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.
Imaginal Disk
A cinematic companion to Magdalena Bay’s eponymous album, Imaginal Disk expands its kaleidoscopic world into a bold, visually d...
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Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour - Live from Paris
Capturing Katy Perry’s electrifying, immersive concert experience, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris blends powe...
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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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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.
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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The Long Haul
Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale is CJ, a long-haul trucker who’s been running from a dark truth for decades. When long-...
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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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Spotlight Documentary
Both onscreen and behind the camera, Spotlight Documentary films represent the biggest names in nonfiction premiering high profile new work.
4000 Days
4000 Days chronicles the agonizing public struggle of three families whose personal tragedies become part of a nationwide movem...
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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 ...
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AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About
The definitive documentary on AI's origins, told by the people who built it. A thriller-paced reckoning with ambition, rivalry ...
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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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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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Mutter: The Diary of a Mother
Under traumatic circumstances, Gül gives birth to her first child: an inhuman creature. What’s a single mother to do? Protect h...
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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.
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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Crooks
Genre chameleon Mickey Keating travels to a timeless Chicago for a pulpy, streetwise crime thriller where everyone’s on the tak...
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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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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.
Ephemera
In post-pandemic Shanghai, two women — one leaving, one staying — share a single electric night wandering the city. A tender, b...
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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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Summer of Three
Returning home to his native Puerto Rico after years away, 17-year-old Javi meets Luife and Kiki, two social misfits who flip h...
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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.
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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Harvest
An emotionally honest perspective of rural life in today’s America, Harvest is a passionate documentary on the Nelson Brothers ...
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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.
Skateboarding Is Not for Girls
In this enthralling portrait of a new generation of young women coming of age amidst two worlds, the antiquated patriarchal cus...
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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...
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Zejtune
To sever ties with her homeland once and for all, Mar must traverse Malta to claim her inheritance. Guided by a charismatic, oc...
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Reunions & Retrospectives
One of a kind cinematic experiences, performances, and conversations.
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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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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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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Special Events
Special events at Tribeca Festival
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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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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AT&T Untold Stories Pitch Event
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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: Whatever It Takes
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Shorts: Animated Shorts curated by Whoopi G
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Shorts: Think Fast
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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.
Virunga
Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park, a UNESCO world heritage site, and the last natural habitat for the endangered mountai...
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Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Director Damien Chazelle’s debut infuses his black-and-white, 16mm vérité-style relationship drama with all that jazzy romance ...
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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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Shorts
Creative storytelling at its best in narrative, documentary and animated shorts.
"Mr Electric Blue" - Benson Boone
Benson Boone’s “Mr. Electric Blue” music video, directed by Matt Eastin, transforms a pop single into a self-aware, satirical v...
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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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Rare Birds
A rambunctious 12-year-old tries to convince her former camp counselor to ditch his dead-end job at the local antique store for...
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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: Jail Time Records (Best Documentary Feature)
Jail Time Records The rivetingly intimate Jail Time Records profiles the first prison recording studio on the African contine...
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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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