Congratulations to the numerous IDA members who have premieres and presentations at Tribeca and DC/DOX 2026.
The 25th annual Tribeca Festival is currently underway in New York City, running from June 3 through June 14, 2026. Tribeca Film Festival brings artists and audiences together to celebrate storytelling in all its forms. June 2026 marks the fourth edition of the major international film festival in the nation’s capital, DC/DOX. Founded in 2023 to celebrate the power and potential of documentary film, DC/DOX is a premier festival dedicated to bold storytelling, visionary filmmakers, and timely conversations.
This list was compiled by the IDA team using credits provided on the Tribeca and DC/DOX websites. If you are an IDA member and your name is missing, please contact us at communications@documentary.org so we can update this page.
Let's take a look at IDA members and grantees premiering at Tribeca and DC/DOX this year!
Matininó
Film still from Matininó.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director: Gabriela Díaz Arp | Producer(s): Karla Claudio, Guillermo Zouain, Wendy Muniz | 2024 Pare Lorentz Grantee
Matininó tells the story of a multi-generational family of Puerto Rican women transforming their experience with violence into a fantasy film. Learn more here.
Miss Representation: Rise Up
Film still from Miss Representation: Rise Up.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Producer(s): Camille Servan-Schreiber (IDA member ) | Executive Producer: Melony Lewis (IDA member)
Filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom expands on her acclaimed 2011 documentary Miss Representation by examining the rising backlash against women’s progress and the hostile landscape of technology designed to harass and, ultimately, silence women. Learn more here. This film is also having its DC Premiere at DC/DOX.
GUGGI
Film still from GUGGI.
International Premiere, Tribeca
Director: Ian Thuillier (IDA member) | Producer(s): Gabriella Janni, Ian Thuillier
An intimate portrait of abstract painter Guggi that traces his journey from humble Irish beginnings—with friends Bono and Gavin Friday—through his post-punk phase and toward international acclaim as an uncompromising artist. Learn more here.
Hollywood Does Abortion
Film still from Hollywood Does Abortion.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director: Barbara Attie (IDA member), Janet Goldwater (IDA member), and Mike Attie | Producer(s): Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, Mike Attie, Eliza Licht
Since the 1970s, depictions of abortion in film and television have both impacted and reflected shifting attitudes towards the procedure and those who choose it. In this incisive documentary, the pursuit of reproductive justice and the undeniable impact that the American entertainment industry has had on that fight takes center stage. Learn more here.
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
Film still from Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Jeffrey Schwarz (IDA member) | Producer(s): John Boccardo, Jeffrey Schwarz
From a controversial flashpoint to a celebrated classic, Cruising has played many roles in gay culture. But the true story behind the film is the most surprising of them all. Learn more here.
Stealing Magic
Film still from Stealing Magic.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Matthew Testa (IDA member) | Producer(s): Ethan Smith, Melanie Miller, Diane Becker (IDA member), Randy Pitchford
Someone is stealing the secrets behind magicians' greatest tricks and selling them on illicit websites. Magician Andi Gladwin leads an unlikely team of illusionists on an international caper to track down the culprits. Learn more here. This film is also having its DC Premiere at DC/DOX.
threeASFOUR: Full Circle
Film still from threeASFOUR: Full Circle.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Sean Ono Lennon and Brian Gonzalez | Producer(s): Beth Levison (IDA member), Lauren Evangelista (IDA member), Brian C. Gonzalez, Daniel Sheppard
threeASFOUR: Full Circle follows avant-garde NYC designers Gabi Asfour, Angela Donhauser, and Adi Gil and their singular "couture-on-the-street" designs, highlighting fashion as a radical act of collaboration shaped by war, identity, and hope. Learn more here.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
Film still from Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam (IDA member) | Producer(s): Sarah Jessica Parker, Alison Benson, Caroline Waterlow, Stephanie Schwam, Jyllian Gunther
Robin Byrd pioneered NYC public access with her cult sex-positive call-in show. Now the larger-than-life 70-year-old champion of free speech, queer visibility, and safe sex reflects on her unique legacy and her hidden, decades-long marriage behind the scenes. Learn more here.
Colors of White Rock
Film still from Colors of White Rock.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig | Producer(s): Tessa Louise Salomé (IDA member), Luc Sorrel
The immersive and deeply cinematic Colors of White Rock follows a determined female truck driver working the mines of Mongolia as she arduously navigates the treacherous Gobi Desert in an endless race to the Chinese border. Learn more here.
Jean-Michel
Film still from Jean-Michel.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Quinn Whitney Wilson and Viridiana Lieberman | Producer(s): Jordan Wynn, Andrew Fried, Harlin Lawal, Lana Barkin, Dane Lillegard (IDA member), Ileen Sheppard Gallagher, Will Cohen, Quinn Whitney Wilson, David Laven
A newly intimate look at one of the 20th century’s most celebrated — and imitated — artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat, from the perspective of the people who knew him best: his family. Learn more here.
Retrieval
Film still from Retrieval.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Tracy Jarrett (IDA member) | Producer(s): Tracy Jarrett, Emma Moley (IDA member), Rebecca Stern
If science allowed you to hold onto a piece of someone you lost, would you? When Christina’s fiancé dies suddenly, she faces the unexpected decision of whether or not to carry on his legacy via postmortem sperm retrieval. Learn more here.
