Billy Joel, Metallica, Counting Crows, Culture Club, Depeche Mode & Miley Cyrus among those to premiere films
The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, has revealed a powerhouse selection of documentary, narrative and animated features showcasing global music legends, influential cultural figures and untold stories from emerging and established voices. Scheduled to run June 4-15 in New York City, the annual festival promises to unite communities and fans globally through its bold curation of films.
Continuing Tribeca’s tradition as a premiere music documentary destination, the Festival kicks off Wednesday, June 4th with the previously announced world premiere of Billy Joel: And So It Goes, directed by Emmy winners Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin. The world premiere of global superstar Miley Cyrus’ highly anticipated visual album Something Beautiful, directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, Brendan Walter and produced by Tribeca alum Panos Cosmatos (Beyond the Black Rainbow, TF ’11), will be followed by an exclusive conversation with Cyrus.
Eddie Vedder’s Matter of Time will also premiere with a post-film intimate acoustic performance by the Pearl Jam frontman. Set against the backdrop of a powerful and emotional benefit performance by Eddie Vedder, Matter of Time chronicles the fight to cure epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare and often fatal genetic disease, directed by Matt Finlin and produced by Karen Barzilay.
The documentary lineup also features chart-topping performers like Counting Crows and Culture Club. Billy Idol, and Becky G-centric films with post-screening performances. Members of Metallica, Depeche Mode, Wizkid and Ty Dolla $ign will sit for post-premiere conversations, exclusively for Festival attendees.
The 2025 feature film lineup is stacked with incredible casts such as Emmy nominee Rose Byrne, Demi Lovato and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer starring in Tow; The Best You Can starring Emmy nominee Kevin Bacon and Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick marking their first co-starring roles in 20 years; Rosemead starring Emmy nominee Lucy Liu; Dragonfly with Oscar nominees Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn; and Everything’s Going to be Great starring Emmy winner Bryan Cranston and Oscar winner Allison Janney.
Over the course of the Festival, audiences will see works from a diverse roster of notable filmmakers including world premieres by RZA (One Spoon of Chocolate), Takashi Miike (Sham), Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (Re-Creation), and Mariska Hargitay with her feature directorial debut My Mom Jayne. The lineup also features compelling selections such as the climate justice documentary, and this year’s Closing Night film, Yanuni from producer Leonardo DiCaprio and director Richard Ladkani (TF ‘05); Surviving Ohio State, produced by George Clooney, examining the decades-spanning pursuit of accountability by sexual abuse survivors; and Room to Move, following New York City dancer and choreographer Jenn Freeman, executive produced by Amy Schumer.
Tribeca will also welcome back its widest group of filmmaker alumni to-date from across its extensive programs that support emerging artists.
The final selections were chosen from a record-breaking number of submissions (13,541). This year’s program includes 118 feature films representing 95 world premieres, 135 filmmakers and 36 countries. 48 (40%) of the features are directed by women and 42 (36%) are directed by BIPOC filmmakers. 44 filmmakers are making their feature debut at this year’s Tribeca Festival and 32 directors are returning with their latest projects.
