FLEFF 2026 Films and Events, by Date

pre-Festival special event: Conversations Across Screen Cultures: The Role of Community Movie Theaters – 7:00pm, FREE Zoom event more details

Clash of the Wolves (Noel M. Smith, USA, 1925, 68 mins) – 6:00pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT

Silent Friend (Ildikó Enyedi, Germany/France/Hungary, 2025, 147 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Modern Fables for Complicated Times (John Scott, USA, 2026, 31 mins) – 4:30pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person) - part of the 'Ithacan Voices' festival strand

The Unfixing (Nicole Betancourt, USA, 2024, 86 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person)

The Love That Remains [Ástin sem eftir er] (Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland/Denmark/Sweden/France, 2025, 109 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Undamming Klamath (special preview) (Shane Anderson, USA, forthcoming) – 3:30pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Rising Tides (Charlie Spickler, USA, 2024, 97 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person) 

The Falling Sky (Eryk Rocha/Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Brazil/Italy, 2024, 110 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

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Sugar Island (Johanné Gómez Terrero, Spain/Dominican Republic, 2024, 91 mins) – 7:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Drowned Land (Colleen Thurston, USA, 2025, 86 mins) – 7:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Steal This Story, Please! (Carl Deal/Tea Lessin, USA, 2025, 101 mins) – 7:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Nuisance Bear (Gabriela Osio Vanden/Jack Weisman, USA/Canada, 2026, 90 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Mr Nobody Against Putin (David Borenstein/Pavel Talankin, Denmark/Czechia/Germany, 2025, 90 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

PhotoSynthesis Productions: A Celebration of Five Decades of Storytelling – 3:30pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details PANEL DISCUSSION - part of the 'Ithacan Voices' festival strand

Earth's Greatest Enemy (Abby Martin/Mike Prysner, USA, 2025, 120 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

Mare's Nest (Ben Rivers, France/UK/Canada, 2025, 98 mins) – 8:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Unearth (Hunter Nolan/Auberin Strickland/Dunedin Strickland, USA, 2024, 93 mins) – 3:30pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

A Life Illuminated (Tasha Van Zandt, USA, 2025, 89 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom) 

Seeds (Brittany Shyne, USA, 2025, 125 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

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Our Land [Nuestra Tierra] (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/USA/Mexico/France/Denmark/Netherlands, 2025, 119 mins) – 7:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details

Northern Lights (new restoration) (John Hanson/Rob Nilsson, USA, 1978, 95 mins) – 7:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us via Zoom)

Rhythm of Dammam (Jayan K. Cherian, USA/India, 2024, 92 mins) – 7:00pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH PRE-SCREENING LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE

New Media Exhibition – FLEFF 2026 Artist Roundtable – 12:00pm, FREE Zoom event more details

The Keeper (Jon Bowermaster, USA, 2025, 80 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person)

To Use a Mountain (Casey Carter, USA, 2025, 99 mins) – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person)

An Inconvenient Truth (20th anniversary screening) (Davis Guggenheim, USA, 2006, 118 mins) – 3:30pm, FREE event at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION

Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big A.I., Big Brother (Fred Peabody, Canada, 2025, 88 mins) – 6:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY more details WITH FILMMAKER Q&A (joining us in person) 

TBA – 8:00pm, ticketed screening at Cinemapolis, Ithaca, NY