The 61st New York Film Festival took place between September 29 to October 15, 2023, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.
Todd Haynes' drama May December was the opening film. Sofia Coppola's biographical drama Priscilla was the festival's Centerpiece. Michael Mann's sports drama Ferrari was the closing film.
The official "Main Slate" selection was announced on August 8, 2023. Followed by the "Spotlight Gala" section announcements on August 17, 2023. The line-up of the "Revivals" section was announced on August 22, 2023. The Currents slate was announced on August 23, 2023.
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time were Annie Baker, Bas Devos, Felipe Gálvez, Jonathan Glazer, Andrew Haigh, Raven Jackson, Michael Mann, Rodrigo Moreno, Paul B. Preciado, Wang Bing and Zhang Lü.
World premiere includes Garth Davis' Foe and Nathan Fielder's series The Curse.
Official selections
Main Slate The following films were selected to the "Main Slate" section of the Festival: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country About Dry GrassesKuru Otlar Üstüne Nuri Bilge CeylanTurkey, France, Germany All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven JacksonUnited States All of Us Strangers Andrew HaighUnited Kingdom Anatomy of a FallAnatomie d'une chute Justine TrietFrance The BeastLa Bête Bertrand BonelloFrance, Canada La chimera Alice RohrwacherItaly, France, Switzerland Close Your EyesCerrar los ojos Víctor EriceSpain, Argentina The DelinquentsLos delincuentes Rodrigo MorenoArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the WorldNu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii Radu JudeRomania Eureka Lisandro AlonsoArgentina, France, Germany, Portugal, Mexico Evil Does Not Exist悪は存在しない Ryûsuke HamaguchiJapan Fallen Leaves Kuolleet lehdet Aki KaurismäkiFinlandFerrari (closing film)Michael MannUnited States Green BorderZielona Granica Agnieszka HollandPoland, Czech Republic, Belgium Here Bas DevosBelgium In Our Day우리의 하루 Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea In Water물 안에서 Janet Planet Annie BakerUnited States KidnappedRapito Marco Bellocchio Italy, France, GermanyLast SummerL'été dernier Catherine Breillat FranceMay December (opening film)Todd HaynesUnited States Music Angela Schanelec Germany, France, Serbia Orlando, My Political BiographyOrlando, ma biographie politique Paul B. Preciado France Perfect Days Wim Wenders Japan, Germany Pictures of Ghosts Retratos Fantasmas Kleber Mendonça FilhoBrazilPier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022) (short)Agnès VardaFrance Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos United Kingdom, Ireland, United States The PracticeLa práctica Martín RejtmanArgentina, Chile, PortugalPriscilla (centerpiece)Sofia CoppolaUnited States The SettlersLos colonos Felipe Gálvez Haberle Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany The Shadowless Tower白塔之光 Zhang Lü China Youth (Spring)青春 Wang BingChina, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer United Kingdom, United States, Poland
Spotlight Film at Lincoln Center announced Maestro as the first film of the "Spotlight" section on August 16, 2023. The entire line-up was announced the following day: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAggro Dr1ftHarmony KorineUnited StatesBleat (2022) (short)Yorgos LanthimosGreeceThe Boy and the Heron君たちはどう生きるかHayao MiyazakiJapanThe Curse (episodes 1–3)Nathan Fielder and Benny SafdieUnited StatesFoeGarth DavisAustralia, United StatesGoing to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni ProjectJoe Brewster and Michèle StephensonUnited StatesHit ManRichard LinklaterMaestroBradley CooperMenus-Plaisirs – Les TroisgrosFrederick WisemanFrance, United StatesOccupied CitySteve McQueenUnited Kingdom, Netherlands, United StatesThe Pigeon TunnelErrol MorrisUnited KingdomRyuichi Sakamoto: OpusNeo SoraJapanStrange Way of Life (short)Extraña Forma de VidaPedro AlmodóvarSpainThe Sweet EastSean Price WilliamsUnited StatesThe Taste of ThingsLa Passion de Dodin BouffantTran Anh HungFrance
Currents English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAir Force TwoKevin Jerome EversonUnited StatesALLENSWORTHJames BenningBoyd v. DentonKevin Jerome EversonThe Daughters of FireAs Filhas do FogoPedro CostaPortugalThe Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has PassedJoanna ArnowUnited StatesThe Human Surge 3 (opening film)El auge del humano 3Eduardo WilliamsArgentina, Portugal, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brazil, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, PeruInside the Yellow Cocoon ShellBên trong vỏ kén vàngPhạm Thiên ÂnVietnam, Singapore, France, SpainLaberint SequencesBlake WilliamsUnited StatesLast ThingsDeborah StratmanUnited States, Portugal, FranceMambar PierretteRosine MbakamCameroon, BelgiumMan in Black黑衣人Wang BingChina, FranceMangosteenTulapop SaenjaroenThailandThe Night VisitorsMichael GitlinUnited StatesNowhere NearMiko ReverezaUnited States, PhilippinesA PrinceUn princePierre CretonFranceTrailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: "Phony Wars"Film Annonce du Film qui n’existera Jamais: “Drôles de Guerres” Jean-Luc GodardFrance, Switzerland, BelgiumUnhappy HourTed FendtGermanyWe Don’t Talk Like We Used ToJoshua Gen SolondzUnited States, Hong Kong, JapanWhen We Encounter the WorldLeonardo Pirondi and Zazie Ray-TrapidoPortugal, United States
