Madonna to Debut 10-Minute ‘Confessions II’ Film at Tribeca Festival

Madonna is returning to Tribeca Festival with an early look at her next album cycle. On Friday, June 5, the Queen of Pop will premiere a 10-minute cinematic project tied to Confessions II, a month before the album arrives on July 3.

The film is directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase, who work under the name TORSO, and focuses on the first six tracks from the record. It includes “I Feel So Free” and the Sabrina Carpenter collaboration “Bring Your Love.” After the screening, Madonna and the directors will join Jimmy Fallon for a conversation about the project and their creative process.

According to a press release, the film is “a transcendent journey that catapults the viewer through a f–ked-up night out that’s remembered not for what happened, but for how it felt. Madonna is ambushed, pursued and ultimately worshipped by a roving squad of camera-wielding femmes. From the bedroom to the club bathroom, to the car, to the arena and even into nature, they cruise the many spaces in which music thrives. Inside these sanctuaries, we discover reflections on dualities that have accompanied Madonna’s entire career: privacy and publicity, grief and catharsis, intimacy and communion, fandom and collaboration. But everything always returns to the one, hallowed place that started it all: the dance floor.”

Tribeca Festival cofounder Jane Rosenthal said in the release, “Madonna has spent decades proving that reinvention is its own art form. Confessions II feels immersive, provocative and completely of the moment, while still channeling the kind of nightlife mythology only she could create. We are thrilled to welcome Madonna back to Tribeca.”

Madonna previously appeared at Tribeca Festival in 2008 for the premiere of I Am Because We Are, a documentary about children in Malawi orphaned by AIDS that she executive produced. Rosenthal later told Billboard that Madonna’s connection to the festival also runs through manager Guy Oseary. “I’m really good friends with her manager, Guy Oseary, who has been with her almost as long as I’ve been with Bob,” she said, referring to Tribeca Fest cofounder Robert De Niro. “She’s got an album dropping and it lined up perfectly.”

Confessions II reunites Madonna with Confessions on a Dance Floor producer Stuart Price.

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