 new york film festival next festival dates 28sep2018 festival event dates 28sep2018 15oct2018 https wwwfilmlincorg nyff2018  festival description the new york film festival   nyff  is an annual film festival held every autumn in new york city presented by the film society of lincoln center  fslc  founded in 1963 by richard roud and amos vogel with the support of lincoln center president william schuman it is one of the longestrunning and most prestigious film festivals in the united statesthe noncompetitive festival is centered around a main slate of typically 2030 feature films with sidebars for experimental cinema and retrospectives and recently introduced documentary and transmedia sections programming is led by a rotating selection committee chaired by the director of the new york film festival with many committee members remaining from year to year separate committees and individuals program the short film experimental and transmedia sections  