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NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and Art House New York Announce Inaugural Cinema Week – March 20-26 to Support Independent Movie Theaters Across NYC

5000 Free Tickets Funded by MOME to Ensure The Experience is Available to All New Yorkers

New York, NY – March 11, 2026 – NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and Art House New York (AHNY) are proud to announce the inaugural ‘Art House Cinema Week New York’, which will feature affordable screenings, exciting perks including discounted memberships and concessions, and custom programming at nearly 30 independent local theaters across the city for all New Yorkers to enjoy, with funding for 5,000 free tickets provided by MOME to be redeemed at select theaters to ensure all can participate. Running March 20-26, Cinema Week aims to highlight the city’s vibrant cultural institutions and provide New Yorkers opportunities to rediscover their local independent cinemas and gather together as a community to experience the art of filmmaking. A list of the participating cinemas is below, and the full slate of programming is available at www.arthouseny.org.

“MOME, in partnership with Art House NY, is proud to help kick off NYC’s inaugural Cinema Week by funding 5,000 free tickets, so more New Yorkers can experience the magic of cinema while supporting their local theaters. This initiative reflects our vision for an inclusive creative economy that supports the people who make art, the people who experience it, and the venues that bring it to life. At a time when many New Yorkers and independent theaters are feeling the squeeze of the affordability crisis, we’re stepping in with a simple way to open doors and strengthen our creative ecosystem. I hope to see you at the movies!” said Rafael Espinal, Commissioner, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME).

“Cinema Week is a chance to celebrate the local, curated and community-oriented cinemas across our city that help New York feel like New York. We look forward to welcoming new and returning audiences and together making Cinema Week a reminder of why these spaces matter as a cultural cornerstone of New York City. Our cinemas' unwavering commitment to gathering people in real life, around complex stories and collective discussion, is an essential element to the future of our city, democracy, and daily lives.” said AHNY Co-Founder, Allason Leitz.

"As part of our work to ensure that all New Yorkers can enjoy the arts, I'm proud that MOME is partnering with Art House NY to provide thousands of free tickets to New Yorkers. These tickets will make it easier for working New Yorkers to enjoy these incredible films, and they will provide a boost for our local theaters and small businesses supporting the festival. Access to arts, culture, and entertainment should be a right for every New Yorker, not a luxury for the few," said Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su.

Advance tickets are currently available to all for purchase and additional information can be found on the Art House New York website. Additionally, with no advance registration required, eligible New Yorkers may attend screenings free of charge by presenting valid forms of identification at the box office. Eligible groups include, New York City teachers, CUNY students, United States active-duty military personnel and veterans, New York City families registered with “Cool Culture”, People with disabilities upon presentation of reduced-fare OMNY card or Access-A-Ride ID, and SNAP/EBT cardholders.

Art House New York (AHNY) is a regional alliance, launched in October 2025 in partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, meant to strengthen independent film exhibition in New York City through audience development, research, and strategic initiatives. The initiative celebrates cinemas as spaces where people build community—especially for those new to a neighborhood or city. Core goals are to drive attendance: strengthening the impact of Art House exhibition, addressing shared challenges among exhibitors with practical, collaborative solutions and generating data to develop a deeper understanding of the Art House exhibition sector.

In addition, AHNY is also proud to welcome Rafael Espinal – Commissioner, MOME and Rachel Denny - CEO & Principal Consultant, Media Philanthropy Advisory to join the distinguished Advisory Council composed of leaders from across the film industry landscape who include: Kazembe Balagun – Executive Director, Maysles Documentary Center, Dori Begley – Co-CEO, Magnolia Pictures, Matt Bolish – Deputy Director, Film at Lincoln Center, Mark Boxer – Head of Distribution, MUBI, Karen Cardarelli – Executive Director, Facets & Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals, Gary Faber – President, ERM Research, Lesli Klainberg – AHNY Founder, former President, Film at Lincoln Center, Lela Meadow-Conner – Interim Executive Director, Art House Convergence, Dara Messinger – Director of Programming, DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema, Rajendra Roy – Chief Curator of Film, MoMA, Shannon Treusch – Partner, Falco Ink., Jesse Trussell – Director, Film Program and Strategy, BAM, Barbara Twist – former Executive Director, Film Festival Alliance, and Co-Founder, Future Film Coalition John Vanco – Programming, Paris Theater / Netflix.

The AHNY Marketing Advisory Council includes Neal Block – Head of Distribution & Marketing, Magnolia Pictures, Adam Grant-Walker - Director of Communications, Film Forum, Nicholas Kemp - SVP Distribution & Marketing, Kino Lorber, Jordan Raup - Assoc Dir of Marketing, Film at Lincoln Center, and McKenzie Wilke - Consultant, Capacity Interactive. And organizational & campaign support from Ariel Adler - Programs Associate, Art House New York and Katy Gumble - Campaign Producer - Art House New York.

