The Tribeca Festival 2025 has announced the complete list of winners for each of its competition categories. Libby Ewing’s “Charliebird” won the Founders Award for Best U.S. narrative feature, Sarah Goher’s “Happy Birthday” won best international narrative feature and Suzannah Herbert’s “Natchez” won for best documentary feature.
Awards were given out for the following categories: U.S. narrative, international narrative, documentary, viewpoints, the Albery Maysles award, the Nora Ephron award, short film, best new directors, storytelling, games, AT&T untold stories and Tribeca X.
“Every year at Tribeca, we set out to spotlight the most exciting new voices from around the world,” Cara Cusumano, Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming said in a statement. “We are thrilled our jury honored this mission with winners that brilliantly represent the vibrancy and diversity of global independent storytelling today.”
The winners of the audience award, which are determined by audience votes throughout the festival, will be announced at a later date.
The full list of winners is below.
U.S. Narrative Competition
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature – “Charliebird” (United States)
Special Jury Mention for Best U.S. Narrative Feature – “Esta Isla”, directors Cristian Carretero
and Lorraine Jones Molina (Puerto Rico)
Best Performance in a U.S. Narrative Feature – Gabriela Ochoa Perez for “Charliebird” (United States)
Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature – Isabel Hagen for “On a String” (United States)
Best Cinematography in a U.S. Narrative Feature – Cedric Cheung-Lau for “Esta Isla (This Island)” (Puerto Rico)
International Narrative Competition
Best International Narrative Feature: “Happy Birthday,” director Sarah Goher (Egypt)
Special Jury Mention for International Narrative Feature: “Cuerpo Celeste,” director Nayra Ilic García (Chile, Italy)
Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature: Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn for “Dragonfly” (United Kingdom)
Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature: Mohamed Diab and Sarah Goher for “Happy Birthday” (Egypt)
Best Cinematography in an International Narrative Feature: Lev Predan Kowarski for “Little Trouble Girls” (Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia)
Documentary Competition
Best Documentary Feature: “Natchez,” director Suzannah Herbert (United States)
Special Jury Mention for Documentary Feature: “An Eye for an Eye”, directors Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari (Denmark, Iran, United States)
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature: Chance Falkner and Johnny Friday for “The Last Dive” (United States)
Special Jury Mention for Cinematography in a Documentary Feature: Noah Collier for “Natchez” (United States)
Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: Soren B. Ebbe and Hayedeh Safiyari for “An Eye for an Eye”(Denmark, Iran, United States)
Special Jury Mention for Editing in a Documentary Feature: Pablo Proenza for “Natchez” (United States)
Viewpoints Award
“A Bright Future,” director Lucia Garibaldi (Uruguay, Argentina, Germany)
Special Jury Mention for Viewpoints: “Kites,” director Walter Thompson-Hernandez (Brazil)
Best New Narrative Director Award
Lorraine Jones Molina and Cristian Carretero for “Esta Isla (This Island)”
Albert Maysles Award For Best New Documentary Director
Augusto Zegarra for “Runa Simi” (Peru)
Special Jury Mention for New Documentary Director: Rowan Haber for “We Are Pat” (United States)
Nora Ephron Award
Sara Goher for “Happy Birthday” (Egypt)
Shorts Competition
Best Narrative Short: “Beyond Silence,” director Marnie Blok (Netherlands)
Special Jury Mention for Narrative Short: “Chasing the Party,” director Jessie Komitor (United States
Best Documentary Short: “I hope this email finds you well,” director Asia Zughaiar (Palestine)
Special Jury Mention for Documentary Short: “Natasha,” directors Mark Franchetti and Andrew Meier (Italy, Russia)
Best Animated Short: “Playing God,” director Matteo Burani (Italy, France)
Special Jury Mention for Animated Short: “Petra and the Sun,” directors Malu Furche and Stefania Malacchini(Chile)
Best Music Video: “Rock The Bells” – LL COOL J, director Gregory Brunkalla (United States)
Student Visionary Award: Manya Glassman for “How I Learned to Die” (United States)
Special Jury Mention for Student Visionary: Jiayi Li for āyí (United States)
Tribeca Games Award
“Cairn” (France)
AT&T Presents Untold Stories
Liz Sargent for “Take Me Home”
Tribeca X Award Competition
Best Feature: “Abnormal Beauty Company” from The Ordinary, directed by Aref Mahabadi
Best Short: “First Speech” by Reporters without Borders, directed by Giordano Maestrelli
Best Commercial: “Century of Cravings” from Uber Eats, directed by Jim Jenkins
Best Episodic: “A New York Minute” from Mejuri, directed by Gia Coppola
Best Content Creator/Influencer: “A Robot’s Guide to Happiness” from Brilliant Labs, directed by Lucas Rizzotto
Best Games/Immersive: “WICKED RP: The Official Experience on Roblox” from Wicked & NBCU, creative directed by Ben Caro
Best Audio/Podcast: “Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance” from Electronic Arts, BioWare, directed by Matt Sav
Social Impact Award: “Daniel Really Suits You” from Human Rights Campaign, directed by Karimah Zakia Issa
Environmental Impact Award: “A Vital Sun” from Fordham University, directed by Alison Bartlett
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