Thursday, September 17 at 7:30 PM
Film Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes 41 seconds
Expected Program Runtime: Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes, including a brief intermission
All ten Nukhufest 2026 Finalists. One final night at Cinema Village.
Closing Night brings Programs A and B together for the only complete theatrical presentation of the 2026 Top 10 during Nukhufest.
Across ten films and more than two hours of independent cinema, audiences can experience every project still competing to become the 2026 Best Nuvee before Nukhufest concludes its seven-day Cinema Village run.
The evening begins with Program B, featuring five Finalists exploring community, adolescence, identity, ambition and connection. Following a brief intermission, Program A closes the night with five more Finalists moving between family, relationships, dark comedy, drama and the surreal animated world of Mac Miller's Balloonerism.
The Top 10 were selected through audience voting from Nukhufest's 2026 Semi-Finalist field, but the competition does not end when the theatrical festival concludes. Voting continues through September 19 at 8 PM ET, when the highest-voted Finalist will become the 2026 Best Nuvee and receive the Nukhu Foundation's $3,000 Development-to-Distribution Grant.
PROGRAM B
Sorry I'm late (but I brought a choir)
Directed by Håkon Anton Olavsen | 10:10
COLOR IS NOT A CRIME - Street Activism in NYC
Directed by Janneke Wade-de Jong | 10:00
Kiddos
Directed by Javier S. Chabat | 17:02
Ragamuffin
Directed by Kaitlyn Mikayla | 14:27
Kill
Directed by Folajimi Olutiola | 8:00
Program B Runtime: 59 minutes 39 seconds
BRIEF INTERMISSION
PROGRAM A
Them That’s Not
Directed by Mekhai Lee | 18:37
A Family Guide To Hunting
Directed by Zao Wang | 14:00
Half A Life
Directed by Sanjit Majumdar and Ranju Majumdar | 4:18
SAVAGE SEASON.
Directed by Nardeep Khurmi | 17:01
Balloonerism
Directed by Samuel Jerome Mason | 24:06
Program A Runtime: 1 hour 18 minutes 2 seconds
KEEP WATCHING. KEEP VOTING.
Closing Night ends the Cinema Village screenings, but it does not end the Nukhufest competition.
Watch the Finalists again and vote for the film you want to become the 2026 Best Nuvee:
https://nukhu.com/view/0?stack=0
Voting closes September 19 at 8 PM ET.
The 2026 Best Nuvee will be announced September 19 at the Nukhufest Awards Ceremony and will receive the Nukhu Foundation's $3,000 Development-to-Distribution Grant and handcrafted Nukhu ball.
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
Sanjit Majumdar and Ranju Majumdar, directors of Top 10 Finalist Half A Life.
Keong Sim, actor in Top 10 Finalist A Family Guide to Hunting.
Additional Finalist filmmakers may be announced as attendance is confirmed.
This ticket provides admission for one guest to this Nukhufest 2026 program block.
View the full Nukhufest schedule, participating films, program descriptions, runtimes, and event details at https://www.nukhufoundation.org/calendar.
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