

Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema: An annual bellwether of the state of cinema that has shaped film culture since 1963, the festival continues an enduring tradition of introducing audiences to bold and remarkable works from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent.įestival Passes are now on sale. Sofia Tate is the NYFF Programming Coordinator, and Violeta Bava, Michelle Carey, Leo Goldsmith, Rachael Rakes, and Gina Telaroli serve as festival advisors. The NYFF Main Slate selection committee, chaired by Dennis Lim, also includes Eugene Hernandez, Florence Almozini, K.
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Additionally, NYFF59 will adhere to a comprehensive series of health and safety policies in coordination with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and state and city medical experts, while adapting as necessary to the current health crisis. Further details about this process will be announced in the coming weeks. Proof of vaccination will be required for all staff, audiences, and filmmakers at NYFF59 venues. In response to distributor and filmmaker partners and in light of festivals returning and theaters reopening across the country, NYFF will not offer virtual screenings for this year's edition. NYFF59 will feature in-person screenings, as well as select outdoor and virtual events. Currents, Revivals, Spotlight, and Talks sections will be announced in the coming weeks. Rysuke Hamaguchi returns to NYFF with two selections, Cannes prizewinner Drive My Car and Berlinale prizewinner Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Hong Sangsoo makes his 16th and 17th festival appearances with In Front of Your Face and Introduction and other returning NYFF filmmakers include Paul Verhoeven, Mia Hansen-Lve, Michelangelo Frammartino, Bruno Dumont, Radu Muntean, Céline Sciamma, Joanna Hogg, and Gaspar Noé.Īs previously announced, the NYFF59 Opening Night selection is Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog is the Centerpiece, and Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers will close the festival. I'm in awe of the sheer range of voices, styles, ideas, and images contained in this lineup, which includes many returning filmmakers but also more new names than we've had in some time, and I'm eager to welcome audiences back to our cinemas to experience these films as live, communal events."Īppearing in the Main Slate for the first time are Alexandre Koberidze, Kira Kovalenko, Rebecca Hall, Panah Panahi, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, as well as a number of alumni from other FLC festivals: Jonas Carpignano (ND/NF 2012), Ramon and Silvan Zürcher (ND/NF 2014), Radu Jude (NYJFF 2017 & 2018), Tatiana Huezo (HRWFF 2016), and Ducournau (Rendez-Vous withįrench Cinema 2017). "They open up new ways of seeing and feeling and thinking, and whether or not they refer to our uncertain present, they help us make sense of our moment. "Taken together, the movies in this year's Main Slate are a reminder of cinema's world-making possibilities," said Dennis Lim, NYFF Director of Programming and chair of the Main Slate selection committee. Find out about newly added screenings and tickets for NYFF59.Main Slate documentary selections include Todd Haynes's archival cinematic collage, The Velvet Underground Jonas Poher Rasmussen's animated Flee, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary Avi Mograbi's examination of Israel's military occupation of Palestinian territories, The First 54 Years and a portrait of Italian youth by a filmmaking collective consisting of Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden, NYFF57), Francesco Munzi (Black Souls), and Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro, NYFF56).

This year's Main Slate showcases films produced in 31 different countries, featuring new titles from renowned auteurs, exceptional work from directors making their NYFF debuts, and celebrated films from festivals worldwide, including Cannes prizewinners Julia Ducournau's Titane, Nadav Lapid's Ahed's Knee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria, and Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World.
