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<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival featured nonstop memorable moments; perhaps none glowed greater than rap star and record producer A$AP Rocky accepting the inaugural Tribeca X Director of the Year Award at Spring Studios on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Coming hot off a fiery, headlining Gov Ball performance in Flushing Meadows Corona Park to kick off the summer festival season, New York City\u2019s A$AP Rocky made the rounds at Tribeca to a highly anticipated appearance that got the crowd at the ceremony rocking as he hit the stage to give a speech. Tribeca Co-Founder Jane Rosenthal bestowed the honor on Rocky in recognition of his specific creative contributions across film, music, fashion, culture, and storytelling.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was here with us in 2015 with Elliott Wilson, and again in 2021 with the world premiere of his documentary \u2018Stockholm Syndrome,\u2019\u201d Rosenthal said before bringing A$AP to the stage. \u201cAnd we\u2019re thrilled to welcome him back this year to honor him with the first-ever Tribeca X Director of the Year Award, because it doesn\u2019t matter whether the story lives on the big screen, a phone, or the runway. What matters is it makes us think, and feel.\u201d<\/p>\n
The at-capacity room roared in excitement as A$AP reflected on his experiences in creating work that stands the test of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to be the advocate for one of those kinds of guys, man,\u201d A$AP said when advocating for the next generation of filmmakers. \u201cLike I said, it\u2019s an honor and a pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other awards that were given out at the ceremony included FEATURES: Meal Ticket, from McDonalds; SHORTS: The Book of George, from Stio; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The Theory of Spice, from YogiTea; EPISODIC: Built to Move, from Autodesk; COMMERCIALS: Last Coke in the Desert, from Coca Cola; CONTENT CREATOR\/INFLUENCER: The Master of Speed & Stability, from Beats; and SOCIAL IMPACT: The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix, from Accenture\/Philipstown WireCar Co.<\/p>\n
Readers who are interested in purchasing tickets for next year\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca X can visit tribecafilm.com for more information.<\/p>\n
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Photo Courtesy of Kyle Stevens \/ @ thekylestevens<\/p>\n
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A$AP Rocky is seen accepting the inaugural Tribeca X Filmmaker of the Year Award at Spring Studios on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 in New York City during the Tribeca Film Festival.<\/p>\n
A$AP Rocky gives a big smile before accepting his Tribeca X Director of the Year Award from Jane Rosenthal last Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival featured nonstop memorable moments; perhaps none glowed greater than rap star and record…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-270463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}