NYFF54 Free Events
The 54th New York Film Festival will be chock full of free events, including HBO Directors Dialogues, NYFF Live talks, Convergence experiences and installations, and more.
Tickets to following free events will be distributed at the corresponding box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to the event. Please note that the line may form in advance of this time. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.
- NYFF Live talks, 7:00pm daily in the Amphitheater
- Meet the Makers: Soundhunters (Convergence), 10/1, 1:00pm (HGT)
- Meet the Makers: Lives in Transit (Convergence), 10/1, 5:30pm (HGT)
- Meet the Makers: Sherlock Holmes & The Internet of Things (Convergence), 10/2, 1:00pm (HGT)
- Meet the Makers: Priya’s Mirror (Convergence), 10/2, 2:30pm (HGT)
- HBO Directors Dialogues: Kenneth Lonergan, 10/2, 3:00pm (BWA)
- Meet the Makers: Late Shift (Convergence), 10/2, 4:30pm (HGT)
- Late Shift (Convergence), 10/2, 5:30pm (HGT)
- HBO Directors Dialogues: Maren Ade, 10/2, 7:00pm (AMP)
- Film Comment Live: Living Cinema, 10/2, 8:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Making Moonlight, 10/3, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Shorts Panel, 10/4, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Filmmaker in Residence Conversation, 10/4, 8:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Screenwriters Panel, 10/5, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Casting Panel, 10/5, 8:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Gael García Bernal & Pablo Larraín (Neruda), 10/6, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: I Am Indie: 20 Years of Independent Film, 10/7, 7:00pm (AMP)
- Film Comment Live: Filmmakers Chat, 10/8, 7:00pm (AMP)
- HBO Directors Dialogues: Mike Mills, 10/9, 3:00pm (BWA)
- NYFF Live: David Godlis (History is Made by Night), 10/9, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Sônia Braga & Kleber Mendonça Filho (Aquarius), 10/10, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Documentary Panel, 10/11, 7:00pm (AMP)
- NYFF Live: Making My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, 10/12, 7:00pm
- HBO Directors Dialogues: Paul Verhoeven, 10/13, 7:00pm (AMP)
- Film Comment Live: Festival Wrap, 10/14, 7:00pm (AMP)
The following free Convergence experiences and installations do not require tickets. Just walk up and enjoy!
- Cardboard City, EKO, Giant, Oceans VR: Net Positive, Ricerca VR, Sherlock Holmes & The Internet of Things, Soundhunters, on view at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on October 1 and 2
- Priya’s Mirror, on view at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center throughout the festival
- Lives in Transit, on view in the Walter Reade Theater’s Furman Gallery throughout the festival