Bouquet of Film Premieres Marks Fifteenth Anniversary
of Art House Pioneer Bronx World Film
DATES & TIMES: January 11-18, 2026
MANHATTAN VENUE: La Nacional – 239 West 14th Street (Jan. 11-13)
BRONX VENUES: Andrew Freedman Home (Jan. 17)
Sankofa Haus (Jan. 18)
New York, New York. Dec. 3, 2025. – Pioneer arthouse cinema presenter Bronx World Film returns with world-class programming to Manhattan and The Bronx in celebration of its fifteenth anniversary January 11-18, 2026 with its flagship Bronx World Film Cycle, Winter 2026, boasting of a marquee with 22 films from 16 different countries, a World premiere, three US premieres, five NYC premieres, an avant-première and its first incursion into horror.
Programme highlights include the world premiere of Spray Can Stories: TATS CRU, Bronx filmmaker Emmitt Thrower’s documentary tribute to the legendary Bronx muralists and pioneers of hip-hop culture; I, Father, a film adaptation of Hamlet in Albanian with Makfire Miftari and Besim Ajeti, celebrated artists in Kosovë; Spotlight Artist Alan Rexroth, a filmmaker and photographer who will offer a large-format photo exhibit, screen his intrepid border-crossing film #WAY_Aurelio, and offer free photo box gallery shoots on a first-come-first-served basis for all days of the event. The marquee also welcomes a showcase of micrométrages edited by students of longtime collaborator Jennida Chase at UNC Greensboro Film Department.
Bronx World Film Cycle, Winter 2026 follows on the heels of the wildly successful nine-month pilot of “A Night at La Nacional,” the monthly world cinema and arts event that brought new spark to downtown Manhattan’s arts life during 2025. The experiment extended the unusual fifteen-year-old partnership between La Nacional – among the city’s oldest non-profits now in its 100th year at its present location and last redoubt of Manhattan’s “Little Spain,” dubbed “a hidden gem” by Daily News -- and Bronx World Film, its protegé institution. Bronx World Film is thankful to La Nacional for the continuous support it has offered over this time, allowing our organization to grow into an internationally respected arthouse film entity.
SUN. JAN. 11, 2026
La Nacional (MANH)
11am: Photo Box Shoots with Alan Rexroth
2:00p: Launch, Gallery Opens
3:00p Programme 1 (TRT 38 min.)
• Caterpillar (SCR Karen Weldt DIR Susanne Hagen, NETHERLANDS, 23:00, comedy)
* Illogical (SCR/DIR Nimai Kolega and Edi Erceg, CROATIA, 15 min., farce)
INTERLUDE (20 min.)
4:00p Programme 2 TRT 90’
• The Stream XIV (SCR/DIR Hiroya Sakurai, JAPAN, 8 min. Experimental)
• Tea Travel (SCR/DIR Julien-Jean Zayatz, 17 minutes. Documentary)
• Sounds Like a Fairy Tale (SCR/DIR. Eva Kübar, ESTONIA, 28 min. Documentary)
• Spray Can Stories (Dir. Emmitt Thrower. 37 min. Documentary)
Q & A with Emmitt Thrower
5:45p Programme 3 TRT 74’
• Dream Diary (DIR/SCR Alana Gill. USA, 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage) X
• Kumaran (SCR/DIR KJ Rajesh, INDIA, 16 min. Drama)
• Dreams Cut Short (SCR/DIR Bee Harwell. USA, 2025, 2 min. 51 sec. Micrométrage)
• The Bubbles (SCR/DIR Navid Karimzadeh. IRAN, 2022, 12 min. Fiction)
• Treadmill (DIR/SCR George Kimissis. GREECE, 2024, 20 min. Drama)
• Kabuki (DIR/SCR Tiago Minamisawa, BRAZIL, 2025. 12:49 min. Animation)
INTERLUDE (30 min.)
7:30p Programme 4 (TRT 83 min.)
• Why Do Dreams Scare Us? (SCR/DIR Braden Hosier. USA. 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage)
• Westway (SCR/DIR Zef Çota. USA. 18 min. Horror)
• Blue Dawn (DIR/SCR Emanuela Mascherini. ITALY, 2024, 16 min. Terror)
• Come and Find Me (Dir. Carmine Carpenito, SWITZERLAND, horror. 20 minutes. Horror)
• All That Lies Beneath (DIR/SCR Jules Roux. CZECH REPUBLIC. 26 min. Mystery, drama.)
Q & A with Çota, Carpenito
MON. JAN. 12, 2025
La Nacional (MANH)
11am: Photo Box Shoots with Alan Rexroth
4:00p Programme 5 TRT 38’
• Caterpillar (SCR Karen Weldt DIR Susanne Hagen, NETHERLANDS, 23:00, comedy)
* Illogical (SCR/DIR Nimai Kolega and Edi Erceg, CROATIA, 15 min., farce)
INTERLUDE
5:00p Programme 6 TRT 70’
• Surprise Screening (Sports drama. 2025. 8 min)
• #WAY_AURELIO (DIR/SCR Alan Rexroth, MEXICO/GERMANY, 2024, documentary, 32 min).
