Tribeca Festival will honor Bruce Springsteen with the 2026 Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award in a New York event that also marks the festival’s 25th anniversary this June. The celebration will feature a conversation with Bono, along with tributes from Robert De Niro and Patti Smith.
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The Belafonte Award, created by the late Paula Weinstein, recognizes artists who use their platform to push for equality and human rights. “There are few figures who embody the spirit of Tribeca’s Harry Belafonte Award more fully than Bruce Springsteen,” said Jane Rosenthal, co‑founder and co‑chair of the festival.
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Beyond the honors for Springsteen, Tribeca announced a slate of highlights for the milestone edition. It includes the world premiere of Katy Perry’s The Lifetimes Tour — Live From Paris, followed by a talk with Perry, and Tony Kaye’s Humpty Dumpty X. The lineup also features anniversary screenings of Bridget Jones’s Diary (25th), Bound (30th) and Taxi Driver (50th), each paired with a director or star conversation. There will be 20th‑anniversary screenings of Daft Punk’s Electroma and Small Town Gay Bar.
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Other conversations are planned, including Sean Penn in dialogue with Kaitlan Collins and an appearance by Este Haim. Tribeca has also spotlighted its NOW slate, a program inviting social media creators to present new work, with titles such as And They Were Roommates, Shanked, BK Coffee Shop, VHS Dates and Retache among others.
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The 2026 Tribeca Festival runs June 3–14 in New York. Additional details and the full program are available on the festival’s site.
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