Currents Shorts English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryProgram 1: Surface TensionAbattoir U.S.A.!Aria DeanUnited StatesMercurial CurrentsCarolina FusilierArgentina, MexicoMoving Along ImageDau:añcutAdam PironUnited States, CanadaNameless SyndromeJeamin ChaSouth KoreaSensitive ContentNarges KalhorIran, GermanyProgram 2: Stranger Than ParadiseThe Far and NearJustin Jinsoo KimSouth KoreaLive From the CloudsMackie MallisonUnited StatesThe Moon Will Contain UsSolo la Luna comprenderáKim TorresCosta Rica, United StatesShroomsJorge JácomePortugalSlow ShiftShambhavi KaulIndia, United StatesProgram 3: Inside OutBold EagleWhammy AlcazarenPhilippinesFalse WifeJamie CreweUnited KingdomLarryTakeshi Murata and Christopher RutledgeUnited StatesLOOPHOLEJordan StraferSundownSteve ReinkeAustria, Canada, United StatesProgram 4: Close EncountersDisappearancesJames EdmondsGermanyIf You Don’t Watch the Way You MoveKevin Jerome EversonUnited StatesN’Importe Quoi (for Brunhild)Luke FowlerFrance, United KingdomIntersectionRichard Tuohy and Dianna BarrieUnited StatesMast-DelMaryam TafakoryIran, United KingdomSpark from a Falling StarRoss MeckfesselUnited StatesProgram 5: Burden of Dreamsand so it came about (A Tale of Consequential Dormancy)Charlotte PryceUnited StatesCoralSonia OleniakUnited States, PolandDildotectonicaTomás Paula MarquesPortugalNocturne for a ForestCatarina VasconcelosThe Rays of a StormJulio Hernández CordónMexicoProgram 6: Site SpecificThe FistAyo AkingbadeUnited Kingdom, NigeriaProjektDane KomljenGermany, NigeriaUngentleHuw Lemmey and Onyeka IgweUnited Kingdom
Revivals Film at Lincoln Center announced the following line-up on August 22, 2023: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryRestored byAbraham’s Valley (1993)Vale AbrãaoManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France, SwitzerlandCinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do CinemaA Dream Longer Than the Night (1976)Un rêve plus long que la nuitNiki de Saint PhalleFranceL’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna-Paris)The Dupes (1973)المخدوعونTewfik SalehSyriaThe Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik SalehEmak-Bakia (1926)Man RayFranceWomanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di BolognaHousehold Saints (1993)Nancy SavocaUnited StatesLightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone FilmsLes Mystères du Château de Dé (1927)Man Ray, Jacques-André BoiffardFranceWomanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di BolognaPier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022)Agnès VardaCine-Tamaris, in collaboration with L’Immagine RitrovataPressure (1976)Horace OvéUnited KingdomBFI National Archive and The Film FoundationRenata (1982)Nancy SavocaUnited StatesMilestone Film & Video in collaboration with Ross Lipman, Corpus FluxusReturn to Reason (1923)Le Retour à la RaisonMan RayFranceWomanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di BolognaLa Roue (1923)Abel GanceThe Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Française, the Cinémathèque Suisse, and Pathé and with the support of the CNCThe Starfish (1928)L’Étoile de merMan Ray, Jacques-André BoiffardWomanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di BolognaThe Stranger and the Fog (1974)Qaribe va MehBahram BeyzaiIranThe Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Bahram BeyzaiThe Strangler (1970)L'ÉtrangleurPaul VecchialiFranceCNC and CosmodigitalThe Stronger (1976)Lee GrantUnited StatesAcademy Film Archive and The Film FoundationTell Me a Riddle (1980)The Woman on the Beach (1947)Jean RenoirLibrary of Congress and The Film Foundation
Free talks Section SpeakersNotes Ref.The 2023 Amos Vogel LecturePaul B. Preciado The writer and philosopher spoke about his debut film Orlando, My Political Biography.Deep FocusTodd HaynesHaynes debuted his short film Image Book about the production of his film May December. Nikki GiovanniThe Poet and activist spoke about Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Story. Sandra HüllerThe German actress spoke about her latest films Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of InterestCatherine Breillat The French auteur spoke about her filmography and her film Last Summer.CrosscutsWang Bing & Eduardo Williams The two talk about their respective films, Youth (Spring) and The Human Surge 3.Joanna Arnow & Nancy Savoca The two discuss their careers and approach to filmmaking. Sandra Adair & Jonathan Alberts The two editors talk about their films Hit Man and All of Us Strangers.Annie Baker & Raven Jackson The two discuss their films Janet Planet and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt.
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