First Run Film Festival

FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL 2026

April 8 - April 15, 2026

NYU's First Run Film Festival is an annual event hosted by the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, dedicated to showcasing the advanced work of NYU graduate and undergraduate film students.

Submissions Open Now.

Submission Deadline: December 8th, 2025 at 11:59 PM.

First Run Filmmakers gather around in the Lower Level of 721 broadway

So You Like the Neighborhood

Blood & Water

Rosa

		
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Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television

Institute of Performing Arts

Institute of Emerging Media

Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts

First Run Film Festival