The beauty of “Charliebird,” written by Smart and directed by Libby Ewing and won the U.S. Narrative Jury Prize at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, is how little it tries to do.

Charliebird, Happy Birthday and Natchez took the top awards in the U.S. narrative, international narrative and documentary competitions, respectively. More from The Hollywood Reporter ...

The Tribeca Festival 2025 has announced the complete list of winners for each of its competition categories. Libby Ewing’s “Charliebird” won the Founders Award for Best U.S. narrative ...