IFFBoston Fall Focus 2026:
Oct. 8 – 11 + Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 at the Brattle
We’re back for our twelfth annual celebration of the Fall’s buzziest films. And to fit everything in, we’re expanding the festival again to two weekends!
More titles and full schedule will be announced soon.
ALL OF A SUDDEN
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi brings Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto together in a poignant drama about friendship, illness, art, and the responsibilities of care, creating a film that makes the world seem gentler, more open, and more humane.
CLUB KID
A hard-partying New York City club promoter sees his whirlwind lifestyle upended by the arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had.
ELSINORE
Andrew Scott delivers his strongest performance honoring the real-life story of Ian Charleson, the CHARIOTS OF FIRE actor who courageously pushed through AIDS to play Hamlet at London’s National Theatre.
FATHERLAND
At the height of the Cold War, writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer and rally driver—Erika (Sandra Hüller) embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a Germany in ruins. From director Paweł Pawlikowski (IDA, COLD WAR).
I PLAY ROCKY
The latest from Oscar winner Peter Farrelly vividly recreates the story of how an unknown named Sylvester Stallone got ROCKY produced—and became a superstar.
LOOK BACK
Visionary auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda helms this tender and slow-burning adaptation of manga creator Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed story, following two young artists whose friendship and bond become the engine of their art.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM
A decade after his death, genre-defying director William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve: a trove of never-before-seen footage capturing a cocktail party he masterminded in 1972 for the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance.
THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK
When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket (John Turturro) is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim the stolen goods.
POSSIBLE LOVE
A laid-off worker and his wife cross paths with a documentary filmmaker and her spouse and confront their hidden desires. From Lee Chang-dong (BURNING).
REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION
Acclaimed actor-turned-documentarian Pegah Ahangarani draws on a trove of archival material to skillfully weave her personal narrative with Iranian politics over the past four decades.
WILD HORSE NINE
Two CIA agents (John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell) are sent on a mission to Easter Island, where one faces an existential crisis over his past actions, in Martin McDonagh’s latest dark comedy.
