The actual LEDGERA/LSMG Tribeca slate: world premieres, documentaries, narrative competition, red carpets, interviews and films selected for coverage at the festival's 25th anniversary.
From the original LEDGERA Tribeca desk
Using VHS home movies his family once sent across the border, filmmaker Eddie Sánchez traces his parents’ journey from Mexico to the United States — a decade-spanning portrait of migration, sacrifice, and what the American Dream actually costs.
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Shot in luminous black-and-white with an original jazz score, this soulful debut follows Xavier as he watches his East Austin community, friendships, and sense of home disappear around him. A love letter to a city — old and new — centered on Black creative lives.
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Sam Pollard — director of MLK/FBI and Mr. Soul! — documents the Black-owned Lorraine Hotel in Memphis: a beacon of the civil rights movement before it became the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
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Sheldon Candis directs André Holland, Wendell Pierce, and Samira Wiley in Andscape’s Tribeca 2026 world premiere. LEDGERA covers the red carpet.
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Natalie Baszile & Hyacinth Parker · EP: Dawn Porter
Mother-daughter directing team follows the Nelson brothers as they race to become America's largest Black farmers — and face two straight years of poor harvests. Executive produced by Dawn Porter.
Elisee Junior St Preux · Producer: Naturi Naughton-Lewis
The first narrative feature about mental health filmed entirely on land in Haiti. A poetic debut funded in part by Morehouse College’s Black Men’s Research Institute.
Dir: Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda, Mary Shelley)
Saudi Arabian murder mystery from the director of Wadjda. Sony Pictures Classics theatrical June 19.
Dir: Tori Lancaster · Stars: Imani Jade Powers, Betsey Brown
A debut feature about female friendship — where it begins, what tests it, and who you become because of it.
Dirs: David Toro & Solomon Chase (TORSO)
Madonna premieres a cinematic experience built around the first six tracks of her new album. Conversation with Jimmy Fallon follows.
Dir: Angela Tucker · EP: Rachel Bloom, Ruth Ann Harnisch
A Tribeca Spotlight documentary examining how Hollywood depicts reproductive rights — executive produced by Rachel Bloom.
Dirs: Justin Krook & Michael Dwyer · Hulu
Hulu documentary about the Blink-182 drummer. World premiere at Spring Studios. Streams August 13.
Music Documentary · 42West
After years away, Sara Bareilles returns to the studio. An intimate music documentary about grief, absence, and what makes her most honest album yet.
Dir: Ellie Sachs · Stars: Hasan Minhaj, David Cross, Thomas Mann
Writer-director-star Ellie Sachs makes her feature debut alongside Hasan Minhaj, David Cross, and Thomas Mann in the U.S. Narrative Competition.
Dir: Rebecca Gitlitz · Netflix
Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova received parallel cancer diagnoses as their rivalry ended. A Netflix documentary about friendship after the match.
Dir: Sam Scott · Stars: Gwenlyn Cumyn, Julian Richings
An indie rock band finds an infectious guitar riff that opens a portal to a scarier dimension.
Stars: Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields
The Tony Award-winning Broadway cast reunites for the West End film adaptation.
Dir: Josh Greenbaum · Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph
Peabody Award-winning director explores the legacy of SNL presidential impressions with the legends who made them.
Jason Bateman · Elisabeth Moss · Tracy Morgan
Two days of cultural programming at SVA Theatre — Bateman on Good One, Moss closing Handmaid’s Tale, Morgan accepting the Roomy Award.
Dir: Alison Chernick · Roberta Smith, Jerry Saltz, Cindy Sherman
Portrait of critics Roberta Smith and Jerry Saltz through the artists who defined their world.
Dir: Henry Chaisson · Escape From Tribeca
A woman returns to her childhood home to care for her dying father and confronts the house’s dark, malevolent energy.
Dir: Adam Paul Verity
Behind the on-air persona of one of New York’s most recognizable broadcasters.
Dirs: Harry Dodge, Silas Howard
The trailblazing trans-butch LGBTQ+ indie classic gets a 4K theatrical restoration for its 25th anniversary.
Dir: Greg Kohs
A pioneering scientist races to develop the world’s first FDA-approved drug to delay aging in dogs — and what it reveals about how we love and lose.
Dir: Gabriela Diaz Arp
A documentary world premiere in the Viewpoints section from David Magdael & Associates’ Tribeca 2026 slate.
LOFSÖNG · Demi/Fractured Dream · ROCKBEASTS · Milktooth · Ghosts at the Grand
Free and open to the public. Exclusive demos of unreleased games from the official Tribeca Games selections.
Dir: Branislav Jankic · Subject: Monika “Jac” Jagaciak
Former supermodel Monika “Jac” Jagaciak’s transformation into a jiu-jitsu champion. Editorial interview + formal critical review both in progress at LEDGERA.
Dir: David Wain · Zoey Deutch, Jon Hamm, John Slattery
A David Wain comedy. Press materials reviewed. In theaters July 10, Sony Classics.