The Tribeca Film Festival kicked off yesterday (April 19), bringing a smorgasbord of indie films, discussion panels, TV shows, live podcasts, and master classes to Downtown Manhattan. In the 15 years since it was founded by Robert de Niro and Jane Rosenthal, it’s gained a reputation for premiering the hottest films in arthouse cinema, with short-form, documentary and even TV represented besides. Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale starring Elizabeth Moss and National Geographic’s Genius dramatizing the life of Albert Einstein (Geoffrey Rush) will make their debut there, as well as Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow‘s long-anticipated new movie.

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