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The Tribeca Festival 2025 has announced the complete list of winners for each of its competition categories. Libby Ewing’s “Charliebird” won the Founders Award for Best U.S. narrative feature, Sarah Goher’s “Happy Birthday” won best international narrative feature and Suzannah Herbert’s “Natchez” won for best documentary feature.

Awards were given out for the following categories: U.S. narrative, international narrative, documentary, viewpoints, the Albery Maysles award, the Nora Ephron award, short film, best new directors, storytelling, games, AT&T untold stories and Tribeca X.

“Every year at Tribeca, we set out to spotlight the most exciting new voices from around the world,” Cara Cusumano, Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming said in a statement. “We are thrilled our jury honored this mission with winners that brilliantly represent the vibrancy and diversity of global independent storytelling today.”

The winners of the audience award, which are determined by audience votes throughout the festival,...

The 2025 Tribeca Festival has set its selection of shorts across narrative, documentary, animated works and music videos.

Expanded eligibility to projects previously screened in New York or online for out-of-competition consideration led to record submissions and 93 short films this year, a high among major fests.

The music video lineup curated by Sharon Badal, spans the world premiere of Kid Cudi’s new short film Neverland, directed by Ti West and produced by Monkeypaw Productions; Rock the Bells from LL Cool J; Jack White’s That’s How I’m Feeling; and Madame President by Grace Bowers.

Tribeca, which runs June 4–15 in NYC, is also deepening its investment in shorts by introducing the inaugural Shorts Cinema screening room at its Spring Studios festival hub to allow more filmmakers and fans to discover the next generation of independent film, where shorts are often a first stop.

“This year we received a staggering number of short submissions,...

New Yorkers are known, at least stereotypically, for their self-centered behavior and arrogant attitudes toward other cultures. The blog Humans of New York has looked to counter that stereotype by painting New Yorkers and a diverse and colorful bunch, but now, in turn, a new web series has arrived to satirize that portrayal. It’s called People of New York, and it’s a clear Humans of New York parody that paints its subjects as egotistical attention-seekers.

In each People of New York episode, series creator Jessie Komitor takes on a new persona. While all of her characters share the same itch to get in front of the camera, they live within wildly different circumstances, and Komitor avoids a common web series trap by stepping outside the world of young, creative types in the big city. In one episode, she’s a nagging mom. In another, she’s a tough-talking Bronx resident.