THE latest addition to the city’s crowded film festival calendar is BAMcinemaFEST, which replaces the popular Sundance Institute-sponsored festival that ran for the past three years at BAM.

Although Sundance opted not to continue its participation — saying the old fest took up too much staff time — BAMcinemaFEST offers the New York premieres of several well-received Sundance titles.

They include political satire “In the Loop” with James Gandolfini, the romantic comedy “Humpday,” the black comedy “Big Fan” with Patton Oswalt, and “Bronson” featuring a breakthrough performance by Tom Hardy as a famous British prisoner.

The festival opens tomorrow with the indie drama “Don’t Let Me Drown,” which also bowed at Sundance. The film is set in a Brooklyn, where residents are dealing with the aftermath of 9/11.

The centerpiece of the 16-day festival is Fritz Lang’s 1927 sci-fi classic “Metropolis,” accompanied by an original score performed by the Irish rock collective 3epkano.

The festival also includes all-night marathons (one is devoted to the films of Diana Ross) and a pair of outdoor screenings. There will also be Q&A sessions — at one, French director Arnaud Desplechin (“A Christmas Tale”) introduces and talks about one of his favorite movies, “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

Details at BAM.org.