World-renowned graphic designer Paula Scher from the design studio Pentagram has created the Art House New York identity and the 2026 campaign.

About Art House New York Art House New York (AHNY) is a regional alliance strengthening independent film exhibition in New York City through audience development, research, and strategic initiatives. By amplifying the city’s diverse and vibrant cinema landscape, AHNY works to ensure that New York remains the nation’s cinephile capital — and sets the tone for regional art house initiatives nationwide.

About Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s mission is to support and strengthen New York City’s creative economy and make it accessible to all. Including film/TV, music, theatre/live performance, digital games and publishing, the creative industries account for roughly 440,000 local jobs and have an economic impact of over $150 billion annually. MOME comprises four divisions: The Film Office, which coordinates on location production throughout the five boroughs; NYC Media, the City’s official broadcast network and production group; the Press Credentials Office, which issues press cards; and Creative Sector Programs to advance industry and workforce development across NYC’s creative sectors.

For more information regarding Art House New York and Art House Cinema Week, please visit: www.arthouseny.org.

Art House Cinema Week Highlights:

Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn

Programming Highlights

Terror Tuesday: Phantasmatapes
Weird Wednesday: Jackass Number Two
Queer Film Theory 101: Daisies
Sad Girl Cinema Club: Melancholia

Angelika Film Center & Cafe

Perks

50% off tickets (March 23–26) for Angelika Members
Excludes special engagements/restricted films; studio restrictions may apply.
Free large popcorn when signing up for the Free Angelika Membership (March 20- 26)
40% off merchandise (March 20–26) for Members

Programming Highlights

Palestine ’36 + Q&A with Annemarie Jacir
Tow + Q&A with Director Stephanie Laing
Marc by Sofia – Opens
Two Women + Q&A with director Chloé Robichaud
Kangaroo Island + Q&A with director Chloé Robichaud
The Python Hunt + Q&A with Director Xander Robin
Six Billion Dollar Man + Q&A with Director Eugene Jarecki
Yes + Q&A with Nadav Lapid
The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist + giveaways
Fantasy Life + Q&A with Matthew Shear

Anthology Film Archives

Programming Highlights

“Metaphysics Of The Pratfall: Jerry Lewis And Jean-Luc Godard”
“Stephanie Barber: Jhana And The Rats Of James Olds, or 31 Days/31 Videos”
Essential Cinema: Harry Smith, Walter Ruttmann, Frank Stauffacher, Paul Sharits, Michael Snow
“Revelations Of The Middle Ages”

Brooklyn Academy of Music – Cinématek

Programming Highlights

“Of Father and Sons: The Bakri Family On Screen”
“Queering the Canon” (with NewFest)
“Women’s History Month Shorts Program” (with ReelSisters)

Cinema 123 by Angelika

Perks

50% off tickets (March 23–26) for Angelika Members
Free large popcorn with new Free Angelika Membership (March 20–26)
Exclusions may apply.

Cinema Arts Centre

Programming Highlights

Conbody vs Everybody + appearance by Debra Granik
Undocumented + panel discussion
Christian Petzold’s Transit
Cinema for Kids: Lady and the Tramp
Cult Café: Desperately Seeking Susan

Cinema Village

Perks

Complimentary popcorn for all screenings on March 20

Programming Highlights

James Toback’s BLACK AND WHITE + Q&A with filmmaker & cast

DCTV's Firehouse Cinema

Perks

15% off DCTV memberships (new or renewed)
“Built to Move: NYC Subway on Film Series” – $5 Members / $10 General discounted tickets
“Data Docs: Open Data on Screen” – $8 discounted tickets

Programming Highlights Include

Style Wars
Dark Days
Documentary gems from the underground by D. A. Pennebaker, Barbara Hammer, Third World Newsreel and more!

Film at Lincoln Center

Perks

Discount concessions at Walter Reade Theater (March 20–26)
- Small popcorn & drink: $5
- Large popcorn & drink: $10

Programming Highlights

Miroirs No. 3 + Q&A with Christian Petzold
Dry Leaf + Q&A with Alexandre & Giorgi Koberidze

Film Forum

Perks

Discount pricing for all programming (excluding special events) March 20-26
Two free extra months on all new memberships purchased during Cinema Week

Programming Highlights

“Young Film Forum Archive Dive” screening introduced by Joel Coen & Frances McDormand
Two Prosecutors premieres + Q&As with Sergei Loznitsa on March 20 & 21
Agnès Varda Retrospective + intros and other special event

