New Administrators/New Movies is now in its fifty fifth yr of celebrating up-and-coming filmmakers with one thing typically new to say. Spike Lee, Luca Guadagnino, Agnieszka Holland, Pedro Almodóvar, Kelly Reichardt, and extra have all been featured as a part of a competition that “champions filmmakers with distinctive visions and daring new concepts that push the artform into new terrain,” per Movie at Lincoln Middle and MoMA.
They’ve now shared the lineup for the 2026 version, which opens with Adrian Chiarella’s queer Sundance favourite “Leviticus,” which Neon purchased throughout the Utah competition. The competition will shut with the U.S. premiere of Rosanne Pel’s Locarno debut “Donkey Days.”
General, the lineup consists of 24 options and 10 shorts, together with one world premiere, 17 North American premieres, 4 U.S. premieres, and 12 New York premieres. Final yr’s competition opened with “Acquainted Contact” and closed with “Lurker,” two of 2025’s most acclaimed movies.
Per MoMA movie curator and 2026 New Administrators/New Movies chair La Frances Hui, “We’re thrilled to highlight two distinctive new administrators whose compelling works bookend this yr’s competition. In ‘Leviticus,’ Adrian Chiarella harnesses horror’s visceral energy to confront homophobia with intelligence and imaginative aptitude, remodeling a narrative of younger love below siege right into a gripping, pressing debut. In daring counterpoint, Rosanne Pel’s ‘Donkey Days’ is a darkly comedian exploration of household dynamics, ingeniously mixing Dogme-inspired naturalism with flashes of surrealism to create a piece that’s directly caustic and unexpectedly tender. Startlingly completely different in tone but united in emotional candor and fearlessness, these two movies exemplify the varied, unflinching, and defiant spirit of this yr’s lineup.”
Movie at Lincoln Middle programmer Dan Sullivan added, “The lineup for this yr’s version of New Administrators/New Movies is replete with artists who — to paraphrase Jean-Luc Godard — aren’t afraid to make political movies nor to make movies politically. Their curiosity and braveness supply us one thing like a guiding mild in our current darkness. Cinema has borne witness to most of latest historical past’s worst moments, and there’s one thing—perhaps not consolation, however one thing prefer it—in figuring out that the filmmakers of at the moment and tomorrow received’t shrink back from this immense duty.”
Different buzzy highlights embody John Early’s function directing debut “Maddie’s Secret” (an IndieWire fave), Pete Ohs’ “Erupcja” starring Charli XCX and Jeremy O. Harris, and lots of extra. See the total lineup beneath. The competition runs April 8-19 at Movie at Lincoln Middle and MoMA.
Options
Agon dir. Giulio Bertelli
New Period is Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe
Model New Panorama dir. Yuiga Danzuka
Chronovisor say Kevin Walker, Jack Auen
Chilly Metallic dir. Clemente Castor
Do You Love Me is. Lana Daher
Donkey Days dir. Rosanne Pel
Eruption dir. Pete Ohs
Fantasy dir. Isabel Pagliai
Forest Excessive dir. Manon Coubia
If on a Winter’s Night time dir. Sanju Surendran
Studying dir. Alexe Poukine
Leviticus dir. Adrian Chiarella
Maddie’s Secret dir. John Early
Reminiscence dir. Vladlena Sandu
Subsequent Life dir. Tenzin Phuntsog
Panda dir.Xinyang Zang
The Prophet dir. Ique Langa
The River Practice dirs. Lorenzo Ferro, Lucas A. Vignale
Unusual River dir. Jaume Claret Muxart
Trial of Hein you Kai Stänicke
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest say Reside It
Two Seasons, Two Strangers dir. Sho Miyake
Variations on a Theme dirs. Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar
Shorts
Naked! dir. Ananth Subramaniam
Buckskin dir. Mars Verrone
Division dir. Paul Dallas
The Following Day dir. Conor Fay
Marseille, 14th July is El Mahdi L. Youbi
Solely Angels dir. Clement Pinteaux
Sabura say. Falcao Nhaga
Motorbike Taxi dir. Gaël Kamilindi
Time to Go dir. Renzo Cozza
Unleaded 95 dir. Emma Hütt, Tina Muffler