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Festival Dates: February 28 - March 15, 2026
Tickets on sale January 31 for members, February 4 for public
Ticket Pricing
General Admission: $17
Special Events: $20
Member discount (16mm): 5% off
Member discount (35mm+) 10% off
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Opening Spotlight: Hoppers
Special Program105 min.
Recommended ages: Rated PG
In English
Catch Disney and Pixar’s new comedy adventure before it hits theaters on March 6!
Bird Boy
Feature
South Africa, United States
| US Festival Premiere
Joel Soisson, 2025, 74 min.
Recommended ages: 6+
In English
When August discovers a giant egg, it hatches more than just a baby ostrich.
Ghost School
Feature
Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
| US Premiere
Seemab Gul, 2025, 88 min.
Recommended ages: 9+
in Urdu, with English subtitles
Rabia shows up to school only to discover it’s closed. Undaunted, she’ll seek answers.
Kaiju Guy!
Feature
Japan
Junichiro Yagi, 2025, 80 min.
Recommended ages: 9+
In Japanese, with English subtitles
A hilarious, mile-a-minute ode to monster movies and staying true to yourself.
Lampie
Feature
Netherlands
| East Coast Premiere
Margien Rogaar, 2025, 94 min.
Recommended ages: 7+
In Dutch, with English subtitles
Lampie has it all: lighthouses, seascapes, and a menagerie of circus workers, of course!
Mary Anning
Feature
Belgium, Switzerland
| US Premiere
Marcel Barelli, 2025, 72 min.
Recommended ages: 8+
In French, with English subtitles
An intrepid fossil-hunter works to solve a big mystery.
Moominvalley
Feature
United Kingdom
Steve Box, Nigel Davies, & Avgousta Zourelidi, 2018, 66 min.
Recommended ages: 6+
In English
Our favorite silly, Scandinavian creatures are back!
My Grandfather is a Nihonjin
Feature
Brazil
| North American Premiere
Celia Catunda, 2025, 84 min.
Recommended ages: 8+
In English
When Noboru learns of an uncle he’s never met, he vows to reunite his family.
Audience Spotlight: My Life in Versailles
Feature
France, Luxembourg
| US Premiere
Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat & Nathaniel H'limi, 2025, 78 min.
Recommended ages: 7+
In French, with English subtitles
Rich with color and heart and based on the NYICFF 2020 Grand Prize-winning short!
Papaya
Feature
Brazil
| North American Premiere
Priscilla Kellen, 2026, 74 min.
Recommended ages: 3+
No dialogue
Bold colors, polka dots, and palm trees all wrapped into the tale of a wayward papaya seed.
Centerpiece: Remaining Native
Feature
United States
Paige Bethmann, 2025, 87 min.
Recommended ages: 10+
In English
For college-hopeful track superstar Ku Stevens, running is in his blood.
Space Cadet
Feature
Canada
| East Coast Premiere
Kid Koala, 2025, 86 min.
Recommended ages: 7+
No dialogue
Astronaut and robot caretaker, separated by millions of miles, keep close through cherished memories.
Whoever Steals This Book
Feature
Japan
| North American Premiere
Daiki Fukuoka, 2024, 85 min.
Recommended ages: 10+
In Japanese, with English subtitles
From our friends at anime powerhouse Crunchyroll! Teen Mifuyu, not a big reader, must defend her family’s fancy library from a powerful curse.
Shorts for Tots
Shorts60 min.
Recommended ages: 3 to 6
Created for our youngest and first-ever moviegoers, beloved by grown-ups as well.
Short Films One
Shorts min.
Recommended ages: 5 to 10
Shorts for the (slightly) more seasoned moviegoer.
Short Films Three
Shorts105 min.
Recommended ages: 12+
Shorts for our older crowd: teens and grown-ups only.
Heebie Jeebies Shorts
Shorts90 min.
Recommended ages: 9+
Wild, spooky, freaky, and bizarre…prepare to have your mind blown.
Girls’ POV Shorts
Shorts80 min.
Recommended ages: 9+
Not just for girls! These shorts feature stories of girls breaking the mold.
Celebrating Black Stories
Shorts70 min.
Recommended ages: 8+
The joy, resilience, and complexity of being young and Black.
¡Hola Cine!
Shorts75 min.
Recommended ages: 8+
Celebrating the many Latinx cultures, histories, identities, and languages.
Centerpiece: Native Stories
Shorts80 min.
Recommended ages: 8+
Funny, moving, and forward-looking Native and Indigenous stories!
Student Showcase
Shorts90 min.
Recommended ages: 12+
Join us for a showcase highlighting a new generation of talented student filmmakers and animators from universities in NYC and around the world.
Best of the Fest
Recommended ages: 8+
Even we don’t know what’s going to be in this program—but we do know it’s going to be great!
