Nukhufest 2026 will include select panel, workshop, and presentation blocks during our September 11 through September 17 festival week at Cinema Village in Lower Manhattan.

Theater #1 is a 155 seat theater with a stage, chairs, and microphones for live conversations. A panel can be a solo presentation, a moderated conversation, a multi-speaker discussion, a workshop, or a conversation followed by a screening.

Submit a concept for consideration no later than August 20th.

What a Panel Can Look Like:

• A Nukhufest panel can be a solo presentation, moderated conversation, multi-speaker discussion, workshop, screening conversation, or live Q&A.

• Theater #1 at Cinema Village has 155 seats, a stage, chairs, and microphones. A film or video may be shown at the start of the program if it supports the topic.

• Films or videos shown as part of a panel do not need to be official Nukhufest competition selections.

• Panel topics should connect to independent film, media, journalism, storytelling, culture, technology, funding, distribution, criticism, audience building, or the future of creative work.

Example topics:

• The solution for media journalists: The Nuvee Club

• Audience-powered cinema

• How independent filmmakers build sustainable audiences

• What happens after the festival circuit

• Short films as proof of concept

• AI, authorship, and creative labor

• Building a media community without algorithms

• Film criticism in the age of social media

Panel proposals are reviewed by Nukhu before being added to the official festival schedule.

Applications close August 20, 2026.

Host a conversation, workshop, or presentation in a 155 seat theater with stage, chairs, and microphones.