Chanel and the Tribeca Festival are continuing their two-decade tradition of gifting a piece of artwork to the festival’s winning filmmakers. The 2025 slate of artworks being gifted were selected in collaboration with curator Zoe Lukov.
“As I started to think about who to invite for this prestigious award, I realized that many of the artists I consider to be genius in their approach can’t be defined by any one medium at all,” curator Zoe Lukov said in a statement revealing this year’s artist awards program. “Much like the filmmakers who will win one of these generously donated artworks, they all are rooted in the knowledge of our past while pushing us to imagine new futures.”
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Participating artists include Alteronce Gumby, Faith Wilding, Jane Dickson, Jeffrey Meris, Lauren Halsey, Marilyn Minter, Naudline Pierre, Raúl de Nieves, Simphiwe Ndzube and Tuan Andrew Nguyen.
The collection will be on view throughout the festival at Spring Studios, which serves as the Tribeca Festival Hub. This year’s festival kicks off on June 4 and runs through June 15.
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Chanel and the Tribeca Festival previously revealed “Through Her Lens Conversation: In Process,” a conversation with Riley Keough, Gina Gammell and moderator Margaret Zhang on June 6 at Metrograph in downtown New York.
Below, a list of which artworks will be gifted for each award category as part of the Artists Program:
Best New Narrative Director: Alteronce Gumby, “031,” 2019.
The Nora Ephron Award: Faith Wilding Three Dragons, “One Goddess,” 2023.
Best Documentary Short: Jane Dickson, “Tribeca Brunch,” 2025.
Best Documentary Feature: Jeffrey Meris, “Everything is Everything,” 2025.
Best Animated Short: Lauren Halsey, “Untitled”, 2025.
Best Narrative Short: Marilyn Minter, “Absinthe,” 2017.
Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature: Naudline Pierre, “Eternal Freedom,” 2023.
Student Visionary Award: Raúl de Nieves, “Passage 14,” 2022.
Best International Narrative Feature: Simphiwe Ndzube, “Untitled Study,” 2024.
The Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director: Tuan Andrew Nguyen, “Spirit of Bidong,” 2020.