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Shark Tank is the most successful show of its kind in reality TV history and years after it first premiered in 2009, it’s still a program unlike any other. On Shark Tank, business owners, and aspiring entrepreneurs come on the show to make a pitch of a lifetime to several sharks, a.k.a. potential investors and business partners. These include Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, real estate tycoon Barbara Corcoran, venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary, fashion empire owner Daymond John, QVC queen Lori Greiner, and tech inventor and businessman Robert Herjavec.

Over the years, these sharks have heard pitches for all sorts of products/services and invested millions in some of these businesses. Some deals have lost the sharks a lot of money while others have paid off big time. These include Robert's stake in The Tipsy Elves, Barbara’s backing of The Original Comfy, and Lori’s big gamble on Scrub Daddy.

The Tribeca Festival on Tuesday announced its lineup of short narrative, documentary and animated films, as well as music videos, across 12 programs.

Today’s lineup for the festival, taking place this year from June 7-18, includes 62 shorts in competition, eight music videos and six special screening shorts, from a total of 91 filmmakers across 25 countries. The program, which was curated this year from a record-breaking 8,096 total submissions, includes 48 world premieres, three international premieres, two North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and 22 New York premieres, with six alumni of festivals past to return this time around. Themes highlighted across the lineup include love, family relationships, LGBTQ+ stories, “Expressions of Black Freedom,” Latin America and resilience, to name a few.

Notable shorts to look out for include the Harry Holland-directed Last Call, starring Tom Holland; Alden Ehrenreich’s directorial debut, Shadow Brother Sunday; writer-director Alex Lawther’s For people in trouble,...