New York Film Festival Unveils Lineup to Main Slate
The lineup includes 17 first-time feature filmmakers and several Cannes winners, with seven North American premieres and 13 U.S. premieres.
- Organizers for the 64th New York Film Festival announced the 32-film main slate on Wednesday, with the festival running Sept. 25 through Oct. 12.
- James Gray's period thriller "Paper Tiger" will kick off the festival on Sept. 25, while Ava DuVernay's documentary "14th" closes the event.
- The 32-film lineup is anchored by four world premieres, including Takashi Yamazaki's "Godzilla Minus Zero" and Tony Gilroy's "Behemoth!" starring Pedro Pascal as a cellist.
- Cannes selections arriving in New York include Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Minotaur" and Pawel Pawlikowski's "Fatherland," both award-winners at the French festival.
- NY Film Festival artistic director Dennis Lim said the lineup captures how the present "looks, sounds and feels like" through the work of imaginative directors.
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New York Film Festival unveils lineup to main slate
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