Stars attend the premiere of ‘Maria’ at the 62nd New York Film Festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.

Standout selections include “Nickel Boys,” the Mumbai-set “All We Imagine as Light” and the documentary “Dahomey,” about African repatriation.

The New York Film Festival opened on September 27 with the premiere of 'Nickel Boys,' which wowed and divided audiences in equal measure.

NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, returns Oct. 10-22 with dozens of queer features, shorts, and documentaries available in theaters with select titles

After last year’s industrywide strikes rendered cinema-going a bit less exciting, film festivals have been returning in full force the past few months, renewing excitement around filmmaking at large.