The 2025 Tribeca Festival is officially underway.
The festival, presented by OKX, announced that its 24th annual event will take place from June 4 through 15, 2025 in New York City. Submissions are now open, with select key dates for categories listed below.
The 2025 festival will also mark new opportunities for emerging filmmakers to premiere projects and grow their careers. Tribeca unveiled a Creators Forum, which will be a dynamic, multi-day summit taking place within the Tribeca Festival. The Forum will feature conversations with innovative industry leaders, roundtables offering intimate group mentorship on topics ranging from festival strategy to distribution, case studies with key learnings from some of the biggest indie success stories, unique networking opportunities, and more. Forum attendees will be able to capitalize on the depth of talent at Tribeca to grow their project and their careers.
“For over two decades, Tribeca has supported thousands of emerging and underrepresented artists, many of whom have gone on to become critically acclaimed, award-winning filmmakers. This tradition continues today with the launch of our new Creators Forum,” Tribeca CEO and Co-Founder Jane Rosenthal said. “As the industry evolves, Tribeca constantly seeks ways to make it more accessible to artists from all backgrounds, communities, and disciplines. The first-ever Creators Forum will do what Tribeca does best—facilitate connections, provide mentorship, offer creative support, and, hopefully, shift the trajectory of someone’s career.”
The short films program will also expand its eligibility requirements to projects screened in New York or online for out-of-competition consideration. The Tribeca shorts program has launched 23 Academy Award nominees and seven winners since 2002.
Plus, the Creators Market’s “Works-in-Progress” showcase will accept submissions for the first time in 2025. Filmmakers in post-production can submit to preview their project for an invitation-only industry audience at the Festival in June, adding to Tribeca’s support for creators.
“Tribeca has always stood for making film accessible to all. With the Tribeca Creators Forum, and our new submission opportunities for works in progress and short films, we are excited to widen the aperture even further to ensure that Tribeca is as inclusive as possible of creators at every stage of their project and their career,” Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming Cara Cusumano said. “Whether you have work that’s in production, already online, or just a great pitch waiting for the right audience, Tribeca is a launching pad for what comes next.”
Tribeca 2024 had a record-breaking year with over 13,000 submissions and nearly 600 events for more than 145,000 attendees.
Tribeca Festival is curated by a team of programmers, including Cusumano; Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer; VP of Shorts Programming Ben Thompson; Senior Programmers Liza Domnitz, Faridah Gbadamosi, Jarod Neece, and José F. Rodriguez; Programmers Casey Baron, Jason Gutierrez, Jonathan Penner, and Madison Egan; VP of Games and Immersive Casey Baltes; Curator of Audio Storytelling Davy Gardner; Music Programmer Vincent Cassous; EVP of Artist Relations Nancy Lefkowitz and VP of Artist Relations Meredith Mohr; along with a team of associate programmers.
Check out the key dates for submissions below.
Feature Films and NOW
September 26, 2024 – Submissions Open
October 23, 2024 – Early Deadline
December 4, 2024 – Official Deadline
January 15, 2025 – Extended Deadline
Short Films
September 26, 2024 – Submissions Open
October 30, 2024 – Early Deadline
December 18, 2024 – Official Deadline
February 5, 2025 – Extended Deadline
Works in Progress
February 3, 2025 – Submissions Open
March 3, 2025 – Official Deadline
Games
September 26, 2024 – Submissions Open
November 26, 2024 – Early Deadline
January 15, 2025 – Official Deadline
February 12, 2025 – Extended Deadline
Audio Storytelling
October 16, 2024 – Submissions Open
December 4, 2024 – Early Deadline
January 15, 2025 – Official Deadline
February 12, 2025 – Extended Deadline
Tribeca X
September 26, 2024 – Submissions Open
November 12, 2024 – Early Deadline
January 14, 2025 – Official Deadline
February 25, 2025 – Extended Deadline
