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Tribeca Festival · 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025

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16 films · 1 review

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Are We Good?

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.

(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)

New York Premiere

Billy Idol Should Be Dead

The punk legend turned pop sensation Billy bares all in this documentary, revealing his rise to fame, battle with addiction and comeback.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jonas Akerlund)

World premiere

Depeche Mode: M

Review preview for Depeche Mode: M

Although chiefly a concert film, Frias also includes more experimental segments in which Mexico’s relationship with death is considered.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Captures the band's 2023 Mexico City shows, blending concert footage with interstitial elements, exploring music, mortality, and Mexican culture's relationship with death.

(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2025; Director: Fernando Frias; Stars: Depeche Mode)

Full review See: Depeche Mode: M director Fernando Frias on Mexican culture, mortality and music

World premiere

Just Sing

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.

(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Angelique Molina, Abraham Troen)

World premiere

Matter of Time

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Matt Finlin; Stars: Eddie Vedder)

World premiere

Metallica Saved My Life

Documentary sharing the intertwined stories of the group and their most devoted fans.

(Country: UK; Year: 2025; Director: Jonas Åkerlund; Writer: Jonas Åkerlund; Stars: Kirk Hammett, Tony Hawk, James Hetfield, Metallica, Jason Momoa, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich)

World premiere

Move Ya Body: The Birth Of House

Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Elegance Bratton; Writer: Elegance Bratton)

New York Premiere

Nobu

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.

(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)

New York Premiere

Rebbeca

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Gabriela Cavanagh, Jennifer Tiexiera)

World premiere

The Rose: Come Back To Me

Documentary chronicling the journey of The Rose - from their humble beginnings as a South Korean indie band to their rise as a global sensation.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Eugene Yi; Stars: Woosung, Hajoon, Jaehyeong, Dojoon)

World premiere

The Sixth Borough

Documentary exploring Long Island's impact on hip-hop's evolution.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jason Pollard)

World premiere

Something Beautiful

Pop opera accompaniment to Miley Cyrus's album of the same name.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Jacob Bixenman, Miley Cyrus, Brendan Walter; Writer: Jacob Bixenman, Miley Cyrus, Brendan Walter)

World premiere

State of Firsts

Follows Sarah McBride’s history-making campaign as the first transgender person ever to be elected to Congress.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Chase Joynt; Stars: Sarah McBride)

World premiere

Still Free TC

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.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Produced by Krista Worby)

World premiere

We Are Pat

A documentary examining It’s Pat through the lens of 2025, trans visibility and their own conflicted recollection of the controversial SNL character played by Julia Sweeney.

(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)

World premiere

Wizkid: Long Live Lagos

From Lagos to London, this documentary follows Wizkid’s rise as a global icon.

(Country: Nigeria, United States, UK; Year: 2025; Director: Karam Gill)

World premiere