{"id":221162,"date":"2026-05-05T21:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221162\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:30:13","slug":"brooklyn-film-festival-unveils-2026-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/221162\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Brooklyn Film Festival<\/a> has set the lineup for its 29th edition, themed \u201cThe Invitation,\u201d with 134 films, including 36 world premieres, set to screen from May 29 through June 7 across venues in Fort Greene, Greenpoint and Williamsburg.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s program spans 30 countries and includes 11 narrative features and seven documentary features, alongside a broad shorts slate. The festival will present 50 narrative shorts, 17 documentary shorts, 24 animated films and 21 experimental works, in addition to dozens of premieres across categories, including U.S. debuts, East Coast premieres and first-time New York screenings.<\/p>\n

\n\tOpening night will feature the New York premiere of \u201cA Mosquito in the Ear,\u201d directed by Nicola Rinciari and starring Jake Lacy, Nazanin Boniadi and Ruhi Pal. The film follows a couple traveling to Goa, India to bring home their adopted daughter, only to encounter unexpected resistance that complicates their plans.<\/p>\n

\n\tScreenings will take place at BRIC Arts Media House, 100 Sutton Studios and the Wythe Hotel, with an online component available throughout the festival. The BFF Exchange returns June 3 and 4 at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, featuring panels, tabling and a short film pitch contest for documentary and narrative filmmakers.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdditional events include a collaboration with E-Flux on artists\u2019 cinema, a documentary shorts program presented by Vice Sports and a curated selection of queer films at Brooklyn Museum\u2019s First Saturdays programming.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe lineup includes the following narrative and documentary features:<\/p>\n

\n\tNarrative Features<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA Mosquito in the Ear\u201d
\u201cCrystal Cross\u201d
\u201cGlorious Summer\u201d
\u201cIf I Go Will They Miss Me\u201d
\u201cLunar Sway,\u201d
\u201cMechanics of Borders\u201d
\u201cNuclear Boy\u201d
\u201cSnake Oil Song\u201d
\u201cTony Odyssey\u201d
\u201cValentina\u201d
\u201c1001 Frames\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDocumentary Features<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlood & Guts\u201d
\u201cCeltic Utopia\u201d
\u201cClovers\u201d
\u201cFreeing Juanita\u201d
\u201cM\u00e0quina\u201d
\u201cRocket Girl\u201d
\u201cYour Attention Please\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Film Festival has set the lineup for its 29th edition, themed \u201cThe Invitation,\u201d with 134 films,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63,87160],"class_list":["post-221162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-brooklyn-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}