Film-Forward

War

Amrum

Actor Jasper Billerbeck plays one of the most memorably multidimensional young wartime protagonists since The Tin Drum and Empire of the Sun.

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has made a work that is midway between documentary and fiction about the death of a five-year-old Palestinian girl.

Jimmy in Saigon

A director’s search to discover the truth about the brother he barely knew.

Warfare

A film that forces its audience to confront the sounds of conflict—both the loudness and the mundane silence—and does so with brutal efficiency.

100,000,000,000,000, When the Phone Rang, Windless | First Look 2025

The festival takes viewers to glitzy, gaudy Monaco; the former Yugoslavia; and a rapidly changing Bulgarian village.

Porcelain War

A compelling portrait of resilience.

Blitz | NYFF 2024

Steve McQueen’s new film is his most conventional and accessible work.

Lee

Kate Winslet mixes idealism, will, and crankiness in a high-level star turn that helps this biopic navigate some uneven ground.

Rebel

A musical tragedy set against the backdrop of war that is equal parts gritty, sad, and surreal.