May 16th, 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025 Reveals Creators Market Recipients

 

Bold New Projects Include “Doggie” with Anna Baryshnikov and Juliana Canfield; “Cop City” by Oscar® nominated producer Sam Cullman; “Luna Luna” by Jason Zeldes; and “Another Country” by Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler, Jeffery Robinson and Creative Associate Producer Tom Hanks

 

 

New York, NY, (May 16, 2025) – The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today unveiled the exclusive slate of features, series and audio projects selected for the Tribeca Creators Market, in partnership with Indeed. Taking place June 9–11, this three-day, invitation-only industry marketplace connects promising filmmakers and content creators with top industry executives, financiers, and distributors to showcase bold, distinctive voices poised to transform the entertainment landscape. Major studios, production companies, funders and streamers that have previously attended include Sony Pictures Classics, Neon, HBO, Plan B, Impact Partners, Ford Foundation and Paramount+.

 

The Market kicks off with the Works in Progress showcase, which, for the first time this year, accepted open submissions. Twelve narrative and documentary storytellers have been selected to preview their feature or episodic projects to a highly curated room of industry professionals, including financiers, festival programmers and producers. This showcase serves as an early entry point into Tribeca’s broader marketplace pipeline, supporting projects from inception through development, and potentially into future Festival Official Selections. Notably, Works in Progress alumni returning to premiere their completed films at this year’s Festival include Esta Isla (directed by Cristian Carretero and Lorraine Jones Molina); and Backside (directed by Raul Paz-Pastrana).

 

Following the Works in Progress showcase is two days of meetings between invited storytellers and industry representatives. A sample of storytellers presenting their latest projects at this year’s invite-only Creators Market include:

 

• Social justice feature documentary Cop City, directed by Christopher Frierson and Oscar-nominated producer/director Sam Cullman.
• Feature comedy Doggie, starring Anna Baryshnikov (Dickinson) and Juliana Canfield (Succession).
• Thriller A Few Days in the Sun directed by student Oscar winning filmmaker Mauro Mueller, making his feature directorial debut.
• Whimsical, kaleidoscopic documentary Luna Luna, directed by Jason Zeldes, explores the Luna Luna amusement park.
• Another Country, a series that uncovers hidden histories of oppression, resistance, and resilience across the United States from Founder and CEO of The Who We Are Project, Jeffery Robinson, award-winning filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, and Creative Associate Producer Tom Hanks.

“Tribeca is proud to offer the enriching Creators Market platform to these selected storytelling teams who are using their original sensibilities to deliver form-pushing works,” said Senior Film Programmer Jose Rodriguez. “The diversity of their narratives – from socially-urgent topics to thoughtful youth-driven stories – present a powerful range of vision and artistic purpose.”

 

The Tribeca Creators Market was founded in 2016. Since then, over 250 storytellers have participated in the market. Alumni include actress, producer and director Britt Lower (Severance); actors and filmmakers Rick Gomez and Steve Zahn; and actress and writer Tallie Medel, among others.

 

Learn more about the Tribeca Festival programming team at TribecaFilm.com.

 

More details on the latest additions can be found below. For more updates on programming follow @Tribeca and #Tribeca2025 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. A Tribeca Membership or 2025 Tribeca Festival passes and ticket packages can be purchased at tribecafilm.com.

About the Tribeca Festival
The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music, audio storytelling, games, and immersive. With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is synonymous with creative expression and entertainment. Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers award-winning talent, curates innovative experiences, and introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres, exhibitions, conversations, and live performances.

 

The Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca Festival will celebrate its 24th year from June 4–15, 2025 in New York City.

 

In 2019, James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing together Rosenthal, De Niro, and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.

 

About the 2025 Tribeca Festival Partners
The 2025 Tribeca Festival is presented by OKX and with the support of our partners: AT&T, Audible, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, Canva, CHANEL, City National Bank, DIRECTV, Don Julio Tequila, Fiji Water, Indeed, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, NBC4 and Telemundo 47, NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, National CineMedia, New York Magazine, Purina, Spring Studios New York, The Wall Street Journal, Variety, Vulture, and Whalar.

 

Press Contacts
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Nicole Elice | nelice@tribecafilm.com
Rogers & Cowan PMK | tribecafestival2025@rcpmk.com

 

2025 TRIBECA CREATORS MARKET PARTICIPANTS

 

Narrative Features

• Miguel Angel Caballero^, Luis Antonio Aldana, & Helena Sardinha
• Aliza Gandhi, Ryan Cunningham, Isa Barrett, & Ruby Karp
• James Gannon & Matt Ferrin
• Ghost + Cow
• Manya Glassman & Jocelyn Blockinger
• Wes Andre Goodrich^ & Patrick Nichols
• Oscar Labovich & Katelynn Mansberger*
• Annalise Lockhart & Zachary Shedd
• Jessye McGarry, Jessica DiMento, Anna Baryshnikov, & Juliana Canfield
• Mauro Mueller, David Figueroa, & Leslie Holleran*
• Sonja O'Hara, Peter Phok, & Adam Hoelzel
• Stavros Petropoulos & Leonidas Konstantarakos
• Peggy Tserwen Tseng & Sheng-Ting Shen*
• Eve Van Dyke, Caitlin Bruner, & Lauren Chen
• Jackie! Zhou^ & Reef Oldberg

 

Narrative Series

• Brittany Ashley*
• Mary Johnson & Lexi Diamond*
• Gbenga Komolafe^ & Tee Jaehyung Park
• Joanna Leeds & Andrew Leeds
• Veronica Reyes-How & Paul Schnee
• Ewen Wright & Gideon Grody-Patinkin

 

Documentary Features

• Christopher Booker*
• Nick Capezzera & J. Faye Yuan*
• Sam Cullman, Christopher Frierson, Morgan Pehme, & Daniel DiMauro
• Caitlyn Greene & Sara Archambault
• Emma D. Miller, Florrie Priest, & Colby Day
• Rodrigo Olivar, Brenda Avila Hanna, Armando Croda, & Alejandro Mejía
• Kristofer Rios, Carla Gutierrez, & Katia Maguire
• Will Thwaites*
• Lerone D. Wilson & Andrea Mustain*
• Jason Zeldes & Nora Chute*

 

Documentary Series

• Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler, Jeffery Robinson, & Diana Cherry*
• Jen Maylack, Nicholas Bruckman, Yoni Brook, & James Doolittle
• Josh Tickell*

 

Audio Projects

• Fair Worlds
• Jazmine (JT) Green
• Tania Mohammad & Shahjehan Khan
• Yowei Shaw

* = Works-in-Progress Showcase Participant
^ = Indeed Rising Voices Filmmaker

 

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