Gen Z has been called both the digitally-native and the movie-going generation — great news for cinema, and for Tribeca. These stories celebrate a demographic coming into its own, from projects about finding your voice on the internet or on a mobile phone to searing satires about college campuses and social media .
Tribeca NOW Creator Showcase
Tribeca Festival's 2026 Tribeca NOW program spotlights 10 boundary-pushing digital storytellers transforming the creator landscape with their distinctive voices, from found-footage dating-satire and sports archaeology to reverse-migration documentaries, Black history deep-dives, and a country-club workplace comedy gone gloriously off the rails.
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Adults (Season 2)
TV
FX’s Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. The show puts a generational lens on the wins, losses and humiliations of being in your twenties.
Directed by Jonathan Krisel | Featuring Malik Elassal, Lucky Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele
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Breeder
Escape From Tribeca/Features Narrative
An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.
Directed by Alex Goyette | Featuring Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty
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Deepfake
Viewpoints/Feature Narrative
After a breakup, rudderless millennial Jane hires a team of Gen-Z consultants to reinvent her life. But what begins as a makeover soon spirals into a sharp social media satire about image, app culture, and the cost of becoming someone else.
Directed by Matt Eames | Featuring Jessica DiGiovanni, Sophia Lucia Parola, and Jocelyn Weisman
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Skateboarding is Not For Girls
International Narrative Competition
In this enthralling portrait of a new generation of young women coming of age amidst two worlds, the antiquated patriarchal custom of arranged marriage threatens to separate sisters Adela and Zara.
Directed by Dina Duma | Featuring Efkjar Abaz, Simonida Selimovič, Džefrina Jašari, and Ganimet Abdula
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Storytellers - FINNEAS with Anthony Willis
Tribeca Talks
FINNEAS O’Connell is a multi-Academy® and GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer who has quietly emerged as an unassumingly ubiquitous presence in popular music and culture.
BAFTA-nominated composer Anthony Willis is widely recognized for his collaborations with director Emerald Fennell, composing the scores for the Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman , Saltburn , and Wuthering Heights .
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The Siege of Paradise
Documentary Competition/International
The Siege of Paradise cheekily scrutinizes the annual tourist season at Cinque Terre in Italy, "the most beautiful place in the world," including the arrival of TikTokers and influencers — and the conflict that it generates with locals.
Directed by Gar O'Rourke
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Kingston
U.S. Narrative Competition
On the illustrious campus of Kingston College, prestige drips off students, faculty and architecture. Amid social turmoil, three intertwining tales of disillusioned misfits collide under the machinations of an all-seeing institution.
Directed by Carlos Key and Kalijah Rowe | Featuring Carlos Key, Kalijah Rowe, Claire Levesque, and Jenna Shen
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TikTok Never Dies
Spotlight Documentary
When TikTok faces a nationwide ban, three influencers fight for their livelihoods, their voices, and the First Amendment. As their efforts advance to the Supreme Court, questions swirl around the stakes, power, and control of the future of social media.
Directed by Hao Wu | Featuring Steven King, Chloe Joy Sexton, and Topher Townsend
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Crocodile
Viewpoints
In Kaduna, Nigeria, a group of kids turn a backyard into a sci-fi universe using a single phone and boundless imagination. Filmed over thirteen years, Crocodile follows their homemade film collective as creativity becomes a lifeline and a bold act of rewriting their futures.
Directed by The Critics and Pietra Brettkelly
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Storytellers - Este Haim
Tribeca Talks
Este Haim is best known as the bassist and vocalist of the rock trio HAIM, which she formed with her younger sisters Alana and Danielle in 2006. The band is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee. Their acclaimed album I quit was nominated for Best Rock Album, making them the first all-female band recognized in the category.
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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 .