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An animation of two men standing behind a large portrait of a blonde women with a sultry expression, the men stare at the image, one with an expression of awe, the other with a slight smile and tired demeanor.

September 17, 2026

Ray Gunn

From Academy Award winner Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) comes this retro-futuristic noir about private eye Raymond Gunn (Sam Rockwell), and a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star named Venus Nova (Scarlett Johansson). Set in the gigantic city of Metropia, the story trac...

Two couples stand on a beach as a wave hits the shore, behind them an expanse of trees, both men and one of the women look off into the distance contemplative, the other woman smiles as she stares at the man furthest from her.

September 17, 2026

Possible Love

Master filmmaker Lee Chang-dong (Burning, Poetry) returns to the Festival with a bold, searing exploration of class divisions, labor, exploitation, and artistic ethics. After a local factory shuts down and a subsequent union strike is violently quashed, laid-off Mi-ok and his wife Ho-seok are try...

In the entrance of a warmly-lit 1980's home a suited man takes the hand of a woman with curly blonde hair, there is a second man standing in the doorway dressed casually in a collared shirt, behind the man and woman are two young boys standing on a staircase.

September 17, 2026

Paper Tiger

In James Gray’s deeply felt and intense drama, two brothers, Gary Pearl (Adam Driver), a tough ex-cop, and Irwin Pearl (Miles Teller), his younger engineer sibling, become entangled in a scheme that turns out to be too good to be true. As they try to navigate their way through the dangerous world...

Gray-haired man in a textured coat and buttoned up polo shirt walks through a city street, surrounded by glowing lights and pedestrians. His expression is serious and contemplative.

September 17, 2026

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Harry Lehman (John Turturro) is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York City. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily canceled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet as he cares for his disabled wife, Rosi...

Artists and luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance gather in a warmly-lit house with walls full of awards lively conversing. An older man in a red long-sleeved shirt gestures as he speaks, a drink in his other hand, other party goers stand or sit on a couch dressed for a dinner party in the '70s.

September 17, 2026

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he masterminded with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. This extraordinary group—many of whom had not seen each other in...

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