The 2024 Tribeca Festival will take place from June 5 - 16, 2024, featuring a wide variety of feature films, short films, TV programs, and audio storytelling.
The Tisch School of the Arts is thrilled to congratulate the Tisch alumni represented this year in the festival! Congratulations to the 121* alumni and students involved with 66 projects across 19 categories in the 2024 Tribeca Festival, listed below. Click here for the full list of projects in the Festival.
One of this year's feature films, Griffin in Summer by Nicholas Colia '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film), was a 2022 NYU Production Lab 'Slate' Film, and was chosen for the 2024 NYU Purple List.
2024 JURORS
Desiree Akhavan ‘14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film), juror for the 2024 U.S. Narrative Feature Competition
Nikyatu Jusu ‘11 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film), juror for the 2024 Best New Narrative Director Competition
Archie Gips ‘97 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) juror for the 2024 Best New Documentary Director Competition
Francesca Scorsese ‘23 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), juror for the 2024 Narrative & Animated Shorts Competition
Clara McGregor ‘18 (BA, Cinema Studies), juror for the 2024 Short Documentary and Student Visionary Competition
TRIBECA X AWARD OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
EPISODIC SERIES
The Santa Stories (Coca-Cola)
Bryce Dallas Howard '20 (BFA, Drama), director
FEATURE FILMS
Black Girls
B. Monét '17 (MFA, Graduate Film), director
2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL FILM SELECTION
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Checkpoint Zoo
Zachary Mortensen '95 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
Nelson Hume '91 (MFA, Graduate Film), cinematographer
Alexander Frasse '12 (BFA, Film & TV), assistant editor
Ethan Sapir '20 (BFA, Film & TV), assistant editor
Madeleine Kern '24 (BFA, Film & TV), Intern
Naomi V. Christiansen '24 (BFA, Film & TV), post-production assistant
Melina Kostopoulos '24 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), post-production assistant
DRIVER
Carissa Henderson '16 (BFA, Film & TV), cinematographer
Quad Gods
Alex Takats '14 (BFA, Film & TV), cinematographer
Sabbath Queen
Jeremy Stulberg '00 (BFA, Film & TV), writer
Philip Shane '93 (MA, Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies), editor
ESCAPE FROM TRIBECA
AMFAD All My Friends Are Dead
Sarah Donnelly '02 (BFA, Dance), producer
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION
La Cocina
Motell Foster '17 (MFA, Graduate Acting), cast
Eduardo Olmos '17 (BFA, Drama), cast
Some Rain Must Fall
Alex C. Lo '16 (MA, Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies), executive producer
Iris Liu '20 (BFA, Film & TV), additional sound editing assistant
The Freshly Cut Grass
Martin Scorsese ’64, ’68, Hon. ’92, Dean's Council, executive producer
SPOTLIGHT DOCUMENTARY
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Nanette Burstein '94 (BFA, Film & TV)/ '04 (MFA, Graduate Film), director
It Was All a Dream
dream hampton (Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies), director
Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger
Martin Scorsese ’64, ’68, Hon. ’92, Dean's Council, Self - Narrator (voice)/Executive Producer
Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
Devin Kawaoka '05 (BFA, Drama)/ '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Self
How I Faked My Life with AI
Jeremy Boxer '97 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer
SPOTLIGHT NARRATIVE
A Mistake
Brendan Donovan '17 (BFA, Film & TV), associate producer
All That We Love
Tyler Boehm '05 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), executive producer
Bad Shabbos
Ethan Berger '22 (BFA, Film & TV), digital loader
Stephen Singer '74 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Irv
Bang Bang
Nina Arianda '09 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Jen
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver '05 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), director/writer
Taylor Hess '12 (BFA, Drama), producer
Lindsay Burdge '06 (BFA, Drama), Darcy
Esteban Palma '22 (BFA, Film & TV, Cinema Studies), dailies colorist
Crossing
Nino Chichua '13 (BFA, Film & TV), co-producer
Daddio
Robert Levi '76 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/producer/cinematographer
Sebastian Slayter '11 (BFA, Film & TV), camera operator
Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go
Sandy Honig '14 (BFA, Photography & Imaging), director
In the Summers
Adam Dicterow '12 (BFA, Film & TV), narrator/editor
Lake George
Jeffrey Reiner '82 (BFA, Film & TV), director/writer/producer
Glenn Fleshler '95 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Armen
Nuked
Justin Bartha '00 (BFA, Film & TV), cast
The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
Alan Kingsberg '84 (MFA, Graduate Film), script consultant
Igor Ibradzic '06 (MFA, Graduate Film), B Camera Dolly Grip
Stella Sensel '01 (BFA, Drama), key makeup artist
Julia Cleary '21 (BFA, Drama), production assistant
John Coots '01 (BFA, Film & TV), rigging gaffer
Robert Vuolo '86 (BFA, Film & TV), rigging grip
Matias Shimada '13 (BFA, Film & TV), set production assistant
Antonio Polito '20 (BFA, Film & TV), set production assistant
Treasure
Kent Sanderson '06 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
Winter Spring Summer or Fall
