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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023: Shorts - Full Program

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The 2023 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced its lineup of short narrative, documentary, and animated films, as well as music videos. This year’s Festival, which takes place June 7-18, showcases 12 short film programs of diverse and creative storytelling.

The 2023 shorts lineup includes 76 total selections – 62 shorts in competition, eight music videos, and six special screening shorts – from 91 filmmakers across 25 countries. The lineup includes 48 world premieres, three international premieres, two North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and 22 New York premieres. Six directors return to Tribeca with their latest projects.

With a record-breaking 8,096 total submissions, the lineup’s four categories – narrative shorts, documentary shorts, animated shorts, and music videos – are curated across thematic programs highlighting love, family relationships, LGBTQ+ stories, “Expressions of Black Freedom,” Latin America, resilience, and more.

The short film lineup is detailed below. For the latest updates on programming follow @Tribeca and #Tribeca2023 on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Purchase passes and ticket packages for the 2023 Tribeca Festival at tribecafilm.com/festival.

NARRATIVE SHORTS

  • Angelo, (Bolivia) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Alex Plumb.
  • Bellybutton, (United States) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Hilary Eden.
  • Blackwool, (Scotland) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Eubha Akilada.
  • Blood, (Australia) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Vathana Suganya Suppiah.
  • Brenda and Billy (and the Pothos Plant), (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Dave Solomon.
  • Burrow, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Leaf Lieber.
  • Cuarto de Hora, (France, Chile) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Nemo Arancibia.
  • Daddy Issues, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Matt Campanella and Stephanie ChloΓ© Hepner. Written by Matt Campanella.
  • Dead Cat, (Canada) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Annie-Claude Caron and Danick Audet.
  • Ecstasy, (Mexico, United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Carolina Costa.
  • Everybody Dies...Sometimes, (United Kingdom) - International Premiere. Directed and written by Charlotte Hamblin.
  • Fairytales, (Mexico) – World Premiere. Directed by Daniela Soria. Written by Daniela Soria and Mar Flores.
  • Feliz Navidad, (Italy) – International Premiere. Directed and written by Greta Scarano.
  • Ferns, (Chile) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Paz RamΓ­rez.
  • Fish Out of Water,  (United States) –  World Premiere. Directed by Francesca Scorsese. Written by Francesca Scorsese, Megan LuLu Taylor, Savannah Braswell.
  • Flower, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Lauren Finerman.   
  • For people in trouble, (United Kingdom) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Alex Lawther.
  • A Fox In The Night, (United Kingdom) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Keeran Anwar Blessie.
  • Hafekasi, (Australia) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Annelise Hickey.
  • HEARTBEAT, (Switzerland) – North American Premiere. Directed by MichΓ¨le Flury. Written by MichΓ¨le Flury and Martha Benedict.
  • Il Fait Beau, (Netherlands) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Leonardo Cariglino.
  • In Passing, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Hillia Aho.
  • Konpa, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Al'Ikens Plancher.
  • The K-Town Killer, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Healin Kweon and Vahan Bedelian.
  • Last Call, (United Kingdom) – World Premiere. Directed by Harry Holland.
  • Let Liv, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Erica Rose. Written by Olivia Levine.
  • Mars, (United Kingdom) – North American Premiere. Directed by Abel Rubinstein. Written by Chris Bush.My Eyes Are Up Here, (United Kingdom) – New York Premiere. Directed by Nathan Morris. Written by Arthur Meek.
  • Nuit Blonde, (Canada) – United States Premiere. Directed and written by Gabrielle Demers.
  • Proof of Concept, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Ellie Sachs.
  • Rustling, (New Zealand) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Tom Furniss.
  • Schettinimous, (Argentina) – International Premiere. Directed by TomΓ‘s Terzano. Written by TomΓ‘s Terzano and Macarena Rubio.
  • Sealed Off, (China, Macau, United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Tianyu Jiang.
  • Shadow Brother Sunday, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Alden Ehrenreich.
  • Somewhere In Between, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Kyle Vorbach.
  • The Sperm Bank, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Margaux Susi. Written by Rob Scerbo and Jeremy Culhane.
  • Spinning, (Mexico) – New York Premiere. Directed by Isabel Vaca and Arturo Mendicuti. Written by Mara Vaca
  • Thaw, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Alex Bush
  • They Grow Up So Fast, (United States) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by John F. Beach.
  • Tits, (Norway) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Eivind Landsvik.
  • Upsidedown, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed and written by Razan Ghalayini.
  • Voice Activated, (Australia) – New York Premiere. Directed by Steve Anthopoulos.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

  • Ayenda, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Marie Margolius.
  • Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson.
  • Cam's Mementos, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Cam Archer.
  • Cruzan Cowboys, (United States, US Virgin Islands) – World Premiere. Directed by Douglas Wesley Segars.
  • Deciding Vote, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Jeremy Workman and Robert Lyons.
  • Dragon Boys, (United Kingdom, Ghana) – World Premiere. Directed by Tom Ringsby.
  • Goodbye, Morganza, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Devon Blackwell.
  • In the Shadow of Palms, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Mischa Meyer.
  • Letter to Rosie, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Ariel Danziger.
  • Merman, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Sterling Hampton IV.
  • Miss Brown, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Christina Burchard.
  • Over The Wall, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Krystal Tingle.
  • The Right to Joy, (United States) – New York Premiere. Directed by Tim Kressin.
  • Savi the Cat, (United States) – New York Premiere. Directed by Bryan Tucker and Netsanet Tjirongo.
  • Then Comes the Body, (Nigeria, United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Jacob Krupnick.
  • To My Father, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Sean Schiavolin.
  • What Next?, (France) – World Premiere. Directed by CΓ©cile Rogue.
  • The Winterkeeper, (United Kingdom) – World Premiere. Directed by Laurence Topham and David Levene.

ANIMATED SHORTS

  • American Sikh, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by Ryan Westra and Vishavjit Singh. Written by Ryan Westra.
  • Corvine, (Canada) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Sean McCarron.
  • A Cow in the Sky, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by C. Fraser Press and Darren Press. Written by C. Fraser Press.
  • The Night Doctrine, (United States, Afghanistan) – World Premiere. Directed by Mauricio Rodriguez Pons and Almuneda Toral.
  • Regular Rabbit, (Ireland) – New York Premiere. Directed and written by Eoin Duffy.
  • Restless Is the Night, (United States) – New York Premiere. Directed by Yuehan Tan and Xiaoxue Meng.
  • Starling, (United States) – World Premiere. Directed by and written by Mitra Shahidi.
  • Witchfairy, (Belgium, Bulgaria) – New York Premiere. Directed by David Van de Weyer. Written by Brigitte Minne.


 


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