Filmmaking Events in New York

Check out happening filmmaking events all around New York, NY

OPENING NIGHT FILM + PARTY: NY PREMIERE - RUN AMOK

 Thu, 30 Apr at 08:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 39

LESFF 2026 ALL-ACCESS PASS

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 115

CLOSING NIGHT FILM - NY PREMIERE OF PUBLIC ACCESS

 Mon, 04 May at 07:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 39

25TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION - GHOST WORLD

 Sun, 03 May at 08:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

33rd NY African Film Festival Opening Night Celebration

 Wed, 06 May at 06:30 pm Film at Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater USD 215

Black on Screen: Inner Lives, Outer Frames

 Tue, 05 May at 06:30 pm Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Free

From Networking to Recognition: Industry Event and Closing Ceremony

 Sat, 25 Apr at 04:30 pm Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Free

22nd Annual BHFF NYC 2026 Festival Pass

 Wed, 22 Apr at 05:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 0 to 120

PitchBLACK Awards Ceremony

Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm The Apollo's Victoria Theater 1

Dreaming Beyond Rikers

 Sat, 06 Jun at 03:00 pm The People's Forum Free

German Movie Nights: Eternal You

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

Movie, Art and Design meet

 Sat, 25 Apr at 04:30 pm 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar USD 7

BHFF NYC 2026 Closing Party

 Sat, 25 Apr at 10:30 pm Loft in Flatiron USD 13

Art Film Festival : THE IRON ROAD and TONGUE BEHIND TEETH by Ira Eduardovna

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:00 pm Anthology Film Archives Free

STAY INDIE SPOTLIGHT - THE ARK

 Sat, 02 May at 05:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

BIG APPLE, SHORT FILMS - NEW YORK FILMMAKER SHORTS

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

IDENTITY CRISIS SHORTS

 Fri, 01 May at 08:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

FEATURE FILM: NY PREMIERE - DANNY IS MY BOYFRIEND

 Fri, 01 May at 08:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

MIND F*CK SHORTS

 Sat, 02 May at 09:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

FEATURE FILM: WORLD PREMIERE - HOMUNCULUS

 Sat, 02 May at 07:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

FEATURE FILM: NY PREMIERE - THE PLAN

 Sat, 02 May at 07:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

IT’S COMPLICATED SHORTS

 Sun, 03 May at 06:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

DOC SHORTS

 Sun, 03 May at 07:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

Francophone Short Films in Harlem Program 4

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

LIVIN' THE DREAM SHORTS

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

FEATURE FILM: OCCUPY CANNES

 Fri, 01 May at 06:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

THE 10TH ANNUAL LATINO FILM MARKET FESTIVAL (2026) - DAY 4

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm Silberman School of Social Work Free

SPECIAL SCREENING: FRANCOPHONE SHORT FILMS

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:30 pm Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York Free

BHFF NYC Presentation 8: Grandpa Guru

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm SVA Theatre USD 0 to 23

FEATURE FILM: NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE - CAN’T GO OVER IT

 Sat, 02 May at 04:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

FEATURE FILM: NY PREMIERE - THE HAND THAT FEEDS

 Sat, 02 May at 03:30 pm Village East Cinema USD 0 to 21

Redemption Time: Screening in Community w/ Rehabilitation Through the Arts

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm 112 2nd Ave Free

Deep Frame: Director's Cut | The New York Screening

 Wed, 20 May at 06:00 pm Regal Times Square USD 23 to 34

Lucky FM 2

 Wed, 27 May at 07:30 pm East Village, New York City

FILM SCREENING: Seeds For Liberation

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 13 to 45

NYIFF 2026-Shorts A

 Sat, 30 May at 12:00 pm Theatre 2, Village East by Angelika USD 20

Tracy’s Porch Film Premiere

 Sat, 30 May at 02:30 pm Anthology Film Archives USD 13

NYIFF 2026-The Great Shamsuddin Family

 Sat, 30 May at 06:15 pm Theatre 3, Village East by Angelika USD 20

FREE Screening of "A CHIP ODYSSEY" and Dialogue with Filmmakers

 Mon, 18 May at 05:00 pm AMC Lincoln Square 13 Free

NYIFF 2026 - I, Poppy + Ruptured Lines (short)

 Sat, 30 May at 06:30 pm Theatre 5, Village East by Angelika USD 20

NYIFF 2026 - Vimukt (In Search of the Sky) and Aasmani

 Sat, 30 May at 03:30 pm Theatre 4, Village East by Angelika USD 20

NYIFF 2026-Breaking the Code

 Sun, 31 May at 02:15 pm Theatre 3, Village East by Angelika USD 20

Secondary Dominance FILM - Special NYC Screenings - 2025

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm HERE Arts Center

Bob Roberts Revisited: The 1992 Film That Showed Where We Were Headed

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center Free

Francophone Short Films in Harlem

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:00 pm Maison Française Free

Filmmakers Connect New York - Networking Party

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm The Rose USD 12 to 23

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY

 Mon, 04 May at 09:30 pm KGB Bar USD 0 to 21

Creative Climate Awards 2026 Film Screening

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) Free

Invisible Beauty - FREE Community Screening

 Wed, 29 Apr at 01:00 pm The Forum at Columbia University Free

NYIFF 2026 - Special Pre-festival Screening - Sholay

 Thu, 28 May at 06:00 pm Theatre 1, Village East by Angelika USD 55 to 162

NYIFF2026 - Opening Night Film - BAFTA winner Boong

 Fri, 29 May at 06:00 pm Theatre 1, Village East by Angelika USD 55 to 162

AFTER HOURS AT SOFACLUB - Line Describing a Cone (1973) Film Installation

 Fri, 01 May at 10:00 pm SOFACLUB CANNABIS Free

BHFF NYC Presentation 5: Home Game + Q&A w/ director Lidija Zelović

 Fri, 24 Apr at 08:15 pm SVA Theatre USD 0 to 23

NYC Premiere of Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie w/ Skweezy Live!

