2026 New York Film Festival

New York Film Festival

25 September – 12 October 2026 · New York City, United States

119 films across 5 sections

  • Opened with Paper Tiger
  • Closed with 14th
September 25 – October 12, 2026

Schedule 310

Friday 25 September 7 screenings

  • 6:00 PMPaper Tiger Alice Tully HallSold out · standby
  • 6:15 PMPaper Tiger Francesca Beale TheaterSold out · standby
  • 6:30 PMPaper Tiger Walter Reade TheaterSold out · standby
  • 9:00 PMPaper Tiger Alice Tully HallSold out · standby
  • 9:15 PMPaper Tiger Francesca Beale TheaterSold out · standby
  • 9:30 PMPaper Tiger Walter Reade TheaterSold out · standby
  • 9:45 PMPaper Tiger Howard Gilman TheaterSold out · standby

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Venues 9

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  • Walter Reade Theater165 W 65th St, New York, NY 1002356 films 74 screenings
  • Howard Gilman Theater144 W 65th St, New York, NY 1002355 films 71 screenings
  • Francesca Beale Theater144 W 65th St, New York, NY 1002353 films 69 screenings
  • Alice Tully Hall1941 Broadway, New York, NY 1002332 films 55 screenings
  • BAM Rose Cinemas30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 1121717 films 17 screenings
  • EBM Amphitheater144 W 65th St, New York, NY 1002312 films 15 screenings
  • Museum of the Moving Image36-01 35th Ave, Astoria, NY 111066 films 6 screenings
  • Alamo Drafthouse Staten Island55 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 103012 films 2 screenings
  • AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 132210 Bartow Ave, Bronx, NY 104751 film 1 screening
Standby
When advance tickets are gone, a standby line forms at the venue before showtime. Regular prices, one ticket per person, no guarantee. Some screenings are marked as having no standby line at all.
Rush
A separate $15 offer, on select screenings only. It is announced next to the showtime, on the film's page and in the festival's daily newsletter. Sold at the venue box office from one hour before the screening, first come first served.

Main Slate 34

Spotlight 25

Spotlight Shorts

Currents 15

Currents Shorts 27

Program 2: The Visible Invisible

  • Screening Room (1968–2026)
    Screening Room (1968–2026)Morgan FisherUnited States

Program 2: The Visible Invisible

  • The End
    The EndArtavazd PeleshyanArmenia
  • FeversJames RichardsGermany
  • Forever…Forever
    Forever…ForeverJohann LurfAustria · France

Revivals 20

Peleshyan Project: Program 1

  • The Land of the People
    The Land of the PeopleArtavazd PeleshyanSoviet Union
  • Mountain Patrol
  • Seasons of the Year
    Seasons of the Year
  • We
    We

Peleshyan Project: Program 2

  • Beginning
    BeginningArtavazd PeleshyanSoviet Union
  • End
    EndArmenia
  • Life
    Life
  • Our Century
    Our CenturySoviet Union