25th Tribeca Festival
June 3–14, 2026
The 25th annual edition of the Tribeca Festival starts Wednesday, June 3, screening different films by Latin American filmmakers from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Puerto Rico in its International Narrative Competition, Viewpoints, Documentary Competition, and U.S. Narrative Competition sections.
For tickets and more information, visit: https://tribecafilm.com/festival
SAD GIRLZ / CHICAS TRISTES
(Fernanda Tovar, Mexico, France, Spain, 90min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
North American Premiere - International Narrative Competition
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“In Fernanda Tovar’s feature debut, she takes a serious and sympathetic look at the challenges faced by modern youth. Teenage girls La Maestra (Rocío Guzmán) and Paula (Darana Álvarez) are the best of friends and rank at the top of the school swim-team. Everything seems on track for the two to take the team trip to Brazil, until one night when they go to a party and something happens to Paula. La Maestra is torn between seeking vengeance for her friend as she believes is right, or supporting Paula’s wishes to keep the situation quiet and pretending it never happened.
This intimate, adolescent drama manages a deft balance of portraying raw sensitivity without falling into sensationalism. The performance of Guzmán and Álvarez’ characters’ friendship and eventual difficulties belies years of camaraderie and trust, and yet, as the story goes on, there is always some overripe aspect of a feeling unsaid. Tovar’s direction portrays the girls’ environment as three different worlds: the bright colourful Mexican streets, shadowy interiors where feelings are held and revealed, and the pool where everything is free.” —Frédéric Boyer
Thursday, June 4, 5:15pm at Village East by Angelika; Friday, June 5, 9:15pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Friday, June 12, 6:00pm at AMC 19th St. East 6.
MATININÓ
(Gabriela Díaz Arp, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic , 88min. In English, Spanish with English, Spanish subtitles)
World Premiere - Viewpoints
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When night falls in the Puerto Rican countryside, a group of women enter an open field, holding candles in their hands, as masked white-robed figures dance hypnotically in the darkness — a woman whispers, “You’ll set your stories free. Fear will cease to exist.” What seems like a hallucinatory fever dream is actually part of an overarching creative and filmic exercise run by a multi-generational family of outspoken Puerto Rican women. The Villanueva women convene to “air out” personal memories about their generational trauma and cycles of abuse by the men in their lives — all while these tumultuous recollections take the form of fantastical filmic sequences that the women perform and enact, in a therapeutic fashion. Grandmother Idaliz Villanueva describes the first time she experienced physical abuse at the hands of her husband, a moment of shock to her. As Idaliz’s honest testimonies unfold, we see the Villanueva women inhabit warrior-like personas while the men are represented as gas mask-wearing invasive marauders, intruding on the enveloping natural landscape that the women reside in. Atmospheric and sensorial in equal measure, Gabriela Díaz Arp’s highly confident and bold first feature presents a formally-distinctive vision on oppressive patriarchal systems and forms of liberation.—Jose Rodriguez
Thursday, June 4, 8:15pm at Village East by Angelika; Friday, June 5, 5:45pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Saturday, June 6, 9:00pm at AMC 19th St. East 6.
