2026 Festival Watch Guide: Sweep You Off Your Feet

BY THE EDITORS | MAY 15, 2026

2026 Festival Watch Guide: Sweep You Off Your Feet

Heartbreak feels good (or actually not at all) in love stories like these.

Hopelessly devoted to the romance genre? We've got plenty to fall in love with at Tribeca Festival. In 2026, love and dating look a bit different than what you'll find in the romcoms and romdrams of yore. Thankfully, our zany, tangled, and swipe-right-filled slate reflects the current moment.

Only What We Carry

Spotlight Narrative

Long-buried secrets and emerging romances bubble up and boil over between a dancer, her sister, her former choreographer, and his visiting friend in this improvisational drama shot in six days on the Normandy coast.

Directed by Jamie Adams | Featuring Sofia Boutella, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lizzy McAlpine, Quentin Tarantino, Simon Pegg, and Liam Hellmann

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One Night

Shorts

Over the course of one unpredictable night, two college students navigate the awkwardness, vulnerability, and fleeting magic of a first connection.

Directed by Maggie Brown and Tyler Brown | Featuring Rain Spencer, Jackson Reid Kelly, and Jahking Guillory

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Buckets

Shorts

After a late night dating app match, Drew's excitement curdles into obsession as he spends 48 hours unraveling in a haze of paranoia, overanalysis, and self-sabotage.

Directed by Drew Van Steenbergen | Featuring Drew van Steenbergen and Isabella Jean Taylor

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I, of an Accident or of Love

Shorts

In two distant cities, Adèle and Hadrien are preparing to leave everything behind for one last journey.

Directed by Khalil Cherti | Featuring Geoffrey Bugnot and Yael Ciancilla

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Next Life

Spotlight Narrative

When Ivy meets a handsome jazz musician on the train one fateful morning, two distinct timelines emerge: one where she falls in love with this stranger and the other where she reconnects with her ex-fiancé. Which life gives Ivy everything she wants, which love is truer, and how is she supposed to know which one to choose?

Directed by Drake Doremus | Featuring Emilia Clarke, Jack Farthing, and Édgar Ramírez

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Seven O'Clock Breakfast for the Brokenhearted

Spotlight Narrative

South Korean romantic drama royalty Suzy and Squid Game star Lee Jin-wook star in this Seoul-set romance where two wandering souls navigate love, loss and the longing for closure.

Directed by Sun-ae Lim | Featuring Suzy, Lee Jin-wook, Yoo Ji-tae, and Keum Sae-rok

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And They Were Roommates

NOW/Series

A solo-produced New York City-set award-winning romantic comedy series proving that one person with a vision can do it all.

Created by Emily Rose Lyons

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Symphony of Dance

Spotlight+/Feature Documentary

In Jason Bergh's intimate documentary, a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a marathon of performances by Dancing with the Stars' Derek and Hayley Hough becomes something entirely different when Hayley is forced to fight for her life following a shocking health crisis.

Directed by Jason Bergh | Featuring Derek Hough and Hayley Hough

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DISC

Shorts

The story of a hookup gone too far up.

Directed by Blake Winston Rice | Featuring Jim Cummings and Victoria Ratermanis

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Cookie, Love

Shorts/Documentary

Part love story, part an American-in-Paris portrait, "Cookie, Love" centers on Taiwanese-American baker Jean Hwang Carrant and her cookie store in Paris, France.

Directed by Sari Arambulo

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Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

Spotlight Narrative

After her fiancé takes advantage of their "celebrity sex pass," Midwestern hair stylist Gail Daughtry sets off on a zany, epic journey to get even.

Featuring Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Ken Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Michael Cassidy, Sabrina Impacciatore, and Fred Melamed

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General Admission

Shorts

Determined to move on from her cheating ex, a woman joins a support group seeking a fresh start, only to overshare her deepest fears until her healing journey takes an unexpected turn.

Directed by Kaily Morgan Smith | Featuring Nina Dobrev, Adam Shapiro, Cedric Yarbrough, and Sarah Baker

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Happy Hours

Spotlight Narrative

Katie Holmes reunites with Joshua Jackson in this NYC romantic drama about two former lovers reunited years after their relationship ended without closure.

Directed by Katie Holmes | Featuring Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary-Louise Parker, Joe Tippett, Constance Wu, John McGinty, Jack Martin, Johnna Dias-Watson, Donald Webber Jr., and Chloë Kerwin

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She's Nonbinary

Shorts

Nonbinary Max and their straight, cis boyfriend, Jake, spiral into a cataclysmic identity crisis when Max reveals they're off the waitlist for top surgery.

Directed by Jess McLeod | Featuring Jess McLeod and Alexander Steele Zonjic

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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.

BY THE EDITORS | MAY 15, 2026

2026 Festival Watch Guide: Sweep You Off Your Feet

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