The 2025 Tribeca Festival is bringing the best of the best together to select this year’s festival awards. IndieWire can announce that Nia DaCosta, Andrew Ahn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Kyle MacLachlan, Eliza Hittman, and more acclaimed filmmakers will be among the jury members for festival, which will take place June 4 through 15.
The Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, will honor works across 15 competition categories. In addition, the Nora Ephron Award will honor an exceptional female filmmaker who represents the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer. The winners in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 12.
“We’re proud to welcome an eclectic group of jurors to this year’s Tribeca Festival,” Nancy Lefkowitz, EVP at Tribeca Enterprises, said. “Their breadth of expertise across genres will be instrumental in recognizing standout storytellers and honoring bold new voices from around the world.”
“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” director Nia DaCosta will lead the jury for the U.S. Narrative Feature Competition, which also includes Bleecker Street head Kent Sanderson, “The Underground Railroad” and “Nickel Boys” author Colson Whitehead, “Fight Club” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” producer Art Linson, and “Come Sunday” director Joshua Marston.
The jury for the U.S. International Narrative Feature Competition consists of “Succession” star Dagmara Dominczyk, “Twin Peaks” actor Kyle MacLachlan, Metrograph Pictures’ head David Laub, “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” star Toby Jones, and “L’arte della gioia” director Valeria Golino.
Jurors for the 2025 Documentary Feature Competition are Imagine Documentaries president Sara Bernstein, Breakwater Studios’ founder Ben Proudfoot, and “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” icon Mira Sorvino.
The Best New Narrative Director Competition jurors include “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” star Matthew Broderick, Paramount Pictures EVP of Worldwide Acquisitions Sejin Croninger, and “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” director Eliza Hittman. For the Best New Documentary Director Competition, “Pray Away” director Kristine Stolakis, “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” producer Sean Stuart, and “Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story” director Jamila Wignot serve on the jury.
The coveted Nora Ephron Award recipient will be selected by “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actress Caroline Aaron, “Schitt’s Creek” alum Annie Murphy, and Head of Indie Film Licensing at Hulu, Aijah Keith.
Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jennifer Beals, Raúl Castillo, Alex Karpovsky, and Mickey Sumner will select the 2025 Viewpoints Competition winner, while short film jurors include Ilana Glazer, Havana Rose Liu, Sheila Nevins, and more. The AT&T Untold Stories Greenlight Committee ranges from director Andrew Ahn to Oscar-nominated actresses Stephanie Hsu and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, plus Gina Rodríguez.
Check out the Tribeca program here.
