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“The city’s best independent film showcase”
—The New Yorker

“Among New York’s highest-quality, best-curated film festivals, period”
—Brooklyn Magazine

“BAMcinemaFest’s yearly program is a degree of prestige that can pluck the gifted from obscurity”
—Village Voice

“The annual BAMcinemaFest is a chance to catch the best and brightest of forthcoming indie cinema”
—Metro

 
PAST EVENTS
Gemini
Film
Opening Night: Gemini
 

Lola Kirke and Zoë Kravitz star in indie auteur Aaron Katz’s stylish LA-set murder mystery.

Wed, Jun 14, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Landline
Film
Spotlight: Landline
 

Jenny Slate stars in Gillian Robespierre’s (Obvious Child) irreverent 90s-set comedy.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
A Ghost Story
Film
Spotlight: A Ghost Story
 

Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star in David Lowery’s hypnotic drift through time and eternity.

Thu, Jun 22, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Golden Exits
Film
Closing Night: Golden Exits
 

Wunderkind director Alex Ross Perry returns with another biting comedy of unease.

Sat, Jun 24, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
The Force
Film
The Force
 

A startling, all-access look inside the scandal-plagued Oakland Police Department.

Thu, Jun 15, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Signature Move
Film
Signature Move
 

A tender look at falling in love from the perspective of a queer Muslim woman.

Thu, Jun 15, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
The Strange Ones
Film
The Strange Ones
 

A psychological mystery about two men who go on the run through a desolate rural landscape.

Fri, Jun 16, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Princess cyd
Film
Princess Cyd
 

A teenage girl tests the waters of the real world during a languorous Chicago summer.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Princess cyd
Film
Princess Cyd
 

A teenage girl tests the waters of the real world during a languorous Chicago summer.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Film
Columbus
 

A quietly dazzling saga of love and architecture from a director to watch.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Where Is Kyra
Film
Where is Kyra?
 

Michelle Pfeiffer stars in this shattering portrait of a woman driven to extremes.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Bitch
Film
Bitch
 

A suburban family goes to the dogs—literally—in this savage feminist satire.

Sat, Jun 17, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Dina
Film
Dina
 

This truly one-of-a-kind love story won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Sun, Jun 18, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Wind River
Film
Wind River
 

Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen star in this existential murder mystery.

Sun, Jun 18, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
I Am Another You
Film
I Am Another You
 

Documentarian Nanfu Wang’s poignant portrait of American individualism and a young man lost.

Sun, Jun 18, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Dear Renzo
Film
Shorts Program
 

Dear Renzo and All Good Things, and the world premieres of Men and Educators.

Sun, Jun 18, 2017
 
 
Whose Streets
Film
Whose Streets?
 

An electrifying, on-the-ground dispatch from the frontlines of the Ferguson protests.

Mon, Jun 19, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Common Carrier
Film
Common Carrier
 

Rising art star James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ documentary about being an artist in New York.

Tue, Jun 20, 2017
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
 
 
Walking Out
Film
Walking Out
 

A harrowing wilderness survival tale told with uncommon realism and emotional depth.

Tue, Jun 20, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
The big sick
Film
The Big Sick
 

Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani stars in this romantic comedy based on his own life.

Wed, Jun 21, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Most Beautiful Island
Film
Most Beautiful Island (screening with Innards)
 

An undocumented immigrant is drawn into NYC’s hellish underbelly in this gritty thriller.

Wed, Jun 21, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Majorie Prime
Film
Marjorie Prime
 

Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, and Lois Smith star in this provocative sci-fi drama.

Thu, Jun 22, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Ingrid Goes West
Film
Ingrid Goes West (screening with Harvest)
 

Aubrey Plaza wants to be your #BFF in this disturbingly funny Insta-satire.

Fri, Jun 23, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Lemon
Film
Lemon
 

Janicza Bravo’s unnerving, brilliantly absurdist portrait of a neurotic LA actor.

Fri, Jun 23, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
The Work
Film
The Work (screening with Have No Fear)
 

This SXSW prize-winning documentary captures a group therapy session at Folsom State Prison.

Sat, Jun 24, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
Escapes
Film
Escapes
 

Michael Almereyda and Wes Anderson's retro-fantastic tour of Hampton Fancher's career.

Sat, Jun 24, 2017
WORLD PREMIERE
 
 
The Incredible Jessica James
Film
The Incredible Jessica James
 

The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams shines in this Brooklyn-set romantic charmer.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017
NEW YORK PREMIERE
 
 
En El Septimo Dia
Film
En el Séptimo Día
 

Director Jim McKay’s affecting look at life in Brooklyn as an undocumented Mexican immigrant.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017
WORLD PREMIERE
 
 
Snowy bing bongs
Film
Snowy Bing Bongs (screening with Hardware + Lance Lizardi)
 

A blissfully bonkers spectacle from dance-comedy trio Cocoon Central Dance Team.

Sun, Jun 25, 2017
WORLD PREMIERE
 
 
Our Song
Film
Outdoor Screening: Our Song
 

Kerry Washington stars in Jim McKay’s nuanced depiction of female friendship.

Thu, Jun 22, 2017
 
 
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