Announcing the 55 New Films of the 2026 ART OF BROOKLYN Film Festival

Films, Schedule & Tickets

The ART OF BROOKLYN Film Festival is back for its 16th season, screening 55 new independent films from local, national, and international filmmakers over 10 days. Feature films and shorts in every genre will screen in venues across Brooklyn, and stream online for audiences anywhere in the US.

The 2026 AoBFF runs June 1-10, 2026.

🎬​ Full 2026 Schedule, Interactive Film Guide, and Tickets HERE!

FEATURE FILMS:

Berman’s March - Directed by Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky

Dead Or Dying - Directed by John Purcell and Malin von Euler-Hogan

The Flesh People - Directed by Keshav Srinivasan

Growing Up Slowly - (Documentary) Directed by Bennett Krishock

Regulars - Directed by Tessa Greenberg

Traverse 2: Next Level - Directed by Satoshi Hakuzen (Japan)

SHORT FILMS:

15 Parsec - (Documentary) Directed by Nate Colman

Arthur Jafa: Sequencing The Notes - (Documentary) Directed by Jurrell Lewis

Ai (Love) - Directed by Stephanie Cen

Anatomy Of A Chimera - Directed by Shahinda Elsayed

Bad Dad - Directed by Chisa Hutchinson

Beetroot - Directed by Lisa Dodell

Better The Devil You Know - Directed by Daniel Joseph Silverman

Bird Flu - Directed by Ethan Monte

The Birthday Present - Directed by Emily Draper

Breakup Shoot - Directed by Richard Ho

Buddies - Directed by Rahul Hansraj

Cahill’s Lanes - Directed by Marco Jo Clate

Ceci - Directed by Mario José Ibarra and Julia Garcia Combs

Claire’s Foot - Directed by Jeff Yoon

The Closet - Directed by Yiyu Ying

Crumbs - Directed by Kole Mahoney

Dead Birds - Directed by Joe Thayer

The Dive - Directed by Morgan Claire Green

Dry January - Directed by C.J. Arellano

The Entertainer - Directed by Aleksei Furmanov

Entre Luz - (Documentary) - Directed by Adelaida Tamayo and Gabriel Barrios

Ether - Directed by Christopher Levoy Bower

Grace And The Red Glow - Directed by Lizzy Plimpton

Homebodies - Directed by Rachel Olson

In The Dark - Directed by Molly Ehrenberg-Peters

Kites Are Fun - (Documentary) Directed by Jiafan Lin

The Last Q-Tip - Directed by Luke Hicks and Henry Walter Greenberg

Le Gauche - Directed by Sarah Joy Schultz

Mum’s The Word - Directed by Megan Magee

Mutuals - Directed by Victoria Cornejo

Olho Ruim - Directed by Nícolas Lobato

Resume Of Regrets - (Documentary) Directed by Lori Hammel and Tom A. Capps

The Safety Games - Directed by Jeremiah Kipp

Selfless - Directed by Jason Hyun Kim

SLUSH - Directed by Ben Borrok

Something Pointless - Directed by Asa Bailey

Stew To Eat - Directed by Nathaniel Jameson and Alex Saltiel

Sunday - Directed by anell Tryon and Hannah Caggiano

Talido - Directed by Nolan Slay

The Trees Still In Brooklyn - Directed by Amina Cami

The Visitor - Directed by Elliot Kealoha Blanchard

EXPERIMENTAL FILMS

EQUAL - Directed by Tom Bessoir

Frank Stares At Celestials - Directed by Josh Weissbach

hi, Papa - Directed by Lauren Neal

Maya - Directed by Michael Sean McKowen

Photo Play XX - Directed by Zolomon Zelko

Prayer Of The Sea - Directed by Martin Gerigk