New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate For 61st Edition
08.08.2023 - 15:43
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Film at Lincoln Center has set the 32 features from 18 countries making up the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival, from Cannes prize-winners Anatomy Of A Fall by Justine Triet (Palme d’Or) and Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (Grand Prix), to the latest by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, Hong Sangsoo, Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos and Alice Rohrwacher.
Wenders’ Perfect Days saw a Best Actor for Kōji Yakusho in Cannes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s About Dry Grasses a Best Actress for Merve Dizdar. Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves received the Grand Jury Prize. Hailing from Berlin, Angela Schanelec’s Music, Silver Bear winner for Best Screenplay.
The lineup includes films from Lisandro Alonso, Marco Bellocchio, Bertrand Bonello, Catherine Breillat, Bas Devos, Víctor Erice, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Martín Rejtman. Appearing in the Main Slate for the first time: Annie Baker, Devos, Felipe Gálvez, Glazer, Andrew Haigh, Raven Jackson, Michael Mann, Rodrigo Moreno, Paul B. Preciado and Wang Bing and Zhang Lu.
A special addition this year is the North American premiere of a newly unearthed and restored short by Agnès Varda featuring Pier Paolo Pasolini and shot while they were in town for the 4th NYFF in 1966, walking through Times Square. The elements were discovered in 2021 and restored by Cine-Tamaris in collaboration with L’Immagine Ritrovata.
NYFF, set to run Sept. 29 to Oct. 15 at Lincoln Center and venues across the city. The event is a cultural touchstone for New York City and beloved by filmmakers, remaining a key stop on the fall festival circuit although it awards no prizes. As with other fests, red carpets, events and Q&As will have to be re-thought amid ongoing Hollywood strikes.
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