killing Castro
Spotlight Narrative
Political thriller Killing Castro reimagines Fidel Castro’s 1960 Harlem stay as a charged encounter between surveillance and solidarity. As converging forces close in, a young translator is pulled into a tightening web of power and proximity.
Directed by Eif Rivera | Featuring Al Pacino, Diego Boneta, Xolo Maridueña, KiKi Layne, Ron Livingston, Alexander Ludwig, Nicole Beharie, and Kendrick Sampson
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The Little Cult That Could
TV
The Little Cult That Could is a darkly comedic documentary series following a Michigan doomsday group as they prepare for the soon-to-come apocalypse. Eight years in, self-proclaimed prophet Craig Stasio’s small but fervent clan — a handful of young women and a successful dentist — continue to surrender their faith, obedience, and remaining time on Earth.
Directed by Anthony Columbus
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The Most Wanted Olympian
Official Selections/Podcast
How did a small town Canadian boy allegedly become a narco kingpin? Ryan Wedding was once a promising young athlete, a snowboarder who went all the way to the Olympics. Now captured after a decade on the run, he’s accused of running a deadly international drug trafficking empire.
Directed by Michelle Shepherd | Featuring Michelle Shepherd
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Not A Very Good Murderer/The Palladino Files Event
TV
A sneak peek of two upcoming HBO documentary crime series from award-winning filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow, who chases stranger-than-fiction mysteries exploring power and truth.
Not a Very Good Murderer: Ronan Farrow explores the life of a former beauty queen, uncovering a story stranger than fiction: a bombshell political allegation, jewelry heists, kidnapping, arson, and more than one murder attempt. But how much of it is true?
Directed by Fenton Bailey
The Palladino Files: When legendary private eye Jack Palladino is murdered, one of his old targets, Ronan Farrow, takes up the case. Over the course of the series, Farrow dives into Palladino's celebrity-ladened case files, uncovering secrets that may reveal who killed the private eye and why.
Directed by Randy Barbato
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The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)
Viewpoints/Feature Narrative/International
To get the funds to marry off his own child, a disgraced Hasidic wedding-comedian must fight to reclaim his former glory in Gidi Dar’s hilarious caper.
Directed by Gidi Dar | Featuring Shuli Rand, Elon Gold, Tal Friedman, Malky Goldman, Tsufit Grant Rand, Eli Gornstein, and Arie Tcherner
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Stealing Magic
Spotlight Documentary/International
Someone is stealing the secrets behind magicians' greatest tricks and selling them on illicit websites. Magician Andi Gladwin leads an unlikely team of illusionists on an international caper to track down the culprits.
Directed by Matthew Testa | Featuring George Luck, Andi Gladwin, Joshua Jay, and Penn & Teller
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Who Blew Up The Guidestones?
Podcast
For decades, the Georgia Guidestones were nothing more than kitschy roadside Americana - a curiosity people visited for fun, intrigue, and the occasional pagan ritual. But in 2022, the Guidestones became a flashpoint that resulted in a real-world act of domestic terror - a mystery that to this day, has never been solved.
Directed by Tyler McBrien
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Summer War
International Narrative Competition
Chile, 1989: the Pinochet regime is on the decline and tabletop wargame champion Udo Berger is vacationing with his girlfriend at a coastal resort. When a friend suddenly vanishes, Udo invites a mysterious local to join him for a game in this effortlessly stylish adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s “The Third Reich.”
Directed by Alicia Scherson | Featuring Dan Beirne, Lux Pascal, Aline Kuppenheim, David Gaete, and Agustin Pardella
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We have over 150 selections to explore at this year’s Festival — from films and podcasts to talks and TV and more. Explore the full Festival Program Guide here .