The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces main slate selections for the 54th New York Film Festival (September 30- October 16)
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13 August 2016—
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces that a documentary “The 13th” directed by Ava DuVernay (“Selma”)’ will be the Opening Night movie. And director of “Beginners” Mike Mills’s “20th Century Women“ (Centerpiece), “The Immigrant” director James Gray’s “The Lost City of Z” will be the Closing Night movie.
This year’s Main Slate showcases award-winning films from international festivals, presented to New York audiences for the first time. Selections from Cannes include Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or-winning “I, Daniel Blake“; Olivier Assayas’s “Personal Shopper” and Cristian Mungiu’s “Graduation“, which tied for Best Director; and Maren Ade’s highly acclaimed “Toni Erdmann”, awarded the Cannes Critics’ Prize. From Berlin, Gianfranco Rosi’s Golden Bear winner, “Fire at Sea“, will mark the director’s NYFF debut, and Mia Hansen-Løve returns to the festival with “Things to Come”, which won her Berlin’s Best Director award.
NYFF Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones : “The cinema is so many things at once. And when I look at the films in this year’s selection, I’m aware of the fact that it is a form of response. The Dardenne Brothers, Ken Loach, Cristian Mungiu, Gianfranco Rosi, Kleber Mendonça Filho, and Ava DuVernay are sounding alarms, while Jim Jarmusch, Kenneth Lonergan, Barry Jenkins, Maren Ade, Olivier Assayas, James Gray, and Mike Mills are fixed on internal landscapes, proclaiming the urgency of self-realization. I also see in this year’s lineup a bounty of vital work from artists from all around the world who will not stop until they see their visions all the way to the end,” said.
The 17-day New York Film Festival’s selection committee, chaired by Jones, also includes Dennis Lim, FSLC Director of Programming; Florence Almozini, FSLC Associate Director of Programming; Amy Taubin, Contributing Editor, Artforum and Film Comment; and Gavin Smith, who serves as a consultant.
The 54th New York Film Festival Main Slate
Opening Night
The 13th
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Centerpiece
20th Century Women
Directed by Mike Mills
Closing Night
The Lost City of Z
Directed by James Gray
Aquarius
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Certain Women
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Elle
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Fire at Sea / Fuocoammare
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Graduation / Bacalaureat
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Hermia and Helena
Directed by Matías Piñeiro
I, Daniel Blake
Directed by Ken Loach
Julieta
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Manchester by the Sea
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight
Directed by Barry Jenkins
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Directed by Dash Shaw
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Paterson
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Personal Shopper
Directed by Olivier Assayas
The Rehearsal
Directed by Alison Maclean
Sieranevada
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Son of Joseph / Le fils de Joseph
Directed by Eugène Green
Staying Vertical / Rester vertical
Directed by Alain Guiraudie
Things to Come / L’Avenir
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Toni Erdmann
Directed by Maren Ade
The Unknown Girl
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Yourself and Yours
Directed by Hong Sangsoo
Tickets for the 54th New York Film Festival will go on sale September 11.
For more information about the New York Film Festival, visit filmlinc.org/NYFF.