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New York City Film Festivals

26 festivals across the five boroughs, ordered so the next one up leads the list. Most shift their exact dates year to year — the month is the part that holds, so check each festival's own site before you plan around it.

NovemberDOC NYCManhattanNovemberBig Apple Film FestivalManhattanJanuaryNew York Jewish Film FestivalManhattanFebruaryWinter Film Awards International Film FestivalManhattanFebruary - MarchNew York International Children's Film FestivalCitywideMarchAthena Film FestivalManhattanMarchFirst LookQueensMarchQueens World Film FestivalQueensAprilNew Directors/New FilmsManhattanMayArt of Brooklyn Film FestivalBrooklynMayNYC Independent Film FestivalManhattanMay - JuneHuman Rights Watch Film FestivalManhattanMay through SeptemberRooftop Films Summer SeriesCitywideJuneTribeca FestivalManhattanJuneBAMcinemaFestBrooklynJuly - AugustAsian American International Film FestivalManhattanAugustKew Gardens Festival of CinemaQueensSeptember - OctoberNew York Film FestivalManhattanSeptemberUrbanworld Film FestivalManhattanSeptemberConey Island Film FestivalBrooklynSeptember - OctoberNew York Latino Film FestivalCitywideOctoberBrooklyn Horror Film FestivalBrooklynOctoberNewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film FestivalCitywideOctoberBushwick Film FestivalBrooklynOctoberChelsea Film FestivalManhattanOctoberMargaret Mead Film FestivalManhattanNovemberDOC NYCManhattanNovemberBig Apple Film FestivalManhattanJanuaryNew York Jewish Film FestivalManhattanFebruaryWinter Film Awards International Film FestivalManhattanFebruary - MarchNew York International Children's Film FestivalCitywideMarchAthena Film FestivalManhattanMarchFirst LookQueensMarchQueens World Film FestivalQueensAprilNew Directors/New FilmsManhattanMayArt of Brooklyn Film FestivalBrooklynMayNYC Independent Film FestivalManhattanMay - JuneHuman Rights Watch Film FestivalManhattanMay through SeptemberRooftop Films Summer SeriesCitywideJuneTribeca FestivalManhattanJuneBAMcinemaFestBrooklynJuly - AugustAsian American International Film FestivalManhattanAugustKew Gardens Festival of CinemaQueensSeptember - OctoberNew York Film FestivalManhattanSeptemberUrbanworld Film FestivalManhattanSeptemberConey Island Film FestivalBrooklynSeptember - OctoberNew York Latino Film FestivalCitywideOctoberBrooklyn Horror Film FestivalBrooklynOctoberNewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film FestivalCitywideOctoberBushwick Film FestivalBrooklynOctoberChelsea Film FestivalManhattanOctoberMargaret Mead Film FestivalManhattan
November

DOC NYC

IFC Center, SVA Theatre & Village EastManhattan
November

Big Apple Film Festival

ManhattanManhattan
January

New York Jewish Film Festival

Film at Lincoln Center, Upper West SideManhattan
February

Winter Film Awards International Film Festival

Midtown ManhattanManhattan
February - March

New York International Children's Film Festival

Venues across Manhattan & BrooklynCitywide
March

Athena Film Festival

Barnard College, Morningside HeightsManhattan
March

First Look

Museum of the Moving Image, AstoriaQueens
March

Queens World Film Festival

Zukor Theater & venues across QueensQueens
April

New Directors/New Films

Film at Lincoln Center & MoMAManhattan
May

Art of Brooklyn Film Festival

Downtown BrooklynBrooklyn
May

NYC Independent Film Festival

ManhattanManhattan
May - June

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Film at Lincoln Center & IFC CenterManhattan
May through September

Rooftop Films Summer Series

Rooftops, parks & lots in all five boroughsCitywide
June

Tribeca Festival

Lower Manhattan & venues citywideManhattan
June

BAMcinemaFest

BAM Rose Cinemas, Fort GreeneBrooklyn
July - August

Asian American International Film Festival

Venues across ManhattanManhattan
August

Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema

Kew Gardens Cinemas, QueensQueens
September - October

New York Film Festival

Film at Lincoln Center, Upper West SideManhattan
September

Urbanworld Film Festival

ManhattanManhattan
September

Coney Island Film Festival

Coney Island USA, BrooklynBrooklyn
September - October

New York Latino Film Festival

Manhattan & The BronxCitywide
October

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

Nitehawk, Syndicated & venues across BrooklynBrooklyn
October

NewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Venues across Manhattan & BrooklynCitywide
October

Bushwick Film Festival

Bushwick, BrooklynBrooklyn
October

Chelsea Film Festival

Chelsea, ManhattanManhattan
October

Margaret Mead Film Festival

American Museum of Natural HistoryManhattan

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