2026 New York Film Festival
Film festival edition
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The 64th New York Film Festival will take place from September 25 to October 12, 2026, in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.[1]
| Opening film | Paper Tiger |
|---|---|
| Closing film | 14th |
| Location | New York City, United States |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Founded by | Richard Roud and Amos Vogel |
| Hosted by | Film at Lincoln Center |
| Artistic director | Dennis Lim |
| Festival date | September 25 – October 12, 2026 |
| Website | https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff/ |
James Gray's thriller film Paper Tiger will be the opening film.[2][3] Tony Gilroy's Behemoth! will be the festival's centerpiece.[4] Ava DuVernay's documentary 14th will be the closing film.
Starting in this year edition, in the Spotlight Gala section, the festival presents the "NYFF Encounters" program, an annual commissioning program that invites one filmmaker with a film selected for the festival to create an original short during the course of the festival. The first production, South of Tehran, was directed by the Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho and follows Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi during the 2025 edition.[5]
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time are: Andrey Zvyagintsev, Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri, Arthur Harari, Chris Rock, Emmanuel Marre, Isabelle Stever, Mani Haghighi, Marine Atlan, Markus Schleinzer, Nicolás Pereda, Sandra Wollner, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, and Tony Gilroy.
The festival's world premieres include: Ava DuVernay's 14th, Mani Haghighi's I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies, Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero and Tony Gilroy's Behemoth!.
Official Selections
Main Slate
The Main Slate selection committee is led by NYFF's Artistic Director Dennis Lim, and includes Florence Almozini, Justin Chang, and Rachel Rosen.[6] The following films were selected:[7]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Temples To Heaven | 9 วัด สู่สวรรค์ | Sompot Chidgasornpongse | Thailand, Singapore, France, Norway, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Qatar |
| 14th (closing film) | Ava DuVernay | United States | |
| All of a Sudden | Soudain / 急に具合が悪くなる | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | France, Japan, Germany, Belgium |
| Behemoth! (centerpiece) | Tony Gilroy | United States | |
| Bitter Christmas | Amarga Navidad | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Clarissa | Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri | United States, Nigeria, Egypt | |
| Dao | Alain Gomis | France, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal | |
| The Day She Returns | 그녀가 돌아온 날 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | Le Journal d'une Femme de Chambre | Radu Jude | France, Romania |
| Double Freedom | La Libertad Doble | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, Chile, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Uruguay, United Kingdom |
| The Dreamed Adventure | Das Geträumte Abenteuer | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, France, Austria, Bulgaria |
| Everything Else Is Noise | Lo demás es ruido | Nicolás Pereda | Canada, Germany, Mexico |
| Everytime | Sandra Wollner | Austria, Germany | |
| Fatherland | Ojczyzna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland, France, Italy, Germany |
| La Gradiva | Marine Atlan | France, Italy | |
| I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies | مرا عاشق چنان باید که هر باری که برخیزد قیامتهای پرآتش ز هر سویی برانگیزد | Mani Haghighi | Iran |
| I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming | Isabelle Stever | Germany, Ukraine | |
| The Loneliest Man in Town | Wiener Blues – The Loneliest Man in Town | Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel | Austria |
| A Long Winter | Andrew Haigh | Canada, United Kingdom | |
| A Man of His Time | Notre Salut | Emmanuel Marre | Belgium, France |
| The Man I Love | Ira Sachs | United States, France | |
| Minotaur | Минотавр | Andrey Zvyagintsev | France, Latvia, Germany |
| Misty Green | Chris Rock | United States | |
| My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile | Julia Loktev | ||
| My Wife Cries | Meine Frau weint | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France |
| Nowhere to Lay My Eyes | 눈둘데가 없네 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Once Upon a Time in Harlem (ŒdO) | William Greaves and David Greaves | United States | |
| Paper Tiger (opening film) | James Gray | United States, Brazil, Italy | |
| Possible Love | 가능한 사랑 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| Rose | Markus Schleinzer | Austria, Germany | |
| Tender Loving Care | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom | |
| The Unknown | L'Inconnue | Arthur Harari | France, Italy |
Spotlight Gala
Film at Lincoln Center announced Godzilla Minus Zero as the section's first selected film on August 4.[8][9] The following films were selected:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla Minus Zero | ゴジラ-0.0 | Takashi Yamazaki | Japan |
| NYFF Encounters | |||
| South of Tehran (short) | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil, United States | |
Currents
The following films were selected to the Currents section:
Revivals
The Revivals section celebrates works that have been restored, preserved, or digitally remastered. The following films were selected: