Since the pandemic, film festivals have struggled in a landscape where fewer films receive theatrical distribution and streamers have scaled back their spending on acquisitions. In 2021, Tribeca chose to move its festival from April to June—helping distance the event from both Sundance, where so many independent films premiere, and Cannes, the industry’s preeminent auteur-driven festival.

This year, Tribeca differentiates itself by offering one of the most robust documentary slates of any festival. With 59 feature documentaries premiering at the festival, including six HBO documentary premieres alone, Tribeca is proving to be a critical home for the genre. The timing feels particularly significant given A24’s recent announcement that it would be closing its documentary division. “The do

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