IFC Center

Perks

$10 members / $15 general for all Catherine O'Hara films

Programming Highlights

After Hours – 4K restoration and more Catherine O’Hara career highlights:
- Waiting For Guffman
- A Mighty Wind
- Best In Show
- Beetlejuice
Miroirs No. 3 followed by Q&As with filmmaker Christian Petzold
Dead Lover followed by Q&As with filmmakers Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie, guest moderators Sarah Sherman, John Early, and more
Late-night screenings of Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls on 35mm
Cria Cuervos on 35mm and Amarcord, curated by director Julia Ducournau (Titane, Alpha)

Jacob Burns Film Center

Perks

15% off new memberships
Half-priced wine & beer (March 19–22, 5:00–6:30 pm)

Programming Highlights

Double Feature: There Will Be Blood (on 35mm) + No Country for Old Men
Fantastic Mr. Fox + guided drawing exercise
Jewish Film Festival Opening Night: My Underground Mother + Q&A & reception
The Immigrant Double Feature: James Gray's The Immigrant (2013) preceded by Charlie Chaplin's The Immigrant (1917); part of monthly series Immigration Nation
Fantasy Life + Q&A with filmmaker Matthew Shear; part of Jewish Film Festival
Sapiro vs. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford + Q&A with director Gaylen Ross, producer Carol King, and actor Ben Shenkman; part of Jewish Film Festival

Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan – Carole Zabar Center for Film

Programming Highlight

Ken Scott’s Once Upon My Mother

Maysles Documentary Center

Programming Highlights

Ashley Clark Presents The World of Black Film Documentaries including a book party, reception and screenings of Integration Report 1, The Black and the Green, and Fluid Frontiers on March 21
Special Screening of Will by Jessie Maple on March 24

Metrograph

Perks

During AHNY Cinema Week, Metrograph Members receive a complimentary order of fries with any purchase of an alcoholic or N/A beverage in the Commissary (limit to one redemption per day per person)

Programming Highlights

Boris Barnet, A Soviet Poet Retrospective, including rare 35mm prints from the Filmarchiv Austria
The Maiku Hama Trilogy: The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994), The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995), and The Trap (1996) – 30th Anniversary Restorations
The Murray Center at 10 and Two by Sergei Loznitsa – A Secret Screening of a film from True/False 2026 and Panel on the Future of Documentary organized by The Murray Center with esteemed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, True/False 2026 Visiting Creative Director Yance Ford, and others to be announced, plus the US Premieres of two films by Loznitsa (2024's The Invasion and the accompanying 2025 short Paleontology Lesson), with director Q&A
Let the Sunshine In with an introduction from Juliette Binoche
Inherent Vice (35mm), Kiss Me Deadly, and more in the series After the Case
Battle Royale, Ghost Dog (35mm), Kill Bill 1-2 (35mm), and more as part of the series Sukiyaki Bebop
Pinocchio on IB-Tech 35mm as part of our monthly It Started with a Mouse: Hand-Drawn Classics on 35mm series

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Programming Highlights

MoMA Présents: Lumière, Le Cinéma!
A View from the Vaults: The 1980s
Marilyn Monroe: Celluloid Dream

Museum of the Moving Image

Perks:

10% off new memberships

Programming Highlights (35mm prints), all part of the film series "2001: The Year, Not the Movie"

The Royal Tenenbaums
In Praise of Love
Ghost World

Nitehawk Cinemas

Perks

Buy One Get One free promo (sent day after screening for any normal ticket purchase)
Bar happy hour & daily specials at Trees Lounge in Prospect Park and Lo-Res in Williamsburg
Show ticket stub anytime at Trees Lounge in Prospect Park and at Lo-Res in Williamsburg for happy hour drink pricing any time

Programming Highlights

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – 35mm – Nitehawk Prospect Park
Shattered Glass – 35mm (Femme Photographers series) – Nitehawk Williamsburg
Faust + live score (Live Sound Cinema) – Nitehawk Williamsburg

Paris Theater

Programming Highlight

Sneak Preview - Episode One of Something Very Bad is Going to Happen + Q&A with creator Haley Z. Boston, cast members Camila Marrone & Adam DiMarco | Free with RSVP

Special Screenings for AHNY Cinema Week - All Seats $10

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Director’s Cut) – The Paris Theater's own 70mm print
Lawrence Of Arabia – The Paris Theater's own 70mm print

Quad Cinema

Perks

$2 off wine all week
$5 small combo with the purchase of any ticket (Monday-Thursday)
BOGO in person sale only for any Matinee film before 5:45PM (Monday-Thursday)

Programming Highlights

Spacewoman followed by filmmaker Q&A
“March Melodromatic Film Series”
March movie All About My Mother, playing March 24, 25, and 26, playing on film. Included in your ticket would be a small combo, which is a small popcorn and drink

Roxy Cinema New York

Programming Highlights