Gala
These tentpole events are the biggest premieres of the festival including Opening Night and Closing Galas.
Closing Night: Alicia Keys: Girl From Hell's Kitchen
Multi Grammy Award winner and New York City native Alicia Keys reflects on her childhood growing up in Manhattan's Hell's Kitch...
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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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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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Spotlight+
Tribeca's unique Spolight+ events bring the film experience off the screen with live conversations and performances after each screening.
Doc Meets World
Thirty years after Boy Meets World made them teen idols, Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong reunite for a wildly p...
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Frampton
From the arena-shaking triumph of "Frampton Comes Alive!" to a final tour shaped by a degenerative diagnosis, Frampton follows ...
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Playing POTUS
From Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford to Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris, Playing POTUS explores how comedians don't just parody leaders,...
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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.
The Accompanist
When 9-year-old Emily is removed from the care of her aging grandfather by a rookie child-welfare agent, she is placed with the...
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Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
After her fiancé takes advantage of their “celebrity sex pass,” Midwestern hair stylist Gail Daughtry sets off on a zany, epic ...
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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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Spotlight Documentary
Both onscreen and behind the camera, Spotlight Documentary films represent the biggest names in nonfiction premiering high profile new work.
Stealing Magic
Someone is stealing the secrets behind magicians' greatest tricks and selling them on illicit websites. Magician Andi Gladwin l...
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Hollywood Does Abortion
Since the 1970s, depictions of abortion in film and television have both impacted and reflected shifting attitudes towards the ...
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IX XI
Twelve unique individuals recount their lives leading up to and during the tragic events of 9/11. As everyday New Yorkers, thei...
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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!
Dante
Responding to an emergency call, a young paramedic unwittingly finds himself thrust into the middle of a war between two crime ...
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Recluse
After being summoned back to her childhood home to care for her bedridden father, Joan must confront the unearthed demons of he...
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Death Boom
Eighty years ago, the “Baby Boom” led to a massive uptick in births. Now, we’re seeing the inevitable end of that surge as thos...
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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.
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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Human Theories
New York City and its mélange of residents are the stars of this funny and relatable debut film, featuring intertwined vignette...
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Matininó
A multi-generational family of outspoken Puerto Rican women takes center stage as they conceive and perform fantastical film vi...
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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.
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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Kingston
On the illustrious campus of Kingston College, prestige drips off students, faculty and architecture. Amid social turmoil, thre...
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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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Documentary Competition
Experience the cinema of reality with these remarkable non-fiction premieres sure to make waves in the coming year.
Mexicanamerican
Expertly merging old VHS home movies with new family interviews, filmmaker Eddie Sánchez traces his parents' journey from Mexic...
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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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The Siege of Paradise
The Siege of Paradise cheekily scrutinizes the annual tourist season at Cinque Terre in Italy, "the most beautiful place in the...
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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.
Labrador — Autopsy of Silence
A murder aboard a freighter shatters the calm of a routine voyage. Inuk mechanic Alupa Tulugak falls under suspicion, leading h...
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What Is to Come
After unexpectedly losing her husband, Yehudit has no choice but to start over. In the process, she finds that abrupt and painf...
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Memorizu
After his father-in-law breaks his leg, Yuta travels to a rural town in Kyushu to lend a hand at the photo studio he runs in th...
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Reunions & Retrospectives
One of a kind cinematic experiences, performances, and conversations.
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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Bridget Jones's Diary with Renée Zellweger and Sharon Maguire
At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée Zellweger) decides it's time to take control of her life -- and start ...
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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
Evolving the Canvas: Bridging Human Creativity and AI with Google Flow
Join filmmaker Keenan MacWilliam and art director Julie Wieland in a discussion on how collaborations between filmmakers and te...
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Op-Docs: Extraordinary Times, Real Lives
From a look into dating in a country with over 30 million more men than women to middle schoolers making sense of the world thr...
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ESPN Deportes, ESPN, & Tribeca Studios Presents: 13.4 Seconds To Nowhere + Shooting Stars
ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and Tribeca Studios have collaborated to greenlight two short documentaries that bring to life compelling ...
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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.
Shorts: Power to the People
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Shorts: The Dark Web
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Shorts: Care Package
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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.
The Short History of the Long Road
For teenage Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), home is the open road with her self-reliant father and their trusty van, two nomads again...
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Best of Tribeca Shorts
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Dior and I
Frédéric Tcheng’s masterful documentary enters the storied world of the House of Christian Dior, with a privileged, behind-the-...
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Shorts
Creative storytelling at its best in narrative, documentary and animated shorts.
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
Now 95, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and speechwriter reflects on the personal cost and surprising truths of making history,...
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"Long Way To Go" - The What Four
Wrapped in leather-laced lyrics and a beat that begs for trouble, “Long Way To Go” by The What Four comes with a whip-smart dem...
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General Admission
Determined to move on from her cheating ex, a woman joins a support group seeking a fresh start, only to overshare her deepest ...
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Awards Screenings
Encore screenings of the festival's big winners
Award Screening: One Woman One Bra (Audience Award - Narrative First Place)
One Woman One BraAfter spotting her childhood photo on the cover of a book, Star seeks to learn about her past. Set in a pastor...
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Award Screening: Memorizu (Best New Narrative Director Award)
Memorizu After his father-in-law breaks his leg, Yuta travels to a rural town in Kyushu to lend a hand at the photo studio he...
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Award Screening: Crocodile (Viewpoints Winner)
Crocodile In Kaduna, Nigeria, a group of kids turn a backyard into a sci-fi universe using a single phone and boundless imagi...
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