Tribeca kicks off and we party down

Plus: Hollywood's secret obsession with AI, George Clooney streams live, and more

Jun 05, 2025

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Happy Thursday, Friends.

Hundreds of Portrait members are headed to Tribeca Festival over the week ahead.

We can’t wait to see you at our industry party, co-hosted with Sony, Canva, and Shotdeck.
Jump into the Portrait app to see the attendee list and all the fillm teams.

Read on for our festival preview — plus what’s happening outside lower Manhattan.

Roll of Honor

Premieres, Awards, and More. Say hello to featured members on the app.

What to Watch: Tribeca Special Edition

These member films showed up on the lists of most-anticipated Tribeca films again and again. Don’t miss them! Check out all 100+ Tribeca films from Portrait members in the app.

Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print | 2025 Tribeca Festival | Tribeca

Mothers of the Media Age

Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print. “Each of the directors looks at the magazine, a mainstream standard-bearer for second-wave feminism, through a focus on one of three specific and iconic covers” (Filmmaker Mag). Cecilia Aldarondo, Salima Koroma, Alice Gu, Directors; Jessica Miller, Editor.
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything. “The documentary covers considerable ground in an hour and a half and even manages to have Walters narrate it posthumously by splicing together audio from old interviews” (Vanity Fair). Jackie Jesko, Director.

Travel Plans, Power Plays

Pinch. “In Uttera Singh’s assured drama Pinch, the social fallout occurs after the protagonist (played by Singh) is groped by her landlord on an overnight bus ride” (NYT). Uttera Singh, Director, Writer.
The Travel Companion. “[A] Brooklyn-based story concerning the plight of unrecognized creatives is concocted in The Travel Companion… Travis Wood and Alex Mallis mine from personal experience for their foray into feature filmmaking” (Filmmaker Mag). Alex Mallis, Travis Wood, Directors; Weston Auburn, Producer.

A Life’s Work Hidden in Plain Sight

How Dark My Love. “Examines a provocative artist sacrificing for their craft, even when that craft weirds out the mainstream” (NYT). Scott Gracheff, Director; Josh Diamond, Producer
Maintenance Artist. “a riveting – and long overdue – tribute to feminist conceptualist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the ‘first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation’” (Filmmaker Mag). Anne Alvergue, Screenwriter / Editor; Judith Mizrachy, Producer.

Not in New York this weekend? New York’s coming to you.

Don’t miss the livestream of the penultimate performance of George Clooney’s Goodnight, and Good Luck on CNN and Max on Saturday. Congrats to our friends at CNN for the first-ever live performance on the platform.

What We’re Reading: Fighting Words

Hollywood already uses AI (and is hiding it). “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I’ll have the movie.”
Court says fuhgeddaboudit. Disney can’t stop ex-exec Justin Connolly from working at YouTube.
And… court says emotional distress is a no go. The judge overseeing the Lively v. Baldoni lawsuit has decided claims for emotional distress are dead.
And… the Best Films at Tribeca. As chosen by The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Filmmaker, and IndieWire. Plus: 5 films to see away from the big names.

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On the Acquisitions Circuit

Shari & Lamb Chop doc acquired by Kino Lorber. Lisa D'Apolito, Director / Producer
Fashion comedy Idiotka lands At Utopia. Taylor Mason, Editor; Leo Blumberg-Woll, Russell Kahn, Producers; Ross Shenker, Casting Director; Beso Kacharava, Foley Editor; Ian Hultquist, Composer.
Utopia acquires comedic thriller Mermaid following SXSW launch. Allie Leone, Production Designer; Trudie Storck, Makeup Effects Artist; Grant Elder, Re-Recording Mixer.
Oh Yeah!, on Yello cult song, acquired by Documentary+ and Rolling Stone Films ahead of Tribeca premiere. Nick Canfield, Director.