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It’s over now folks. Today, we can say hello to the 2026 New York Film Festival. Moreover, with one more exception, we’re almost done with this year’s film festival. This has really allowed me to get used to my own bed. (Yes, I sleep at home during NYFF.) Listen, I was so tired! Every year, the 64th NYFF presents quality and diverse shows without exception. Now that the book about the festival is out, it’s time to share all my final thoughts with you. As always, at the end of the festival we commemorate the festival by awarding ourselves prizes or prizes and conveying our overall feelings. Today will certainly be no exception!
Once again this year, we were lucky enough to see several NYFF titles that had garnered attention at previous festivals. So while the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival did the heavy lifting for me, the Big Apple still had a lot of big movies that I saw. It was highlighted as follows: 14 days, artificial, behemoth!, Godzilla minus zeroand paper tiger.
Below you can see the various NYFF highlights I found. I’ll include the best movies and performances, as well as an overall ranking of what I’ve seen. Well, why not take a look now? See the best of the festival…
best movie
I’ve already seen something like this: club kid, debut, fjord, New York’s only living pickpocketand tender loving care Set it aside from previous festivals. Still, I saw it before you can see everything And since it’s the best thing about this year’s NYFF, it deserves at least some special praise. Things that debuted or were seen at festivals paper tiger It’s a top artificial, Godzilla minus zeroand morning Next line.
best performance
I was fascinated by several performances during the festival, as were others this year (I documented them in Telluride and when I was wrapping up TIFF). Here are some of the best NYFF turns I’ve seen: adam driver to paper tiger and pedro pascal to behemoth!side by side Rosalind Elezar to misty greenfurthermore Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield to artificialside by side kate mara and Rooney Mara The next line is Bucking Fasted.
NYFF Awards
Best Film: You Can See Everything (Runner: The Debut and Paper Tiger)
Best Director: James Gray for Paper Tiger (2nd Place: Jesse Eisenberg for The Debut, Nathan Fielder and Noah Oppenheim for You Can See Everything)
Best Actor: John Turturro for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (runners-up: Jordan Firstman for Club Kid and Pedro Pascal for Behemoth!)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore for The Debut (2nd Place: Rosalind Eleazar for Misty Green, Kate Mara/Rooney Mara for Bucking Fastard)
Best Supporting Actor: Adam Driver for Paper Tiger (2nd Place: Andrew Garfield for Artificial, Paul Giamatti for The Debut)
Best Supporting Actress: Kate O’Flynn for Tender Loving Care (2nd Place: Alice Bailey Johnson for Tender Loving Care, Scarlett Johansson for Paper Tiger)
Best Screenplay: Paper Tiger (Runner: Club Kid and The Debut)
Overall NYFF Rankings
15. Bucking Pustard
14. Once Upon a Time in Harlem
13. Misty Green
12. Behemoth!
11. 14th
10. Artificial
9. Fjord
8. Godzilla Minus Zero
7. I exist
6. New York’s only living pickpocket
5. Tender loving care
4. Club Kid
3. Debut
2. Paper tiger
1. You can see everything
Stay tuned to see what the NYFF title holds for the rest of the year!