Four Nat Geo Films Coming to New York Film Festival

National Geographic has produced a lot of top-notch documentary projects in 2026, and several of them are set to get the spotlight at an upcoming film festival.

What's Happening:

• National Geographic has announced on Twitter that four of its recent documentary projects will be screened as part of the Central Park Conservancy Film Festival next week.
• The films are:
  • Carl Sagan: We are Made of Star Stuff - October 6
  • Time and Water - October 7
  • Blink - October 8
  • Lion - October 9
• Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for all four screenings.
• The Carl Sagan documentary is co-produced by Seth MacFarlane and is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit.
• Lion is a years-long project from Jon Favreau that bills itself as a "real Lion King" story.
• All projects, except for the Carl Sagan documentary, are currently available to stream on Disney+.

More National Geographic News:

• Check out the trailer for Super Scam Me, an upcoming Nat Geo documentary about romance scams.
• A new Nat Geo doc on Mount Everest is set to hit IMAX theaters later this month.
• Don't miss another of Nat Geo's recent documentaries about the rescue of Chilean Mine workers in 2010.