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...06/13 @ 8:00 PM
OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC
06/14 @ 8:00 PM
SVA Theatre
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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...06/03 @ 8:00 PM
Beacon Theatre
06/04 @ 5:45 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/04 @ 7:00 PM
Beacon Theatre
06/05 @ 2:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
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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.
Playing POTUS
From Chevy Chase's Gerald Ford to Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris, Playing POTUS explores how comedians don't just parody leaders,...06/06 @ 5:00 PM
Spring Studios
06/07 @ 2:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
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The Symphony of Dance
In Jason Bergh’s intimate documentary, a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a marathon of performances by Dancing with the Stars’ Der...06/07 @ 5:00 PM
Spring Studios
06/08 @ 2:30 PM
Village East by Angelika
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Noga
Fearless alternative pop singer Noga Erez is on the brink of superstardom with a unique, captivating sound and a major studio a...06/07 @ 8:15 PM
OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC
06/08 @ 8:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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 Leader
Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga star in the unsettling true story of Heaven's Gate, the cult that convinced dozens to abandon...06/05 @ 5:00 PM
SVA Theatre
06/08 @ 5:45 PM
Village East by Angelika
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Only What We Carry
Long-buried secrets and emerging romances bubble up and boil over between a dancer, her sister, her former choreographer, and h...06/06 @ 2:30 PM
SVA Theatre
06/07 @11:30 AM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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They Fight
Recently released from prison, coach Walt Mangian joins a local youth gym to help a ragtag team of adolescent boxers aspiring t...06/08 @ 5:30 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/09 @ 5:45 PM
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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.
The Lorraine
Renowned documentarian Sam Pollard tells the astonishing, inspiring story of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, site of ...06/05 @ 8:30 PM
SVA Theatre
06/06 @ 5:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Humpty Dumpty X
Twenty-three years in the making, Tony Kaye's deeply personal documentary returns to the era of American History X through his ...06/06 @12:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/10 @ 6:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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 ...06/07 @ 5:30 PM
SVA Theatre
06/08 @ 5:45 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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!
Hallowarrior
Pumpkin, a Halloween-obsessed post-apocalypse survivor, thinks she’s the last person alive. But when a vicious band of scavenge...06/10 @ 5:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/12 @ 9:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/05 @ 9:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/07 @ 3:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
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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...06/06 @ 9:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/07 @ 5:45 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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.
Vanishing tracks
Under the Zagros Mountains outside Shiraz, a family of Iranian nomads and their reticent sons investigate the disappearance of ...06/07 @ 5:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/08 @ 5:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/06 @ 2:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/07 @ 5:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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 ...06/04 @ 7:30 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/05 @ 6:00 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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.
Here I'm Alive
One night. One city. Migrants, sex workers and dreamers hustle New York's digital underbelly in this neo-realist urban epic dri...06/06 @ 8:30 PM
SVA Theatre
06/07 @ 9:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
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Cotton Fever
Inspired by director Daniel Blake Schwartz's real-life experiences, this striking debut feature charts the uneven cycles of add...06/05 @ 8:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/06 @ 8:45 PM
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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...06/07 @ 8:30 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/08 @ 5:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
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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.
Jail Time Records
The rivetingly intimate Jail Time Records profiles the first prison recording studio on the African continent and three incarce...06/06 @ 5:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/07 @ 2:45 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Time Warp
50 years after “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” electrified audiences, a drag theater company in the once-booming mining town of...06/06 @ 8:15 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/08 @ 8:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
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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...06/04 @ 8:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
06/05 @ 9:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
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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.
Funk
A determined young woman makes a name for herself in the colorful world of Brazilian funk music in this electrifying musical dr...06/05 @ 8:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/06 @ 9:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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I Spy With My Little Eye
After losing their childhood best friend, Yalda and Lou are left to clear out Solveigh’s apartment. In Alisa Kolosova’s bitters...06/07 @ 2:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/09 @ 8:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/07 @ 2:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/09 @ 6:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/07 @ 8:15 PM
Spring Studios
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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 ...06/08 @ 8:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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 ...06/12 @ 8:15 PM
OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC
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Special Events
Special events at Tribeca Festival
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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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...06/04 @ 5:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
06/14 @ 2:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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...06/04 @ 8:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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: Fierce Fashion
06/13 @ 8:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/14 @ 2:00 PM
Village East by Angelika
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Shorts: Think Fast
06/05 @ 5:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/06 @ 3:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Shorts: Care Package
06/06 @ 5:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/13 @ 8:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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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.
Best of Tribeca Shorts
06/06 @ 7:00 PM
Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
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Virunga
Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and the last natural habitat for the endangered mountai...06/10 @ 7:00 PM
Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
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Little Woods
In this dramatic thriller set in the fracking boomtown of Little Woods, North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extre...06/11 @ 7:00 PM
Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens
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Shorts
Creative storytelling at its best in narrative, documentary and animated shorts.
Holo
When her abusive partner dies, Claire contacts Looking Glass, a company specializing in artificial encounters by means of an ac...06/06 @ 8:15 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/10 @ 8:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
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Sleep Call
A lonely young man finds love online when a late-night sleep call with a stranger blossoms into an intimate digital romance.06/06 @ 8:15 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/10 @ 8:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
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You Tryna Say You Love Me?
A late-night study break turns into something deeper when a grief-stricken college athlete opens up to his philosophy class cru...06/05 @ 8:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
06/08 @ 5:30 PM
Shorts Theater at Spring Studios
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Awards Screenings
Encore screenings of the festival's big winners
Award Screening: The Nora Ephron Award
Winner of The Nora Ephron Award.06/14 @ 8:15 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Award Screening: Best New Narrative Director Award
Winner of the Best New Narrative Director Award.06/14 @ 2:45 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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Award Screening: Audience Award - Narrative First Place
Winner of the Audience Award - Narrative First Place.06/14 @ 8:30 PM
AMC 19th St. East 6
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