• Our Old Man and the Sea (DIR/SCR Lander Camarero, SPAIN, 2017, 30 min., fiction/adventure)
Q & A Rexroth and Camarero
7:00p Programme 7 TRT 68’
• Why Do Dreams Scare Us? (SCR/DIR Braden Hosier. USA. 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage)
• Dream Diary (DIR/SCR Alana Gill. USA, 2025, 3 min.Micrométrage)
• Blue Dawn (DIR/SCR Emanuela Mascherini. ITALY, 2024, 16 min. Horror)
• Kabuki (DIR/SCR Tiago Minamisawa, BRAZIL, 2025. 12:49 min. Animation, drama)
• Dreams Cut Short (DIR/SCR Bee Harwell. USA, 2025, 2 min. 51 sec. Micrométrage)
• Come and Find Me (Dir. Carmine Carpenito, SWITZERLAND. 20 minutes. Horror)
Q & A Carpenito
8:15p Programme 8 TRT 137’
• I, Father (DIR/SCR Mark Norfolk, KOSOVË, 91 minutes. Drama)
• Kosovo: The Cry of Man is Singing (SCR/(DIR Jim Morrison IV, KOSOVO, 2018, 46 min. Drama).
Q & A (Norfolk and Miftari)
TUES. JAN. 13, 2025
La Nacional (MANH)
11am: Photo Box Shoots with Alan Rexroth
5p Programme 9 TRT 80’
• Tea Travel (Dir. Julien-Jean Zayatz, 17 minutes. Documentary)
• Sounds Like a Fairy Tale (Dir. Eva Kübar, ESTONIA,. 28 min. Documentary)
• Spray Can Stories (DIR/SCR Emmitt Thrower, USA, 2025, 37’33, documentary)
Q & A (Emmitt Thrower)
7p Programme 10 TRT 137’
• I, Father (DIR/SCR Mark Rothman, KOSOVO, 91 minutes. Drama.)
• Kosovo: The Cry of Man is Singing (SCR/(DIR Jim Morrison IV, KOSOVO, 2018, 46 min. Drama).
SAT. JAN. 17, 2025
Andrew Freedman Home (BX)
3:30p Programme 11 TRT 137’
• Dream Diary (SCR/DIR Alana Gill. USA, 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage)
• Kumaran (SCR/DIR KJ Rajesh, INDIA, 16 min. Drama)
• Dreams Cut Short (SCR/DIR Bee Harwell. USA, 2025, 2 min. 51 sec. Micrométrage)
• Surprise Screening (USA, 2025. 8 mins. Sports drama)
• Our Old Man and the Sea (SCR/DIR Lander Camarero, SPAIN, 2017, 30 min. Fiction/adventure).
Q & A and Demo with Lander Camarero
5:30p Programme 12 TRT 60’
• The Stream XIV (SCR/DIR Hiroya Sakurai, JAPAN, 8 min. Experimental)
• Dream Diary (SCR/DIR Alana Gill. USA, 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage)
• Kabuki (SCR/DIR Tiago Minamisawa, BRAZIL, 2025. 12:49 min. Animation)
• #WAY_AURELIO (SCR/DIR Alan Rexroth, MEXICO/GERMANY, 2024, fiction, 32 min).
Q & A and Demo with filmmaker Alan Rexroth
7:30p Programme 13 TRT 63’
• Sounds Like a Fairy Tale (Dir. Eva Kübar, ESTONIA, 28 min. Documentary)
• Spray Can Stories (DIR/SCR Emmitt Thrower, USA, 2025, 37’33. Documentary )
SUN JAN. 18, 2025
Sankofa Haus (BX)
4p Programme 14 TRT 87 min.
• Kumaran (SCR/DIR KJ Rajesh, INDIA, 16 min. Drama)
• Surprise Screening (USA, 2025, 8 min. Sports drama.)
• Sounds Like a Fairy Tale (SCR/DIR, Eva Kübar, ESTONIA, 26 min. Documentary)
• Spray Can Stories (SCR/DIR Emmitt Thrower, USA, 2025, documentary, 37’33)
6:15p Programme 15 TRT 60’
• The Stream XIV (SCR/DIR Hiroya Sakurai, JAPAN, 8 min. Experimental)
• Dream Diary (SCR/DIR Alana Gill. USA, 2025, 3 min. Micrométrage)
• Kabuki (SCR/DIR Tiago Minamisawa, BRAZIL, 2025. 12:49 min. Animation)
• Dreams Cut Short (SCR/DIR Bee Harwell. USA, 2025, 2 min. 51 sec. Micrométrage)
• Come and Find Me (Dir. Carmine Carpenito, SWITZERLAND. 20 minutes. Horror)
Q & A with Carmine Carpenito
7:30p Programme 16 TRT 38’
• Spray Can Stories (DIR/SCR Emmitt Thrower, USA, 2025, 37’33. Documentary)