New Directors/New Films 2026
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“A Growing Sense of Freedom”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Amidst a surge of interest in contemporary Japanese cinema in the West, Sho Miyake is not yet a household name—but his reputation is only growing. Since graduating from the Film School of Tokyo, Miyake has been building a body of quietly considered dramas. In 2012, Miyake released his first two low-budget features, Playback, an Alain Resnais-ian dive into memories of youth, and Good for Nothing, about a group of high-school boys working at a security company in Miyake’s native Hokkaido. His character-driven works often explore group dynamics, like his exceptional summer romance And Your Bird Can Sing. Miyake’s most recent […]
by Alex Lei on May 11, 2026 -
“This Rupture of Utopian Horizons”: Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe on Aro berria
Aro berria, the first feature from Spanish Basque filmmaker Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe, is focused on the revolutionary potential of two spaces: a factory floor and a tent. In the former space, Gorostidi restages the working-class unrest of the late 1970s during Spain’s transition to democracy, opening the film with workers in a San Sebastian water meter plant forming a human snake, their comrades silently putting their tools down and joining in a collective mass. When the more radical workers—many of them young people—fail to sway the plant towards continued action, a number of them leave San Sebastian for the Arco […]
by Alex Lei on Apr 22, 2026 -
Eight Feature Recommendations from ND/NF 2026, From an IFFR Winner to Charli XCX’s Indie Debut
New Directors/New Films, the annual showcase for emerging filmmakers co-presented by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, runs from April 8 to 19. Now in its 55th edition, ND/NF can boast of having screened the early films of generations of globally renowned directors, from Wim Wenders, Theo Angelopoulos, Steven Spielberg, James Benning, and Chantal Akerman in its first several years, to Yorgos Lanthimos, Laura Poitras, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and RaMell Ross more recently. Most of the festival’s selections arrive by way of fests such as Berlin, Busan, Cannes, Sundance, Locarno and Venice, and as […]
by Nelson Kim on Apr 8, 2026 -
Exclusive Clip: Rosanne Pel on Her New Directors/New Films Closing Night Title Donkey Days
The 55th edition of New Directors/New Films, the annual showcase of rising cinematic talent co-presented by Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA, will run April 8-19. Opening the festival is Adrian Chiarella’s queer horror film Leviticus, and other standouts include John Early’s brilliant bulimia comedy Maddie’s Secret, Kevin Walker and Jack Auen’s hypnotic hybrid Chronovisor, and Giulio Bertelli’s Agon, winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Venice Critics’ Week. Ahead of this year’s festival, Filmmaker is happy to debut a short clip courtesy of filmmaker Rosanne Pel, whose feature Donkey Days has been selected as this year’s closing night film. “I […]
by Natalia Keogan on Mar 31, 2026