The Siege of Paradise
Film still from The Siege of Paradise.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Gar O'Rourke | Producer(s): Andrew Freedman, Ken Wardrop, Jessie Hayden (IDA Member)
The Siege of Paradise cheekily scrutinizes the annual tourist season at Cinque Terre in Italy, "the most beautiful place in the world," including the arrival of TikTokers and influencers — and the conflict that it generates with locals. Learn more here. This film is also having its DC Premiere at DC/DOX.
When the Revolution Doesn't Come
Film still from When the Revolution Doesn't Come.
Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Aurora Brachman | Producer(s): Latajh Simmons-Weaver, Aurora Brachman (IDA member)
Born into the Black Panther movement, we join the 'cubs' as they wrestle, 50 years on, with the dichotomy of their extraordinary childhoods. Learn more here. This film is also having its DC Premiere at DC/DOX.
Couture to the Max
Film still from Couture to the Max.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director(s): Dori Berinstein (IDA member) | Producer(s): Dori Berinstein
At just 9-years-old, fashion prodigy Max Alexander fearlessly fuses his boundless imagination with an unwavering commitment to sustainability, inspiring us to dream boldly and act responsibly. Learn more here.
Time Warp
Film still from Time Warp.
World Premiere, Tribeca
Director: Allison Berg | Producer(s): Allison Berg, Susan Margolin (IDA member), Jen Chaiken
50 years after The Rocky Horror Picture Show electrified audiences, a drag theater company in the once-booming mining town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, stages a shadow cast of the cult classic. Led by the charismatic 25-year-old performer Kenny Starling, the determined troupe spotlights the ongoing fight for queer visibility and acceptance in their community. Learn more here.
We're not done! Congratulations to these IDA members and grantees with films premiering at DC/DOX!
Credits below are IDA members only, unless specified. For the full list of credits, please visit the linked festival page.
Films
- Time and Water | Director: Sara Dosa, Producer: Shane Boris, Sara Dosa | DC Premiere
- American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | Executive Producer: Michael Kantor, Carrie Lozano, Stanley Nelson, Marcia Smith | DC Premiere
- Fletcher Street | Director: Janat Gargi | DC Premiere
- Gatorville | Director: Freddie Gluck | FSP project | DC Premiere
- When a Witness Recants | Director: Dawn Porter | DC Premiere
- The Endless Frontier | Director: Marilyn Ness | World Premiere
- Jaripeo | Co-Director: Efraín Mojica | DC Premiere
- American Doctor | Director: Poh Si Teng | DC Premiere
- Sara Bareilles: Good Grief | Executive Producer: Dawn Bonder, James Costa | DC Premiere
- Weirdo | Director: Amy Oden | DC Premiere
- Soul Patrol | Producer: Sam Bisbee, Executive Producer: Jenny Raskin, Davis Guggenheim, Rahdi Taylor | DC Premiere
Landscapes of Memory | Producer: Elijah Stevens | East Coast Premiere
Cookie Queens | Director: Alysa Nahmias, Executive Producer: James Costa; Melony Lewis; Andrea van Beuren, Nathalie Seaver; Jamie Wolf | DC Premiere
At the Stage When | Director: Hao Zhou | East Coast Premiere
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild] | Co-director(s): Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil | Producer(s): Steve Holmgren, Francesca Alfano, Grace Remington, Tiffany Sia | 2021 Pare Lorentz Grantee | DC Premiere, DC/DOX
- Joybubbles | Producer: Annie Marr | DC Premiere
- Daughters of the Forest | Executive producer: Maxyne Franklin | DC Premiere
- Seized (preceded by Final Press) | Director: Sharon Liese, Executive Producer: Jenny Raskin | DC Premiere
- Closure | Producer: Rémi Grellety, Executive Producer: James Costa | East Coast Premiere
- True North | Director: Michèle Stephenson, Producer: Leslie Norville | DC Premiere
- Earth to Michael | Co-director: Nico Lopez-Alegría | FSP project | East Coast Premiere
- TheyDream | Director: William Caballero, Executive Producer: Ina Fichman, Carrie Lozano, Co-Executive Producer: Jamie Wolf, Nathalie Seaver | FSP project | DC Premiere
- La Mar | Director: Jean Chapiro | East Coast Premiere
- The Whole World is a Lie | Executive Producer: Robert Greene and Susan Norget | DC Premiere
Kids Like Me | Executive Producer: Jim LeBrecht | DC Premiere
Birds of War | Co-Director Janay Boulos | 2024 Enterprise grantee, 2023 Logan Elevate grantee |East Coast Premiere
Oh Whale | Director: Winslow Crane-Murdoch | DC Premiere
Barbara Forever | Producer: Elijah Stevens | 2025 Pare Lorentz grantee | DC Premiere
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing | Director: Rory Kennedy | World Premiere
- To Hold a Mountain | Co-director: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić | 2024 Enterprise grantee | DC Premiere
- Adam's Apple | Director: Amy Jenkins, Producer: Brit Fryer, Amy Jenkins | DC Premiere
- Who Killed Alex Odeh? | Co-director(s) and Co-producer(s): Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans | DC Premiere
- The Bend in the River | Producer: Kristin Feeley, Executive Producer: James Costa | DC Premiere
- Time Warp | Producers: Susan Margolin, Jen Chaiken | DC Premiere
- Women Laughing | Co-Director: Kathleen Hughes, Producer: Nathalie Seaver, Executive Producer: Melony Lewis, Lauren Lexton | DC Premiere