 Thu, 13 Aug at 07:15 pm AMC Kips Bay 15 USD 30

More Than Blue | NYC Screening + Panel Discussion

 Thu, 14 May at 07:00 pm Tribeca Screening Room USD 18

Wishing on a Star [screening]

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm Bohemian National Hall Free

German Movie Nights: Babystar

 Fri, 29 May at 07:00 pm Goethe-Institut New York Free

Great Films & Open Mic Mashup

 Sun, 26 Apr at 06:30 pm Westbeth Community Room 55 USD 20

Masters in Film Directing Apple Box Short Film Festival 2026

 Sat, 16 May at 04:00 pm SVA Theatre Free

The Invisible Corps: In Service of Health

 Thu, 07 May at 11:00 am CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy Free

NYIFF 2026- Ha Lyngkha Bneng - The Elysian Field

 Sat, 30 May at 12:30 pm Theatre 4, Village East by Angelika USD 20

NYIFF 2026-Baksho Bondi (Shadowbox) and Razaa (Short)

 Sat, 30 May at 09:15 pm Theatre 3, Village East by Angelika USD 20

Film Screening: Angels on Diamond Street

 Sat, 25 Apr at 04:30 pm Teachers College Columbia University USD 16 to 18

Foundations of Mexican Independent Cinema – Day 2

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm Instituto Cervantes - Nueva York Free

IIJS Film Series: "Sabbath Queen"

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:00 pm The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life Free

MoRUS LES History Month Film Series

 Thu, 23 Apr at 06:00 pm Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) Free

A Westside Experiment Young Actors Laboratory Summer 2026

 Mon, 10 Aug at 10:00 am 154 Christopher St USD 0 to 642

The Last Days of Downtown

 Fri, 17 Apr at 07:00 pm Center For Theatre Research USD 20 to 75

NYIFF2026 - Closing Night Film -Tighee

 Sun, 31 May at 05:00 pm Theatre 1, Village East by Angelika USD 55 to 322

The Grocery List Show - film and talk

 Wed, 29 Apr at 06:00 pm The City College of New York Free

FILM CLUB. Filmography of Yuri Norstein

 Sat, 25 Apr at 06:00 pm White Rabbit's Books USD 13

Movie Night - The Richest Woman in the World

 Wed, 06 May at 06:30 pm Cultural Center, Lycée Français de New York Free

Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War

 Sat, 25 Apr at 02:30 pm Teachers College Columbia University USD 16 to 18

BHFF NYC Pres 4: The Partisan Necropolis +Q&A w filmmaker Chris Leslie

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:00 pm SVA Theatre USD 0 to 23

Machetero Screening, Poetry Reading & Panel Discussion with Not 4 Profit

 Sun, 26 Apr at 06:00 pm Piragua Art Space Free

THREE FILMS FROM QUEENS screening + Q&A with director Seth Fein

 Fri, 24 Apr at 06:30 pm The People's Forum USD 10

v:LSFF (variety: LIVE Short Film Festival) at N&M’s Pizza Bar 4/29/26…

 Wed, 29 Apr at 08:00 pm N&M's Pizza Bar USD 0 to 18

Dandelions

 Sat, 25 Apr at 03:00 pm Italian American Museum USD 15

Free Film Screening of "Tantura" - Presented by the Young Communist League

 Sat, 25 Apr at 05:45 pm 235 W 23rd St 7th floor Free

Film Screening: A Poet of the River

 Fri, 24 Apr at 08:00 pm Teachers College Columbia University USD 16 to 18

Fear of Cold

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:00 pm Nu Box Theater / New Box Theater USD 10 to 13

LMF Cinémathèque Screening/Q & A: Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm La Maison Française NYU Free

The Sublimely Subversive Films of Billy Wilder IN-PERSON AT DOROT

 Tue, 26 May at 03:00 pm Dorot Free

Film Screening: The Greening of the Bronx

 Sun, 26 Apr at 01:00 pm Middle Collegiate Church Free

NYIFF 2026-Adamya and Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn

 Sat, 30 May at 03:15 pm Theatre 3, Village East by Angelika USD 20

NYIFF 2026-How To Not Have Sex and Distance

 Sat, 30 May at 09:30 pm Theatre 4, Village East by Angelika USD 20

NYIFF 2026-Romantic Affairs

 Sun, 31 May at 02:30 pm Theatre 5, Village East by Angelika USD 20

Elijah (Screening & Discussion)

 Fri, 05 Jun at 06:00 pm Asian American / Asian Research Institute - CUNY Free

revolog: Create Your Own Specialty Film

 Fri, 29 May at 12:00 pm Vista + CRC Imaging Group USD 13

Final Film Screenings

 Tue, 28 Apr at 02:00 pm 26 Broadway 12th floor Free

East Village Film Festival

 Sun, 28 Jan at 10:00 pm Under St Marks Theater USD 13

Red Bull Movie Nights x Generator

 Thu, 09 Apr at 04:00 pm Paramount Times Square - A Generator Hotel Free