BAM Film 2026

Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley star in Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of a novel about William Shakespeare, his free-spirited wife Agnes, and the tragedy that led to the creation of one of his greatest plays.

The most awarded film at Cannes this year follows a former teacher and political dissident on the run during the waning years of Brazil’s military dictatorship.

A timid young man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker, takes him on as his submissive in this subversive, sexy, and surprisingly tender romance.

Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) offers a fresh interpretation of Brontë’s tale of love and obsession, starring Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie, and Hong Chau.

A middle-aged man travels with his son through the mountains of Morocco, searching for his missing daughter and a mythic desert rave threatened by war in this Cannes Jury Prize winner.

These short live-action Oscar contenders explore the messy, beautiful, and often forbidden ways we seek connection.

These meticulously animated works of art follow a wide range of fascinating characters, from an Olympic swimmer who survived the Holocaust to an intrepid kid bravely attempting to rescue her village.

Cuban films from the 60s and 70s screen alongside innovative contemporary works to capture the express richness and variety of the Afro-Cuban national and diasporic experiences.

Sam Firstenberg’s vital story of Black resistance in a small river town screens at BAM for one night only, newly restored in luminous 6K and re-released by Reelblack Renaissance.

Former BAM film programmer Ashley Clark pulls together works that explore the complementary, contrasting, and frequently interconnected experiences of Black people around the globe.

This “magical and intrepid” (The Guardian) doc follows prolific Afghan filmmaker Salim Shaheen and his oddball crew as they leave Kabul to shoot a film—by any means necessary.

Our biannual series showcases diverse original cinema by the brightest Caribbean filmmakers.

Triple Canopy and Yasmina Price pull together protocinematic experiments, reconfigured folklore, and audiovisual sleights of hand to explore the literal enchantment of cinema.

This hilariously absurd deadpan comedy, written and directed by cinema trailblazer Martín Rejtman and newly restored in 4K, is a landmark of New Argentine Cinema.