Festival Film Lineup 2026: Movies & Premieres

Gala

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

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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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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Trinity: The Story of The LOX

Travel through time and reflect on the genesis, journey, and brotherhood of the multidimensional rap trio from Yonkers, The LOX...

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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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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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Happy Hours

Katie Holmes reunites with Joshua Jackson in this NYC romantic drama about two former lovers reunited years after their relatio...

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Finnegan’s Foursome

This comedy sees two Irish American brothers and their children, all highly competitive golfers, returning to their ancestral h...

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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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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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Just Look Up

This propulsive documentary follows Climate Defiance and founder Michael Greenberg’s unabashedly disruptive protests, expressin...

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Chris & Martina: The Final Set

Tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova reflect on their parallel journeys to sports stardom while delving into 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!

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Airport BLVD

Set in the transforming streets of East Austin, this jazz-infused musical follows Xavier as he watches his community, friendshi...

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She Keeps Me Young

Michelle is floating through life until a surprising connection with a high schooler challenges her friendship with her overbea...

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Caity

Every Halloween, 16-year-old Caity runs her family's haunted house alongside her father who she idolizes. As a new spooky seaso...

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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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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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Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story

Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion ...

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Jean-Michel

A newly intimate look at one of the 20th century’s most celebrated — and imitated — artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat, from the per...

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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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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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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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Reunions & Retrospectives

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

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Daft Punk's Electroma: 4k Remaster and 20th Anniversary

A 2006 avant-garde science fiction film directed by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel ...

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Taxi Driver

Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film stars Robert De Niro as a mentally unstable veteran who works as a nighttime taxi driver ...

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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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Special Events

Special events at Tribeca Festival

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Escape The Internet: Part 1

A massive multiplayer game for movie theaters, you and hundreds of strangers are trapped on a mysterious island and must work t...

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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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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.

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Shorts: Whatever It Takes

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Shorts: Where We Belong

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Shorts: Music Videos

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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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