New York Documentary Film Festival 2026.
Wed 4 Nov
Cinema Village
$17
Film in New York City coming up, Thursday 29 October to Sunday 27 December: 255 events.
New York Documentary Film Festival 2026.
Wed 4 Nov
Cinema Village
$17
Screening and Q&A on a new chapter after retirement.
Wed 4 Nov | 17:00
Union Theological Seminary
Free
Dracula's Angel: screening with director Bryan Beasley.
Wed 4 Nov | 19:00
Nitehawk Cinema
$9–15
Fatherland, Pawlikowski's Cold War film with Sandra Hüller.
Thu 5 Nov
BAM Rose Cinemas
$17
Other Israel: films on Israeli society.
Thu 5 Nov | 08:00
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
Wild Horse Nine: Martin McDonagh's political thriller.
Thu 5 Nov | 15:15
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
$17
Club Kid: film about a club promoter facing fatherhood.
Thu 5 Nov | 16:15
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Free
Visible Humans: film and talk on the human body project.
Thu 5 Nov | 18:00
Museum of the Moving Image
$17.50
Godzilla Minus Zero: Yamazaki's sci-fi horror film.
Thu 5 Nov | 18:15
Nitehawk
$9–18
Irena: a film portrait of Irena Veisaitė by Giedrė Žickytė.
Thu 5 Nov | 18:30
Scandinavia House
$15
Asilah Oui: films on Melehi and dancer Hassan Ouakrim.
Thu 5 Nov | 19:00
2 cinemas
Bouvy and Jansa films with artist talk.
Thu 5 Nov | 19:00
e-flux
$12
A Radical Thread: a film on a 1960s commune, then a talk.
Thu 5 Nov | 19:30
UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art
$12
New films from the Baltic states.
Thu 5 Nov
Scandinavia House
In-Person Pas…
"No Country for Mothers": film and open talk on motherhood.
Thu 5 Nov | 19:00
Riverhead Neighborhood House
Air: music video and live acoustic set by Joe Endozo.
Thu 5 Nov | 19:30
Noble Maritime Collection
Spellbound: Hitchcock thriller with Ingrid Bergman.
Fri 6 Nov | 16:10
The Metrograph
Boding: short film screening and talk with Tith Kanitha.
Fri 6 Nov | 18:00
Iris Cantor Theatre
Her Song: film about a writer in Provence, with Q&A.
Fri 6 Nov | 18:30
Cinema Village
Animated shorts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Fri 6 Nov | 18:30
Scandinavia House
Kogonada's drama about a violinist in Hong Kong, plus Q&A.
Fri 6 Nov | 18:30
The Metrograph
A Clockwork Orange: Kubrick's dystopian cult film classic.
Fri 6 Nov | 18:30
Museum of the Moving Image
$17.50
“Chameleon Street”: Sundance prize film with Richard Brody.
Fri 6 Nov | 19:00
The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR
$25–40
Bird In Hand: screening with director Q&A.
Fri 6 Nov | 19:00
Iris Cantor Theatre
Free
Soul Patrol: documentary on Black Vietnam vets, with Q&A.
Fri 6 Nov | 19:15
IFC Center
Scarecrows, a documentary, with director Laila Pakalniņa.
Fri 6 Nov | 19:30
Scandinavia House
$15
Chinese Roulette, Fassbinder's 1976 chamber drama.
Fri 6 Nov | 20:50
The Metrograph
Suzhou River, Lou Ye's brooding film noir mystery.
Fri 6 Nov | 21:10
The Metrograph
The Brood: Cronenberg's 1979 body horror classic.
Fri 6 Nov | 22:45
The Metrograph
Lost Highway: David Lynch's nightmare of a noir film.
Fri 6 Nov | 23:00
The Metrograph
Free
Demme's psychological thriller, late-night cinema.
Fri 6 Nov | 23:55
Nitehawk Cinema
$9–18
Dean’s List: nine films with actor Dean Stockwell.
Fri 6 Nov
BAM
De Gaulle - Part 1: drama on the birth of the Resistance.
Fri 6 Nov
Cinema Village
Jodorowsky's scandalous surreal cult film, restored.
Fri 6 Nov
IFC Center
Avedon: Ron Howard's documentary on the photographer.
Fri 6 Nov
IFC Center
Mouse, film with Q&A with its two directors.
Fri 6 Nov
IFC Center
The Reflecting Skin: Ridley film starring Viggo Mortensen.
Fri 6 Nov
IFC Center
The Cat in the Hat, family film with open captions.
Fri 6 Nov
Cinemart Theatres
After Yang and Verse: tech films with directors in person.
Sat 7 Nov | 15:00
Museum of the Moving Image
$17.50
After Winter Comes Spring: Misselwitz's GDR documentary.
Sat 7 Nov | 15:40
The Metrograph