Elias Kacavas '22 (BFA, Drama), PJ
SPOTLIGHT+
Following Harry
Susanne Rostock '72 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/producer/editor
Frankie Nasso '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), producer
Katy Scoggin '13 (MFA, Graduate Film), additional cinematographer
Group Therapy
David Heiman '09 (BFA, Film & TV), producer
Linda Perry: Let It Die Here
Camille Getz '16 (BFA, Film & TV), editor
Satisfied
Chris Bolan '09 (MFA, Graduate Acting), director
Michael Schantz '10 (MFA, Graduate Acting), consulting producer
U.S. NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Adult Best Friends
Mason Gooding '19 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), cast
Casey Wilson '02 (BFA, Drama), cast
Owen Thiele '18 (BFA, Drama), Luca
Griffin in Summer
Nicholas Colia '19 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/writer
Felipe Vara de Rey '16 (MFA, Graduate Film), cinematographer
Rachel Matthews '16 (BFA, Drama), producer
Camila Mendes '16 (BFA, Drama), producer
Aaron Crosby '18 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film), costume designer
Sacramento
Maya Erskine '09 (BFA, Drama), Tallie
Cale Nichols '16 (BFA, Film & TV), dolly grip
The French Italian
Charlotte Hornsby '12 (BFA, Film & TV), cinematographer
Ikechukwu Ufomadu '08 (BFA, Drama), cast
Ari Isenberg '24 (BFA, Film & TV), g&e swing
The Knife
Andre Gaines '06 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), co-executive producer
Nora Zubizarreta '19 (BFA, Film & TV), production coordinator
VIEWPOINTS
Boys Go to Jupiter
Miya Folick '11 (BFA, Drama), cast
Darkest Miriam
Charlie Kaufman '80 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
Karlee Fomalont '12 (BFA, Drama), casting by
2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL NOW SELECTION
NOW Showcase A
Le Parrot
Rachael Sonnenberg '24 (MFA, Graduate Film), director
Nigam Bhandari '25 (Graduate Film), boom operator
Nada Bedair '25 (Graduate Film), production manager
NOW Showcase B
This Really Happened
Peter Romano '11 (BFA, Drama), Gym Selfie Guy
2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL SHORTS SELECTION
ANIMATED SHORTS
The Mayfly
Sue Perrotto '90 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), director/editor/executive producer
Eugene Salandra '93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), designer
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
All Things Metal
Marc Vives '99 (BFA, Film & TV), editor
David Again
Dylan Tuccillo '09 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
NARRATIVE SHORTS
A Family Guide to Hunting
Zao Wang '10 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/writer/producer
Daniel Cho '19 (BFA, Film & TV), key grip
Jeremy Liguori '19 (BFA, Film & TV), key grip
Catharsis
Caroline Aragon '10 (MFA, Graduate Film), co-producer
Clodagh
Joseph Sackett '18 (MFA, Graduate Film), first assistant director
Jomo Fray '18 (MFA, Graduate Film), cinematographer
Tukei Muhumuza '19 (MFA, Graduate Film), lighting technician
Dirty Towel
Emma Parks '24 (BFA, Drama), writer/producer/cast/casting/social media coordinator
Ebb & Flow
Nay Tabbara '22 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/writer/editor
Hasan Hadi '22 (MFA, Graduate Film), producer
Isabelle Mecattaf '23 (MFA, Graduate Film), producer
Lina Younes '20 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film), production designer
PREMIERE
End of the Party
Adriana Santos '16 (BFA, Drama), writer
Happy to Help You
Matthew Ericson '19 (BFA, Film & TV), boom operator
Henry Armstrong '25 (Film & TV), production assistant
I Want to Violently Crash into the Windshield of Love
Fernanda Tovar (Film & TV), director/writer/cast
Kasbi
Zina Louhaichy '25 (Drama), Aisha
Farah Jabir '20 (BFA, Film & TV), director/writer
Luc Ung '19 (BFA, Film & TV), cinematographer
Maxx Evan '18 (BA, Cinema, Film & TV), production designer/costume designer
Lice
Vindhya Gupta '26 (Graduate Film), director/writer/producer
Claire E. Barnett '25 (Graduate Film), co-producer
Anooya Swamy '24 (MFA, Graduate Film), producer
My Best Friend
Elina Street '16 (MA, Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies), director
Some Kind of Paradise
Emma Maxwell '18 (BFA, Drama), Lola
Zhuoran Xiao '21 (BFA, Film & TV), unit production manager
Swollen
Roxy Sophie Sorkin '23 (BFA, Film & TV), director/producer
Leaf Lieber '22 (BFA, Film & TV), cast
Veo Veo A Family
Cecilia Delgado '13 (BFA, Film & TV), producer
Erica A. Hart '12 (BFA, Film & TV), casting by
2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL TV SELECTION
My Lady Jane
Bisanne Masoud '03 (BFA, Drama), supervising producer
Presumed Innocent
Matthew Tinker '09 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
Jason Gottlieb '04 (BFA, Film & TV), on-set visual effects supervisor
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth
Alex Braverman '04 (BFA, Film & TV), executive producer
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol
David Zabel '92 (MFA, Graduate Acting), executive producer
RISING VOICES (SHORTS)
Tender Thoughts
Anndi Jinelle Liggett '24 (MFA, Graduate Film)
Fireline
Robin Takao D'Oench '11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
MOVING THE SPOTLIGHT (SHORTS)
Cuando Todo Arde (When Everything Burns)
Maria Belen Poncio '25 (Graduate Film)
*This list is being updated as we learn of new additions. We apologize for any omissions. Please send edits or additions to tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.