by Joseph Perry
The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, has once again scheduled an amazing array of documentary, narrative, and animated features and shorts. Scheduled to run June 4–15 in New York City, the annual festival offers a bold curation of films in all types of genres. I’m covering the fest this year, and although reviews are under embargo until the films screen at the fest, here are a few of the short films at which I have had the honor of getting an early peek, and can highly recommend.
The Hicks Happy Hour (U.S., Director Kate McCarthy)
Taping has just begun for another episode of the 1972 TV variety show “The Hicks Happy Hour,” starring the Hicks Family Band. But this isn’t just any episode—it’s the season finale, and father Richard is missing. This leaves mother Jill and kids Susan, Val and Davey alone to keep the happy family image going. Running between on and offstage, Jill does everything she can to fill in the gaps Richard has left in the band, and hide the extent to which their marriage is falling apart. Meanwhile, the kids have more and more questions, and one loose tooth. As the show goes on, Jill must confront the truth of her life, and decide — will she prioritize the family band, or the actual family?
Baby Tooth (U.S., writer/director Olivia Accardo)
Baby Tooth is a darkly funny showdown that takes place in a rural Oregon parking lot. Marina has two things to offer: her grandfather’s antique speedboat and a stubborn baby tooth. When a local man answers her ad, things quickly go sideways.
God’s Lonely Magician (U.S., Writer/director Walker Higgins)
A depressed magician is blessed by God with the power to perform impossible tricks. But when his gift ruins his life, it takes a manic clown to remind him of what his conjurations really are — miracles.
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