Festival Film Lineup 2026: Movies & Premieres

Gala

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

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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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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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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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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Next Life

When Ivy meets a handsome jazz musician on the train one fateful morning, two distinct timelines emerge: one where she falls in...

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The Last Day

July 4th, New York City: Two mothers navigate the city on different tracks that briefly intertwine before diverging dramaticall...

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Rain Reign

Rose is a 12-year-old, neurodivergent girl cared for by her struggling single dad and well-meaning uncle. When her beloved dog ...

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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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Odyssey

This remarkable archival documentary captures America's greatest adventures in space: from the rise of NASA to the gripping res...

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Full Circle: The First All Black Everest Ascent

An all-Black team sets out to summit Mount Everest not just to make history, but to redefine what it means to climb and who bel...

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House of Criticism

Roberta Smith and Jerry Saltz are both rockstars in the world of art criticism. They’re also madly in love. Reflecting on their...

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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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Breeder

An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he so...

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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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The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)

To get the funds to marry off his own child, a disgraced Hasidic wedding-comedian must fight to reclaim his former glory in Gid...

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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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One Woman One Bra

After spotting her childhood photo on the cover of a book, Star seeks to learn about her past. Set in a pastoral Kenyan village...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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American Zoo

The Catskill Game Farm was America's first ever private zoo, fostering beloved childhood memories for a generation before falli...

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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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Stand Up

Vera is a fun-loving 23-year-old until her entire life is upended after an accident leaves her in a wheelchair. Struggling to c...

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Sad Girlz

A striking coming-of-age drama seen through the eyes of two best friends whose bond is put to the test when they have drastical...

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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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Reunions & Retrospectives

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

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The Cable Guy with Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick

It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy $50 and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs...

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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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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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Special Events

Special events at Tribeca Festival

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Vital Stories Premiere

Vital Stories, Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company, is an initiative to empower emerging filmmakers to more accurately and authe...

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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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Dreams of Violets

Tehran, January 2026. Dreams of Violets is a 75-minute docudrama feature inspired by real events from 47 years of Iranian civil...

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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: Love Fictionally

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Shorts: NY Making It Here

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Shorts: Competitive Edge

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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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