Provincetown Film Festival Lineup: Ryan Murphy, ‘Stop! That! Train!,’ John Waters on ‘Sick of Myself,’ and More

The Provincetown International Film Festival runs June 10–14, opening with Adam Shankman's "Stop! That! Train!" and closing with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's "Family Movie."

The Provincetown International Film Festival celebrates its 28th year in 2026 — and IndieWire here announces the full lineup exclusively.

Acclaimed director, producer, and all-around TV mogul Ryan Murphy will be named 2026’s “Filmmaker on the Edge”; his latest projects include TV’s “Love Story,” about the ill-fated romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.

Meanwhile, notable choreographer and director Adam Shankman (“Hairspray,” “A Walk to Remember”) will be honored with a festival tribute. His latest film, “Stop! That! Train!,” opens the festival on June 10 — it’s a veritable who’s-who of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars, from Ginger Minj to Jujubee. On June 11, Shankman will sit down with The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney for a wide-ranging tribute conversation.

The festival will close with “Family Movie” from filmmakers Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. It follows a filmmaking family that finds themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their low-budget slasher, forcing them to cover up the murder to keep filming.

Other highlights of the festival include IndieWire favorites “Jaripeo” and “Leviticus,” both out of Sundance. John Waters, a Provincetown perennial, will present “The Drama” director Kristoffer Borgli’s discomfiting art-world satire “Sick of Myself.” The festival will also screen the 4K restoration of Waters’ “Desperate Living” out of the Criterion Collection.

“We are thrilled to present such a vibrant lineup that includes laugh-out-loud comedies, beginning with our fabulous opening night film ‘Stop! That! Train!,’ as well as innovative dramas, moving international features, compelling documentaries, and wildly creative short films that definitely speak to this moment,” said the festival’s artistic director Lisa Viola. “This year’s slate in particular represents bold new work from veteran filmmakers and first-time directors alike, and we look forward to having our devoted community gather in Provincetown to engage with our filmmakers and experience these films together on the big screen.”

This year’s full festival lineup is below. The Provincetown International Film Festival runs June 10–14, 2026, in Provincetown, MA.

Opening Night Film
“Stop! That! Train!” – directed by Adam Shankman

Closing Night Film
“Family Movie” – directed by Kevin Bacon

Spotlight Films
“Jaripeo” – directed by Efrain Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
“Leviticus” – directed by Adrian Chiarella

Narrative Features
“Cotton Fever” – directed by Daniel Blake Schwartz
“Edie Arnold Is a Loser” – directed by Kade Atwood, Megan Rico
“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” – directed by David Wain
“I Want Your Sex” – directed by Gregg Araki
“In a Whisper” – directed by Leyla Bouzid
“Julian” – directed by Cato Kusters
“Lady Champagne” – directed by D’Arcy Drollinger
“Late Fame” – directed by Kent Jones
“Maddie’s Secret” – directed by John Early
“The Musical” – directed by Giselle Bonilla
“On the Sea” – directed by Helen Walsh
“Power Ballad” – directed by John Carney
“Romería” – directed by Carla Simón
“See You When I See You” – directed by Jay Duplass
“She Keeps Me Young” – directed by Doron Max Hagay
“Sparks” – directed by Fergus Campbell
“Test” – directed by Sam McConnell
“Trial of Hein” – directed by Kai Stänicke

Documentary Features
“Adam’s Apple” – directed by Amy Jenkins
“Anne Packard: An Artist’s Resolve” – directed by Arthur Egeli
“Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story” – directed by Jyllian Gunther, Stephanie Schwam
“Barbara Forever” – directed by Brydie O’Connor
“The Big Cheese” – directed by Sara Joe Wolansky
“The Brittney Griner Story” – directed by Alexandria Stapleton
“Cookie Queens” – directed by Alysa Nahmias
“Give Me the Ball!” – directed by Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff
“The Hand That Holds the Line” – directed by Geoff Bassett
“Hunky Jesus” – directed by Jennifer Kroot
“The Last Critic” – directed by Matty Wishnow
“Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” – directed by Sasha Waters
“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders” – directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
“Seized” – directed by Sharon Liese
“Soul Patrol” – directed by J. M. Harper
“Summer Tour” – directed by Mischa Richter
“Time and Water” – directed by Sara Dosa
“Uncle Roy” – directed by Keri Pickett
“When a Witness Recants” – directed by Dawn Porter

Special Screenings
“John Waters Presents: Sick of Myself” – directed by Kristoffer Borgli
“Desperate Living” – directed by John Waters
“Erosions” – directed by Site-Specific Dances (Michael Spencer Phillips, Emma Kazaryan, and Dino Kiratzidis)

Short Films

Narrative Shorts
“2 Girls Kissing” – directed by Noah Schamus
“Albatross” – directed by Amandine Thomas
“Attagirl!” – directed by Chris Klimovski
“Away” – directed by Miles Damon and Jack Damon
“Bubbe & Tal” – directed by Daisy Rosato
“Callback” – directed by Matthew Puccini
“Charlie Is Not a Boy” – directed by Pol Kurucz
“Chi Mangia Solo” – directed by Francesco Aram Zenati
“Cockroach” – directed by Justice Maya Singleton and Liliana Padilla
“Couples Skate” – directed by Kaliya Warren
“Creature of the Deep” – directed by Angus Reardon
“Hail Maya” – directed by Fredgy Noël
“I & Me” – directed by Elizabeth Chatelain
“I’m Gonna Kill You” – directed by Andrew Chappelle
“Kiloran Bay” – directed by Michael Bruce
“The Last Wish” – directed by Kimberley Ann Surin
“Munchies” – directed by Brittany Alexia Young
“Old Dykes” – directed by Ezra Rose
“Sam Wants Her Sweater Back” – directed by Whitney Chitwood
“Squall Mouth” – directed by Eva Chaitman
“Stinging Nettles” – directed by Jershua West
“The Windkeeper” – directed by Julia C. Liu

Documentary Shorts
“The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish” – directed by Susan Sandler
“Bobby Wetherbee, 60 Years Performing in Provincetown” – directed by Scott A. Coffey
“Buckskin” – directed by Mars Verrone
“Free Joan Little” – directed by Yoruba Richen
“Linda Gerard: Look at Me” – directed by Adam Golub
“On the Tide” – directed by Mimi Mailcoat Bois
“One Hundred Years of Schooner Hindu” – directed by Angela McNerney
“Pacific Lady” – directed by Zada Clarke
“Respirateur” – directed by Paul Moakley
“Room of the Absolute” – directed by Natalie Shirinian and Elizabeth Baudouin
“Sex in Drag” – directed by John Mark Hostetler
“Some Kind of Refuge” – directed by Alexandra Kern
“Women Laughing” – directed by Kathleen Hughes and Liza Donnelly

Animation Shorts
“Apart” – directed by Pola Maneli
“Marble & Lemons” – directed by Anna Katalin Lovrity
“Milk of Life” – directed by Joseph So
“Ruffled Feathers” – directed by Brianna Stringfellow