Inside Tribeca’s Must-See: Something You Should Know About Me — Plot, Cast, Premiere Details, and More
Cartoons, chaos, and a messy modern romance collide in Something You Should Know About Me, the Tribeca-bound rom-com poised to steal the spotlight—here’s what to know.
Tribeca has a habit of sneaking up on you with small, personal films that stick. This year, the one I keep hearing about is Something You Should Know About Me — a trans rom-com that is sweet, messy (in a good way), and not afraid to color outside the lines. Literally.
Why this one is getting buzz
Writer-director Andy Fidoten is mixing live action with animation, leaning into the awkward-funny ache of figuring yourself out while trying to make art that matters. The movie balances jokes, yearning, and creative identity in a way that feels specific and kind of electric. It is already one of the LGBTQIA+ titles people at Tribeca are talking about.
The setup (plain and simple)
Al is an anxious young cartoonist who signs up for an artists retreat, hoping to find his footing both on the page and in his own life. The place is crawling with fearless underground queer artists whose work is as unfiltered as it gets, which only turns up the volume on the stuff Al has been tamping down for years. Then Mason — a charming fellow cartoonist — starts flirting with Al's best friend, Jesse, and that little love-triangle nudge forces Al to confront what he actually wants. The film keeps jumping between the retreat and the scribbles in Al's head, so you get his sketchbook dreams colliding with the mess of real life.
- Festival: Tribeca (the fest that loves intimate, rule-bending stories)
- Title: Something You Should Know About Me
- Filmmaker: Andy Fidoten (writer-director)
- Genre/ vibe: Trans romantic comedy with heart and a little chaos
- Style: Live action woven with animation; we dip into Al's drawing brain
- Core trio: Al (an insecure cartoonist), Mason (the charismatic one), Jesse (Al's best friend)
- Themes: Humor, longing, and the grind of artistic self-discovery
Bottom line
If Tribeca is where raw, personal stories find a mic, this one looks like a prime- time example — a scrappy, sketchbook-fueled romance about catching feelings and catching up to yourself.