NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces dates for its film festival lineup for 2027. To Save and Project returns for its 23rd year to present newly preserved and restored films from around the world, from January 7 to 31, 2027; Doc Fortnight will celebrate its 26th year highlighting a new crop of innovative nonfiction films, from February 25 to March 11, 2027; and the 56th edition of New Directors/New Films, co-presented by MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center, brings new work by emerging directors to the silver screen from April 7 to 18, 2027. Returning for its fifth year, Silent Movie Week, which brings seven silent-film restorations to MoMA over the course of one week, will run from July 28 to August 3, 2027. The popular annual film series The Contenders, featuring the Department’s picks for the year’s standout films, will return on October 28 and run through December 16, 2027. All lineups to be announced.

To Save and Project: The 23rd MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation

January 7–31, 2027

As the first cultural institution to collect film as an art form, The Museum of Modern Art has long been at the forefront of the preservation and restoration of moving-image material. Founded in 2003, MoMA’s annual To Save and Project festival has become the Museum’s showcase for presenting new restorations from its archive as well as work from colleagues around the world—archives, foundations, studios, and others—engaged in maintaining and presenting this precious audiovisual heritage.

Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA.

Doc Fortnight 2027: MoMA’s Festival of International Nonfiction Film and Media

February 25–March 11, 2027

Established in 2001, MoMA’s annual festival of nonfiction film celebrates important new discoveries in documentary cinema, bringing adventurous voices and thought-provoking perspectives from around the world to New York audiences. Highlighting emerging and established directors working across the nonfiction field and addressing urgent issues of our time, Doc Fortnight showcases the enduring vitality of the documentary art form.

Now in its third decade, the festival has premiered films by Chantal Akerman, Kevin Jerome Everson, William Greaves, Barbara Hammer, Barbara Kopple, Sergei Loznitsa, Stanley Nelson, Anand Patwardhan, Laura Poitras, Lynne Sachs, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Nanfu Wang, and many other artists and filmmakers.

Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA.





New Directors/New Films 2027

April 7–18, 2027

Founded in 1972, the New Directors/New Films festival, jointly presented by MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center, showcases a wide-ranging group of films by emerging directors working at the vanguard of cinema. Throughout its history, the festival has presented works by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-wai, Agnieszka Holland, Denis Villeneuve, Christopher Nolan, and over a thousand others.

Organized by La Frances Hui (Co-Chair, MoMA), Dan Sullivan (Co-Chair, Film at Lincoln Center), Sophie Cavoulacos (MoMA), Rajendra Roy (MoMA), Francisco Valente (MoMA), Madeline Whittle (Film at Lincoln Center), Tyler Wilson (Film at Lincoln Center), and Katie Zwick (Film at Lincoln Center).

Silent Movie Week 2027

July 28–August 3, 2027

As a commercial medium, silent film lasted for only about 30 years, but those 30 years represented a creative explosion with few parallels in the art world. It’s estimated that only 20 percent of the films made between 1895 and 1930 survive, and yet the work of preserving and restoring the remaining films continues. MoMA is one of several archives around the world with significant silent film holdings, and this program is an attempt to catch up with some of the recent restoration work done by MoMA and colleagues around the world.

Organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, Department of Film, MoMA.

The Contenders 2027

October 28–December 16, 2027

For this annual series, the Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the past 12 months that MoMA’s curators believe will stand the test of time. Every year there are films that resonate far beyond a theatrical release—if they manage to find their way to a commercial screen at all—or film festival appearance.

Their significance can be attributed to a variety of factors, from structure to subject matter to language, but these films are united in their lasting impact on the cinematic art form. Whether bound for awards glory or destined to become a cult classic, each of these films is a contender for lasting historical significance. Many screenings will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.

Organized by MoMA’s Department of Film.