Celebrating its 24th edition of the festival next year, the Tribeca Festival will be held on June 4-15, 2025 in New York City.
The 23rd edition of the festival was held earlier this year on June 5-16, 2024, gaining a record-breaking year with over 13,000 submissions and nearly 600 events for more than 145,000 attendees. The festival became home to a number of world premieres, including ‘¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,’ ‘Presumed Innocent,’ ‘Brats,’ ‘Sacramento,’ and ‘In the Arena: Serena Williams.’
Building upon the success of the 23rd festival, Tribeca announced new opportunities for emerging filmmakers to premiere projects and grow their careers. From the new Creators Forum to expanded submission guidelines, Tribeca seeks to create more entry points for storytellers across mediums. The inaugural Creators Forum—a dynamic, multi-day summit taking place within the Tribeca Festival—is designed for the broader filmmaking community. It will feature conversations with today’s most 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 much 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,” said Tribeca CEO and Co-Founder Jane Rosenthal. “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.”
In addition to the launch of the Creators Forum, the short films program, which has launched 23 Academy Award nominees and seven winners since 2002, has expanded eligibility to projects screened in New York or online for out-of-competition consideration. Also, now in its third year, the Creators Market’s “Works-in-Progress” showcase will accept submissions. For the first time, filmmakers with work in post-production can submit to preview their project for an invitation-only industry audience at the Festival in June.
2025 Tribeca Festival Submission Deadlines
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
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
Works in Progress
February 3, 2025 – Submissions Open
March 3, 2025 – Official Deadline