New York City’s beloved film festival is back! From June 3 to June 14, big and small screen lovers will dive into a wide array of visual projects. With screenings, panels, networking events, and talkbacks, the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival has something for just about every type of patron.
This year’s judging jury includes Grammy Award-winning rap icon Nas; Oscar-nominated director Mira Nair; film director and production designer Catherine Hardwicke; Emmy-winning actor Alexis Bledel; Emmy-winning producer Sheila Nevins; actress and comedian Ego Nwodim; director Janicza Bravo; actress Haley Lu Richardson; political strategist and philanthropist Luis A. Miranda, Jr.; multidisciplinary artist Moses Sumney; Cazzie David; MUBI’s senior vice president of global distribution Arianna Bocco; New York Magazine‘s editor-in-chief David Haskell; Entertainment Weekly‘s editor-in-chief Patrick Gomez; and more.
By way of the Tribeca and Chanel Artists Awards Program curated by Zoe Lukov, winners will also take home original artwork from one of the 2026 cohort artists, which includes Bony Ramirez, Brendan Fernandes, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Jason Bard Yarmosky, Joshua Woods, Kiki Smith, Soull & Dynasty Ogun, Tavares Strachan, and Tosh Basco.
Winning at Tribeca is a huge feat for the participating filmmakers and producers. But for ticketholders a victorious Tribeca experience boils down to catching the best of what’s on offer. Continue below to view our top seven independently produced films and TV series to catch at Tribeca Film Festival 2026.
The 2026 Tribeca Film Festival will take place between June 3 and 14, 2026, at various locations across New York City. Click here to view this year’s screening and programming schedule. Read our full coverage of the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival here.
Some of the film and TV series’ synopses featured below were provided by their respective distributor.
Turn It Up!
Visual Category: Film
Run Time: 91 minutes
Showing Dates: June 4, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 5, 2026; 8:45 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 7, 2026; 9:15 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6
An indie rock band struggling to make its mark finds a possible meal ticket in an infectious new guitar riff. Unfortunately, it’s also a cursed melody that just so happens to open a portal to another, much scarier dimension.
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Source: Yellow Veil Pictures
CVNT
Visual Category: TV
Run Time: 16 minutes
Showing Dates: June 7, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ Shorts Theater at Spring Studios + June 8, 2026; 6:30 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 14, 2026; 2:15 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6
Marni is doing her best: she’s sober, she’s scrappy, and she would do anything for her baby daughter Mila. So when a surprise daycare bill hits and every door slams shut, she finds her solution in the most unexpected Craigslist ad she’s ever seen. Armed with a frozen milk stash, a ride-or-die best friend, and the street smarts she picked up in a past life, Marni pulls off a hustle that’s equal parts absurd, resourceful, and deeply human.
CVNT is a darkly comic, visually fearless pilot episode about the impossible math of single motherhood and the lengths one woman will go to keep her kid’s world intact. A love letter to moms who make it work no matter what.
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Source: CVNTY Productions
Only What We Carry
Visual Category: Film
Run Time: 93 minutes
Showing Dates: June 6, 2026; 2:30 p.m. @ SVA Theatre + June 7, 2026; 11:30 a.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 10, 2026; 2:00 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika
Long-buried secrets and emerging romances bubble up and boil over between a dancer, her sister, her former choreographer, and his visiting friend in this improvisational drama shot in six days on the Normandy coast.
“I can create a dancer out of no one.” This single sentence, written by her former choreographer Julian Johns (Simon Pegg), drives famed Moulin Rouge performer Charlotte Levant (Sofia Boutella) to a place of deep insecurity and volatility. Traveling home to Deauville with her sister Josephine (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the siblings find themselves changed and challenged through their deepening relationships with a wealthy benefactor (Quentin Tarantino), a young couple (Lizzy McAlpine and Liam Hellmann), and Julian himself.
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Source: International Film Trust
That Friend
Visual Category: Film
Run Time: 87 minutes
Showing Dates: June 8, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika + June 9, 2026; 8:45 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika + June 12, 2026; 2:35 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika
A trip to Palm Springs, meant to be refreshing for Henry and his girlfriend Penny, escalates to cackling shenanigans when his bombastic friend Paul tags along. Armed with laced cigarettes and a passion for taking things too far, Paul tests the bonds of everyone involved.
All Henry (Josh Brener) wanted was a romantic weekend with his new girlfriend Penny (Billie Lourd) as the palm trees and mountains of Palm Springs set the stage to take their relationship to the next level. But Henry’s dream getaway turns into an absurd romp when his party animal best friend Paul (Harvey Guillén) invites himself on the trip, strapped with a pack of drug-laced cigarettes and a penchant for cockblocking.
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Source: Straw Hut Media/Bolo Media
Imaginal Disk
Visual Category: Film
Run Time: 53 minutes
Showing Dates: June 4, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ Spring Studios + June 5, 2026; 3:30 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika + June 6, 2026; 4:15 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 8, 2026; 8:45 p.m. @ Village East by Angelika
A cinematic companion to Magdalena Bay’s eponymous album, Imaginal Disk expands its kaleidoscopic world into a bold, visually driven narrative directed by Amanda Kramer.
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Source: Another Video
Switch
Visual Category: TV
Run Time: 27 minutes
Showing Dates: June 7, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ Shorts Theater at Spring Studios + June 8, 2026; 6:30 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 14, 2026; 2:15 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6
It’s the classic boy meets girl, except girl meets girl…meets boy, then boy, then boy. Maxine’s never been in a relationship. Lena’s never been in a relationship with another woman. When Maxine asks her to be her girlfriend, Lena’s all in with one concern: she doesn’t see herself having sex with one person for the rest of her life. So they make a pact to find a man to have a threesome with. It’ll be easy, right? Guys are so simple.
Turns out it’s not as simple as they think. With each uniquely crazy experience, they get closer to sealing the deal, but only if they can figure out what they really want - and how to find it with each other.
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Source: CAA
Kevin's Series of Unfortunate Events
Visual Category: TV
Run Time: 29 minutes
Showing Dates: June 7, 2026; 8:30 p.m. @ Shorts Theater at Spring Studios + June 8, 2026; 6:30 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6 + June 14, 2026; 2:15 p.m. @ AMC 19th St. East 6
Dating in the digital world feels nearly impossible and for Kevin, it truly is. Kevin is a hopelessly earnest romantic whose optimism far outweighs his self-awareness. By day, he works as a school’s Online Safety Salamander. By night, he subjects himself to a relentless series of disastrous dates, convinced that persistence alone will eventually lead to love.
As one bad date follows another, the encounters grow increasingly absurd, each leaving Kevin more bruised but no less hopeful. His misadventures become a source of fascination for his colleagues: the confident, sharp-tongued school nurse Vera and geography teacher Dave, who both follow Kevin’s dating disasters with equal parts concern and amusement.
What Kevin fails to notice is that a genuine connection has been quietly forming much closer to home. As the teacher finally reveals his interest, Kevin’s dating horror story takes an unexpectedly tender turn, transforming frustration into possibility, and cynicism into hope.
This episode captures the ridiculous, exhausting, and often hilarious reality of modern dating, while reminding us that sometimes the connection we are searching for has been right in front of us all along.
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Source: Aurelia Pictures Ltd