FUNK
(Aly Muritiba, Brazil , 106min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
World Premiere - International Narrative Competition
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In the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, funk music reigns supreme. And for Sabrina (Duda Santos), becoming the queen of “kinky funk” (or “putería,” as it’s called in Brazil) isn’t a dream. It’s an inevitability. Young, smart and determined, with undeniable skills on the mic and a mouth that’s even filthier than those of her male counterparts, Sabrina has what it takes to succeed in this colorful world of hard beats and unbridled sexuality, but she’ll have to crash the gates of polite society to get there. Will she forget where she came from in the process? With an ensemble cast that blends professional actors with real-life funk luminaries like MC Nem, Lellê and DJ Crazy Jeff, director Aly Muritiba (Private Desert) infuses Funk with an electrifying energy. Immersive camerawork makes you feel as though you’re right there on the dance floor with the characters, adding a stylish touch to the film’s many musical sequences. Meanwhile, Santos’ committed performance keeps the story grounded amidst all the melodrama, creating real emotional stakes for this up-and-coming star. Funk is a musical coming-of-age story set to an infectiously explicit beat.—Frédéric Boyer
Friday, June 5, 8:30pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Saturday, June 6, 9:15pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Monday, June 8, 9:00pm at Village East by Angelika
SUMMER WAR / GUERRA DE VERANO
(Alicia Scherson, Chile/Argentina/Uruguay/Italy , 104min. In Spanish, English with English subtitles)
World Premiere - International Narrative Competition
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Chile, 1989. Udo, an American wargaming champion, arrives at a sunny beach resort for a peaceful vacation with his girlfriend. When another tourist mysteriously disappears at sea, Udo decides not to search for his missing friend but to instead invite a mysterious local to play his wargame of choice — a tabletop game where players simulate the European theater of World War II. It’s a choice that begins to erode the boundary between game and reality, transforming the sunny beach into something far more dangerous — a reflection of Udo's own obsession with strategy and control, and his inability to conceive of violence as anything other than imaginary and theoretical. Summer War is a tremendous, inventive adaptation of acclaimed author Roberto Bolaño's novel “The Third Reich.” Writer-director Alicia Scherson’s second time working with material from Bolaño, the film beautifully captures both the playfulness and angry exasperation of the source material. Handsomely shot, pitched at a tone that is entirely its own and featuring standout performances from Dan Beirne, Lux Pascal and David Gaete among others, Summer War is a delightfully unpredictable film with palpable thematic resonance.—Jason Gutierrez
Sunday, June 7, 5:30pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Monday, June 8, 5:15pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Friday, June 12, 5:00pm at AMC 19th St. East 6.
SUMMER OF THREE
(Carlitos Ruiz-Ruiz, Puerto Rico , 85min. In Spanish, English with English subtitles)
World Premiere - U.S. Narrative Competition
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Following the death of his beloved grandfather, Javi (Marcel Ruiz) returns home to his native Puerto Rico for the funeral. Upon arrival, he reunites with old family and friends but discovers something new along the way: Luife (Paolo Schoene) and Kiki (Kiki Montilla), two social misfits who run through the island like they own it. A burgeoning love triangle begins as the trio go on a run of adventures that would make even the greatest influencers jealous. But the majesty of Puerto Rico’s lush trees and vibrant sky also makes way for challenges to Javi’s own notions of love, friendship and loss. A timeless journey awaits as Carlitos Ruíz-Ruíz returns to Tribeca with this feature that includes his son Marcel Ruiz working in tandem as co-writer/producer. Beauty and wonder is available in droves as we’re guided through what feels like a tour of the island that also shows an attentive unpacking of the lives of its people and the emotional bonds created through openness and chance.—Casey Baron
Monday, June 8, 8:00pm at Village East by Angelika; Tuesday, June 9, 6:00pm at AMC 19th St. East 6; Thursday, June 11, 9:15pm at Village East by Angelika.
MEXICANAMERICAN
(Eddie Sánchez, USA, 98min. In Spanish, English with English, Spanish subtitles)
World Premiere - Documentary Competition
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What is the cost of the American Dream? Filmmaker Eddie Sanchez sets out to better understand his parents, Lalo and Beby, in this astonishing debut feature documentary, providing a unique, complex and emotionally resonant visual answer to that question. Expertly merging original interviews with the two as they discuss their courtship, their journey to the United States and what their lives were like once they arrived, including the VHS home movies Lalo and Beby once sent over the border as a means of “visiting” the family members they couldn’t physically be with, Mexicanamerican is a decade-spanning collage exploring the cultural and emotional cost of migration. This poignant and affecting documentary stands not only as a love letter to those whose sacrifices often go unknown and unnoticed but also as a reckoning of what is lost when we don’t ask questions.—Faridah Gbadamosi
Tuesday, June 9, 5pm at Village East by Angelika; Wednesday, June 10, 6pm at Village East by Angelika; Sunday, June 14, 6pm at Village East by Angelika.
