The 2025 Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature-film lineup for this year’s event.
Among the highlights, this year’s festival will feature the world premiere of Miley Cyrus‘ Something Beautiful film, the visual companion to her album of the same name, which drops on May 30. After the screening of the film directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter will be followed by a conversation with Cyrus.
The festival, which previously revealed its opening night film would be the Billy Joel documentary And So It Goes, will close with the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced Yanuni, directed by Richard Ladkani. The documentary that serves as both a love story and call to action follows Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia as she works to defend her people’s land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss, a Special Forces Unit ranger.
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“Tribeca has always been more than a festival—it’s a home for artists navigating an ever-changing industry and an ever-changing world,” Tribeca Festival co-founder and Tribeca Enterprises CEO Jane Rosenthal said in a statement. “For over two decades, we’ve championed emerging voices, celebrated established storytellers and built a creative community where artists can grow, connect and thrive. We’re proud of the ecosystem we’ve cultivated and can’t wait to share it with the world this June.”
Additionally this year’s festival will feature the world premieres of Mariska Hargitay’s Jayne Mansfield documentary and docs about Barbara Walters (Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything), Andy Kaufman (Andy Kaufman is Me), Billy Idol (Billy Idol Should Be Dead), Metallica (Metallica Saved My Life), Depeche Mode (Depeche Mode: M), Culture Club (Culture Club), Counting Crows (Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?) and Becky G (Rebecca aka Becky G) as well as a documentary about the fight to cure epidermolysis bullosa, including Eddie Vedder’s support for the cause (Matter of Time). Idol, Becky G and Vedder will perform after the screenings of their respective films while Metallica and Depeche Mode will participate in conversations after the premieres of their respective films. The festival is also set to world premiere docs about the NYU-founded alt-comedy troupe The State (Long Live The State), the Ohio State sexual abuse scandal (Surviving Ohio State), produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and David Glasser; and Titan: The OceanGate Disaster on the 2023 submersible tragedy.
The festival is also set to world premiere at least three docs about trans issues, including a profile of trailblazing Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride (State of Firsts); Just Kids about families with trans children living in states banning gender-affirming care and We Are Pat, exploring Julia Sweeney’s “It’s Pat” Saturday Night Live sketch through the 2025 lens of trans visibility.
Tribeca will also host the New York premieres of docs about Marlee Matlin (Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore), directed by Shoshannah Stern; and Marc Maron (Are We Good?), directed by Steven Feinartz, with the latter following the podcaster and comedian as he deals with the loss of his partner filmmaker Lynn Shelton and a shifting comedy landscape.
Highlights among the feature film lineup include the live-action How to Train Your Dragon, starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker and Gerard Butler; world premieres of the Rose Byrne, Demi Lovato and Octavia Spencer starrer Tow; Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick co-starring for the first time in 20 years in The Best You Can; Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney in Everything’s Going to be Great; Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid, Martha Plimpton and Jacob Tremblay in Sovereign; and Alexandra Daddario, Daveed Diggs, Josh Gad and Ashley Park in A Tree Fell in the Woods; as well as the Steve Zahn-written and -produced She Dances, in which he stars alongside Ethan Hawke.
Tribeca will also feature the New York premiere of Sony Pictures Classics’ Sundance acquisition Oh, Hi!, written and directed by Sophie Brooks and starring Molly Gordon, Logan Lerman, Geraldine Viswanathan and John Reynolds.
“At Tribeca, we believe that storytelling is a force — one that connects us, challenges us, and inspires us to reimagine what’s possible,” Tribeca Festival director and senior vp, programming Cara Cusumano said in a statement. “This year’s film lineup is a testament to that power, bursting with creative risk, iconic artists and new perspectives that spark vital conversations and drive culture forward. These films are a powerful reflection of the world we live in — and the world we want to shape.”
This year’s Tribeca Festival films were selected from a record-breaking 13,541 submissions. The 118 films, from 135 filmmakers, including 94 world premieres, represent 36 countries, and 40 percent of this year’s selections are directed by women, with 36 percent directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
See more about this year’s film lineup here.
The 2025 Tribeca Festival is set to run from June 4-15.
