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Nia DaCosta, Andrew Ahn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Kyle MacLachlan, and Eliza Hittman to Serve on Tribeca Festival 2025 Jury
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. More from IndieWire These Cannes 2025 Prize Winners Will Inspire Oscar Campaigns Cowboys vs. Accountants: The Real World of International Production Financing | Future of Filmmaking Summit at Cannes '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. Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
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22-05-2025
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Kyle MacLachlan, Ilana Glazer and Matthew Broderick Among 2025 Tribeca Jurors – Film News in Brief
The Tribeca Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 2025 jury, which is responsible for selecting this year's top projects from across film, games and audio storytelling categories. The panel will award honors across 15 competitive categories at the festival, which takes place June 4 through 15 in New York City. This year's jurors include Jennifer Beals, Matthew Broderick, Ilana Glazer, Art Linson, Kyle MacLachlan and Mira Sorvino. In addition, Tribeca's Nora Ephron Award will honor an exceptional female filmmaker who represents the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer. More from Variety Tribeca Festival and Chanel Announce 2025 Artist Awards Program Participants Tribeca X Sets Speakers Including Bryan Cranston, Paris Hilton and Lena Waithe for Entertainment Marketing Talks Matthew Broderick, Sally Hawkins and Martin Freeman to Lead Simon Bird's WWII Comedy Drama 'Pretend I'm Not Here,' Cornerstone Launching in Cannes 'We're proud to welcome an eclectic group of jurors to this year's Tribeca Festival,' said Nancy Lefkowitz, EVP at Tribeca Enterprises. 'Their breadth of expertise across genres will be instrumental in recognizing standout storytellers and honoring bold new voices from around the world.' Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
