Save the Date for NYICFF 2027

February 26–March 14

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Thank you for a great Festival in 2026

The 2026 award-winners are here! Explore the complete 2026 lineup below, and follow us on social media for filmmaker reactions and more!

Sprout
Addison Fujimoto
  • United States
We’re Kinda Different
Ben Meinhardt
  • Canada
Something Greater Than You
Gordon LePage
  • United States
Helping Hands
James Skinner
  • United Kingdom
The Almost Adults
Rafaella Buzzi
  • Brazil
Evening Escapades
Darcy Tara McDiarmid & Chantal Rousseau (Hän, Northern Tutchone)
  • Canada
The Great Feat
Luber Yesid Zúñiga Ordóñez
  • Colombia
Mary Anning
Marcel Barelli
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
Waves
Jason Raymond
  • United States
Spooky
Adeola Lawal
  • Ireland
Beast of the Seine
Jon Portman
  • United States
Ghost School
Seemab Gul
  • Germany
  • Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia
Dormilón
Olivia Maria Valdez
  • United States
Firewall
Bita Ghassemi
  • United States
ÜMIT
Amina Ömirjan
  • United States
Akababuru: Expression of Astonishment
Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí (Emberá Chamí)
  • Colombia
Turbulence
Christopher Rutledge & Magnus Igland Møller
  • Denmark
  • United States
Tentsítewahkwe (We Pick It Up Again)
Katsitsionni Fox (Akwesasne)
  • United States
9 Million Colors
Bára Anna Stejskalová
  • Czech Republic
  • Germany
  • Norway
The Scarecrows’ Wedding
Jeroen Jaspaert & Samantha Cutler
  • United Kingdom
Tule
Jocelyn Garcia (Pomo, Mexican American)
  • United States
Moominvalley
Steve Box, Nigel Davies, & Avgousta Zourelidi
  • United Kingdom
Bats & Bugs
Lena von Döhren
  • Switzerland
My Life in Versailles
Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat & Nathaniel H'limi
  • France
  • Luxembourg
Lola and the Sound Piano
Augusto Zanovello
  • France
  • Poland
  • Switzerland
Lena’s Farm: Full Nest
Elena Walf
  • Croatia
  • Germany
Kaiju Guy!
Junichiro Yagi
  • Japan
First Winter
Schantelle Alonzo
  • United States
MINE!
Louis Morton
  • United States
Autokar
Sylwia Szkiłądź
  • Belgium
  • France

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