BAM Film 2026

School-teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) must piece his memory back together and save Earth in this adaptation of Andy Weir’s (The Martian) award-winning novel.

In Kristoffer Borgli’s (Dream Scenario) latest, a happily engaged couple (Zendaya, Pattinson) is put to the test when one partner discovers some shocking truths about the other.

A master of embedding the formal and technical flourishes of the arthouse inside seemingly populist fare, Soderbergh’s latest follows a beloved dormant artist and the assistant hired by his estranged children in an inheritance plot.

When an eight-year-old girl and her Hungarian immigrant family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from her elder brother.

This wide-ranging film series—replete with rockets, musical numbers, hidden truths, and shadowy organizations—orbits the signature obsessions of literary recluse Thomas Pynchon.

Tony Leung Chi-wai and Léa Seydoux star in this film from visionary Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi, a composition of three vignettes revolving around a gingko tree over the course of a century.

After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

When a new client reveals a disturbing connection to a camboy’s past, the two gradually reveal their true desires in this seductive thriller described by IndieWire as “independent cinema at its most provocative.”

In another surreal and straight-up weird outing from Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You), I Love Boosters follows a crew of shoplifters (Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie) as they challenge a cutthroat fashion maven (Demi Moore).

Curated by the African Film Festival, Inc., this cinematic companion series to DanceAfrica highlights the culture and artistry of Uganda, presenting a showcase of contemporary and classic Pan-African cinema.

A simple premise snowballs into psychological terror as Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his therapist (Renate Reinsve) venture into an unknown dimension through a strange doorway in this feature debut based on a viral web series.

A piano tuner with a hypersensitive ear discovers an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes in the debut feature by documentary filmmaker Daniel Roher (Navalny), starring Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman.

From After Hours to Good Time, seemingly innocuous errands snowball into sagas in this series dedicated to epic level adventures that take place within the limits of a singular city.

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, young women who dressed as men to sneak into the stadium illegally are rounded up in a holding pen, where they attempt to follow the game.

A stunning portrayal of war in the trenches from the Oscar-winning team behind 20 Days in Mariupol offers an unfiltered view of modern warfare through combat bodycam footage and intimate moments of reflection.

Challenging assumptions about the performance of dramatic Black police, outright overseers, and queerbaiting spies, this series asks: are these films funny, or do they police the boundaries of our imaginations?

This program presents a new feature inspired by and in conversation with the award-winning films produced by Puerto Rico’s Division of Community Education in the 1950s, alongside newly restored shorts from the series.

From lo-res documentaries to shoestring budget works of fiction, this series provides a glimpse into the lives and stories of Latin America’s real punks throughout history.

The Film-Makers Cooperative, an essential New York organization for experimental film entering its 65th year in operation, curates a slate of early queer cinema born out of an era of oppression.