Grad Film at 2025 Tribeca Festival

Wednesday, Jun 4, 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025

Tribeca Festival 2025

Congratulations to the Grad Film alumni and MFA candidates whose films were selected to screen at the 2025 Tribeca Festival!

Spotlight+

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Elegancegiavonia B. Bratton ’19 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/producer/writer

Drake Burnette ’22 (MFA, Graduate Film), co-producer

Spotlight Documentary

Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything

Marcella M. Steingart ’99 (MFA, Graduate Film), producer

Room to Move

Charles Christian Olivier ’00 (MFA, Graduate Film), editor

U.S. Narrative Competition 

Charliebird

Perry Blackshear ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film), editor

Esta Isla

Cristian A. Carretero ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/writer/producer

Rosemead

Eric Lin ’06 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/ additional writing by/ executive producer

Lyle Vincent ’07 (MFA, Graduate Film), cinematographer

Robert Pietri ’06 (MFA, Graduate Film), titles designer

Shorts

New York Day Women 

Fredgy Noël (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) writer/director/producer/editor

Maissa Lihedheb (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) producer

How I Learned to Die

Manya Glassman (MFA, Graduate Film) writer/director/producer

Nile Price (MFA, Graduate Film) producer

Victor Pigasse (MFA, Graduate Film) producer 

Marshall Cooper (MFA, Graduate Film) cinematographer

The Wrath of Othell-Yo!

Kwesi Jones (MFA, Graduate Film) writer/director/producer/editor

Luke Kao (MFA Candidate, Graduation Film) cinematographer

Kai Hartman (MFA Candidate, Graduation Film) 1st assistant director

Viewpoints

Honeyjoon

Lilian T. Mehrel ’17 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/producer/written by

Inés Gowland (MFA, Graduate Film) cinematographer 

Harry Cepka (MFA, Graduate Film) editor

Escape from Tribeca 

Queens of the Dead

Tina Romero ’15 (MFA, Graduate Film), director/written by/executive producer

Caroline S. Aragon ’10 (MFA, Graduate Film), co-producer

Bunny

Anthony P. Drazan ’85 (MFA, Graduate Film), Loren

Creators Market

Narrative Features

Manya Glassman (MFA, Graduate Film)