The 2024 Tribeca Festival has officially unveiled its shorts lineup.

Presented by OKX, the festival includes short narrative, documentary, and animated films, as well as music videos. This year’s festival takes place June 5 through 16, and boasts 12 short film sections, including 87 total shorts from 101 filmmakers with 65 films in competition and 10 music videos.

The 2024 lineup has a record-breaking number of countries represented ranging from Saudi Arabia, Côte D’Ivoire, Martinique, Chile, Qatar, and more for a total of 27 nations. For the first time, the majority of the program is directed by female filmmakers. The lineup includes 50 world premieres, seven international premieres, six North American premieres, two U.S. premieres, and 22 New York premieres. Seven directors return to Tribeca with their latest projects. 

Highlights include the world premieres of “Motorcycle Mary,” directed by Haley Watson and produced by two-time Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot and seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton; queer romance “Ripe!,” directed by TUSK and produced by two-time World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Kelley O’Hara; PTSD drama “Bite” starring Troian Bellisario; and “Out of the Dark: Cal Calamia” about transgender marathon runner Cal Calamia.

The New York narrative shorts lineup includes the world premieres of star-studded “Happy to Help You” with Amy Sedaris and Jeremy Beiler, and “Veo Veo A Family” starring Carla Gugino and KO. 

The program’s four categories — narrative shorts, documentary shorts, animated shorts, and music videos — thematically highlight and explore bold stories of joy, love, and safety, showcasing expressions of Black freedom, the Latin American experience, and Caribbean culture. This year’s selections examine the follies of youth and the absurdities of life with humor and hubris. 

Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg also curates an animated shorts program featuring a trio of films with “Nate & John,” “Budō, and “In The Shadow Of the Cypress.”

“Tribeca received more than 8,000 short film submissions, and for the first time, we’re proud to present a majority-female directed program,” Tribeca VP of Shorts Programming Ben Thompson said. “We hope our 12 curated shorts programs — and our first-ever online music video competition — will delight, inspire, and even titillate our enthusiastic New York audiences as they discover diverse storytelling from original voices all over the world.”

The full short film lineup is detailed below. 

2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL SHORTS SELECTION

NARRATIVE SHORTS

¡Beso de lengua! (Mexico) – World Premiere

¡salsa! (Colombia) – World Premiere

A Family Guide To Hunting (United States) – World Premiere 

A Rose for Katrina (Australia) – International Premiere

À toi les oreilles (To Your Ears) (Canada) – New York Premiere 

Alarms (France) – New York Premiere 

Bite (United States) – World Premiere 

Camping in Paradise (Norway) – New York Premiere

Catharsis (United States) – United States Premiere 

Clodagh (Ireland) – New York Premiere

Complications (Norway) – New York Premiere 

Dirty Towel (United States) – World Premiere

Ebb & Flow (Lebanon, Qatar, United States) – World Premiere 

Favourites (Australia) – New York Premiere

Fire F*cking Fire (United States) – New York Premiere

Five Ways to Get Rid of a Hickey (Cinco Formas de Borrar un Chupón) (Chile) – World Premiere

Fuck-a-Fan (Netherlands) – World Premiere 

Happy To Help You (United States) – World Premiere 

Idiomatic (United Kingdom) – World Premiere 

Is Now A Good Time? (United States) – World Premiere 

I Want To Violently Crash Into the Windshield of Love (Mexico) – World Premiere

Jane Austen’s Period Drama (United States) – New York Premiere. 

Kasbi (United States) – World Premiere

Kum-Kum (Saudi Arabia) – International Premiere 

Learning English (United States) – New York Premiere 

Lice (India & United States) – World Premiere

Mermaids (Martinique) – World Premiere

My Best Friend (United States, France) – North American Premiere

NEA (Colombia) – New York Premiere   

Nepotism, Baby! (United States) – World Premiere 

Next Week (Canada) – World Premiere 

Officer Stanley (United States) – World Premiere 

Oh, Christmas Tree (United States) – World Premiere 

original skin (United Kingdom) – New York Premiere 

Passarinho (Mexico) – International Premiere

Perfect Ten (United States) – World Premiere 

Punta Salinas (Puerto Rico) – New York Premiere

Ripe! (United States, Spain) – World Premiere 

Robbie Ain’t Right No More (United States) – New York Premiere

Sea Lion Cow (United States) – World Premiere 

Shut Up, Jack (United States) – World Premiere 

Smile, God Loves You. (United States) – World Premiere

Some Kind of Paradise (United States) – New York Premiere

Swollen (United States) – World Premiere

The Brown Dog (United States) – International Premiere 

The Cost of Flesh (France) – North American Premiere 

The Creators (United Kingdom) – North American Premiere

The End Of The Party (United States) – World Premiere 

The HongFu Hotel (United States) – World Premiere 

The White Rabbit (United States) – World Premiere 

Veo Veo A Family (United States) – World Premiere

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

All Things Metal (United States) – World Premiere

Black Hercules (United States) – World Premiere 

Bright White Light (Finland) – World Premiere

Budd, Sweat & Tearz (United Kingdom) – World Premiere 

Canine (Ireland/Namibia) – International Premiere 

Confessions of a Jumbotron Addict (United States) – World Premiere 

David Again (United States) – New York Premiere 

Depression is a Beast (United States) – World Premiere 

Dynasty and Destiny (United States) – New York Premiere

Earthshine (United States) – World Premiere

JUMPMAN (United States) – World Premiere 

La Roche (Switzerland) – United States Premiere 

Lost Bois (United States) – World Premiere

Makayla’s Voice: A Letter to the World (United States) – New York Premiere

Motorcycle Mary (United States) – World Premiere 

Out of the Dark: Cal Calamia (United States) – World Premiere

Pastrana (Brazil) – North American Premiere 

Sol Béni (Côte D’Ivoire) – World Premiere

The Solace of Sisterhood (United States) World Premiere 

ANIMATED SHORTS

Budō (Sweden) – International Premiere 

In The Shadow Of the Cypress (Iran) – North American Premiere

LUKi And The Lights (Netherlands, United States) – New York Premiere

Nate & John (United States) – World Premiere

Ruthless Blade (China) – International Premiere

Scrubby (Germany) – World Premiere

The Mayfly (United States) – New York Premiere 

MUSIC VIDEOS

“Booked A Room” (United States) – Performed by Kris Lefcoe.

“En El Bronx Part 2” (United States) – Performed by Bad Bunny. 

“Illusion” (United States) – Performed by Dua Lipa.

“Never Ending Song” (United States) – Performed by Conan Gray.

“Nine Ball” (United States) – Performed by Zach Bryan.

“Prince Shoutoku” (Japan) – Performed by Wednesday Campanella.

“Six Feet Deep” (United States) – Performed by Lanie Gardner.

“Wanting and Waiting” (United States) – Performed by The Black Crowes.

“Water” (United States) – Performed by Tyla.

“Won’t Be Around” (United States) – Performed by Terry Blade. 

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