The 18th annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York (RFFNY) returns April 23–30, 2026. It is the world’s largest film festival showcasing the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with disabilities. Opening on April 23 at The New School and closing April 30 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, the festival spans twenty venues across NY and NJ, welcoming the widest audience of any dedicated disability film event in the world with something for everyone.

This year’s diverse lineup — the most topical in the festival’s history — includes a documentary narrated by Bob Odenkirk dissecting America’s collapsing mental health system; an investigation into the hidden history of Nazi Germany’s systematic killing of disabled people, to present-day questions of whose lives society chooses to protect including a portrait of a Deaf Ukrainian man navigating the Russian invasion; and a romantic comedy where autism, mental health, and reproductive autonomy collide. Additional World, U.S., and New York premieres are showcased throughout.

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