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3 weeks ago | reelnewsdaily.com | Liz Whittemore

PORELESS Filmmaker Harris Doran delivers Tribeca 2025 audiences a laugh-out-loud short about embracing authenticity and finding your place in this messy but beautiful world. In PORELESS, a fabulous, queer beauty entrepreneur is selected as a finalist in a Shark Tank-style competition to be part of an elite global brand. A last-minute allergic reaction threatens to end his career before it takes flight, but fate steps in, shenanigans ensue, and this tongue-in-cheek short speaks volumes.

3 weeks ago | reelnewsdaily.com | Liz Whittemore

THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE LEOPARDDavid Verbeek takes Tribeca 2025 audiences on a journey of connectivity, science, and identity in THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE LEOPARD. Beautiful close-ups combined with Jay Cheng‘s haunting score, a Hitchcockian narrative bait-and-switch draw you in. A yet unknown narrator guides us through chapters. The film opens with a young man struggling to find his way in life. Then, we meet her, a young girl raised by wolves in the middle of the forest.

3 weeks ago | reelnewsdaily.com | Liz Whittemore

THE END OF QUIET Filmmakers Kasper Bisgaard and Mikael Lypinski bring Tribeca 2025 audiences documentary, THE END OF QUIET, a thought-provoking exploration of human connectivity. In an isolated town in West Virginia, the world’s largest radio telescope can pick up the murmurings of signals across the universe. To achieve this, the telescope resides in the Quiet Zone, the only place in the U.S. where Wi-Fi and cell phone signals are not permitted.

3 weeks ago | reelnewsdaily.com | Liz Whittemore

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN In his Tribeca 2025 doc, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, Ole Juncker takes us behind the scenes of a story that rocked the art world. Jens Haaning is internationally known for his tongue-in-cheek approach to art. The Kunsten Museum commissions Haaning to recreate an original piece for an exhibit centered on labor. They gave Jens half a million kroner, meant to be displayed. When the frames showed up at the museum, the canvases were empty. Kunsten decides to sue.

3 weeks ago | reelnewsdaily.com | Liz Whittemore

BIRD IN HAND Melody C. Roscher’s incredible feature debut comes to Tribeca 2025 audiences. BIRD IN HAND follows a newly engaged young woman returning to her Mom’s house to view a local wedding venue. But, it quickly becomes apparent that Bird has ulterior motives. Carlotta treats her as an inconvenience, constantly criticizing Bird and being openly hostile if things do not go her way. She controls the narrative. Bird tries her best to connect and longs for an ounce of compassion.