Tribeca Festival 2025

View other Tribeca Festival Films by strand: Documentary Competition , Escape From Tribeca , Galas , International Narrative Competition , Member Exclusives , Spotlight Documentary , Spotlight Narrative , US Narrative Competition , Viewpoints

Depeche Mode: M Depeche Mode: M
Depeche Mode: M and Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House
Are We Good? (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Steven Feinartz; Writer: Julie Seabaugh; Stars: Marc Maron, Nate Bargatze, W. Kamau Bell, David Cross, Gary Gulman, Laurie Kilmartin, Jessica Kirson, Sam Lipsyte, Brendan McDonald, John Mulaney, Caroline Rhea, Michaela Watkins)
Marc Maron reluctantly pulls back the curtain on his everyday life as he pushes to maintain a successful stand-up career while grappling with the sudden, devastating loss of his partner.
New York Premiere
Billy Idol Should Be Dead (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jonas Akerlund)
The punk legend turned pop sensation Billy bares all in this documentary, revealing his rise to fame, battle with addiction and comeback.
World premiere
Depeche Mode: M (Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Fernando Frias; Stars: Depeche Mode)
Captures the band's 2023 Mexico City shows, blending concert footage with interstitial elements, exploring music, mortality, and Mexican culture's relationship with death.
World premiere
Just Sing (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Angelique Molina, Abraham Troen)
On the cusp of graduation, the members of USC’s celebrated SoCal VoCals have one more challenge to conquer before adulthood: The International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella in New York City.
World premiere
Matter of Time (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Matt Finlin; Stars: Eddie Vedder)
Set against the backdrop of a powerful and emotional benefit performance by Eddie Vedder, chronicles the fight to cure epidermolysis bullosa (EB) - butterfly skin - a rare and often fatal genetic disease.
World premiere
Metallica Saved My Life (Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jonas Åkerlund; Writer: Jonas Åkerlund; Stars: Kirk Hammett, Tony Hawk, James Hetfield, Metallica, Jason Momoa, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich)
Documentary sharing the intertwined stories of the group and their most devoted fans.
World premiere
Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton)
Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
New York Premiere
Nobu (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Matt Tyrnauer; Stars: Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber, Wolfgang Puck, Nobu Matsuhisa, Ruth Reichl, Meir Teper, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Yuji Wakiya)
Traces the journey of legendary sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa from his humble beginnings to becoming a world renowned chef with a global restaurant empire bearing his name.
New York Premiere
Rebbeca (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Gabriela Cavanagh, Jennifer Tiexiera)
As chart-topping Latin music superstar Becky G embarks on her most personal and ambitious project to date, her debut Mexican regional album, she is prompted to revisit her roots and dive deep into a beautiful and complicated past.
World premiere
The Rose: Come Back To Me (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Eugene Yi; Stars: Woosung, Hajoon, Jaehyeong, Dojoon)
Documentary chronicling the journey of The Rose - from their humble beginnings as a South Korean indie band to their rise as a global sensation.
World premiere
The Sixth Borough (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jason Pollard)
Documentary exploring Long Island's impact on hip-hop's evolution.
World premiere
Something Beautiful (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jacob Bixenman, Miley Cyrus, Brendan Walter; Writer: Jacob Bixenman, Miley Cyrus, Brendan Walter)
Pop opera accompaniment to Miley Cyrus's album of the same name.
World premiere
State of Firsts (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Chase Joynt; Stars: Sarah McBride)
Follows Sarah McBride’s history-making campaign as the first transgender person ever to be elected to Congress.
World premiere
Still Free TC (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Produced by Krista Worby)
Ty Dolla $ign is one of the world’s biggest musical artists, but as he begins work on his newest album, his brother Gabriel is serving a 67-year prison sentence for murder. This film follows the brothers over two years.
World premiere
We Are Pat (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Ro Haber; Writer: Hannah Buck, Ro Haber; Stars: Murray Hill, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Sabrina Wu, River Gallo, Joey Soloway, Molly Kearney, River Butcher, Roz Hernandez, Ever Mainard, Grace Freud, Nico Carney, Esther Fallick, James Tom, Hayden Johnson)
Examines ”It’s Pat” through the lens of 2025, trans visibility and their own conflicted recollection of the controversial SNL character played by Julia Sweeney.
World premiere
Wizkid: Long Live Lagos (Country: Nigeria, United States, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Karam Gill)
From Lagos to London, this documentary follows Wizkid’s rise as a global icon.
World premiere
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

DOC NYC
New York's celebration of factual film

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Baltic film festival

French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema

Leeds International Film Festival

Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Celebration of world cinema

In the Archive


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.