The 59th New York Film Festival will have the majority of its lineup composed of Cannes 2021 titles. A total of 8 competition titles, 5 out-of-competition and 6 from Director’s Fortnight will will make the trek from the croisette to the Big Apple this year, and that includes Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winning “Titane” (which is skipping Telluride).
The Berlinale seems to have also outgunned Venice this year. Only three Venice entries made the NYFF cut: Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Mothers,” Michelangelo Frammartino‘s “Il Buco” and Jane Campion’s “The Power of Dog” - the latter will be the only film this fall to screen at Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York.
Berlin Film Festival titles include the likes of Céline Sciamma (“Petite Maman”) Hong Sang-soo (“Introduction”), Ramon Zulcher (“The Girl With the Spider”), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy”) and Golden Bear winner Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”). Meanwhile, two Sundance Film Festival entries made the cut: Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee.”
Of note, the total absence of World Premieres from Locarno, Telluride and Toronto.
Some of the directors the NYFF selection snubbed this year include Sean Baker (“Red Rocket”), Mike Mills (C’mon C’mon), Paul Schrader (“The Card Counter”), Asghar Farhadi (“A Hero”) Paolo Sorrentino (“The Hand of God”), Terrence Davies (“Benediction”) and Pablo Larrain (“Spencer”).
NYFF also announced the nixing of their previously announced hybrid format for this year’s lineup. There are now no digital screenings planned. Suffice to say, there’s a bit of a backlash happening on Twitter over this :
The 59th New York Film Festival Main Slate
Opening Night
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dir. Joel Coen
Centerpiece
The Power of the Dog
Dir. Jane Campion
Closing Night
Parallel Mothers
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
A Chiara
Dir. Jonas Carpignano
Ahed’s Knee
Dir. Nadav Lapid
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Dir. Radu Jude
Benedetta
Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Bergman Island
Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve
Il Buco
Dir. Michelangelo Frammartino
Drive My Car
Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The First 54 Years
Dir. Avi Mograbi
Flee
Dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
France
Dir. Bruno Dumont
Futura
Dir. Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
The Girl and the Spider
Dir. Ramon and Silvan Zürcher
Hit the Road (Jadde Khaki)
Dir. Panah Panahi
In Front of Your Face
Dir. Hong Sangsoo
Întregalde
Dir. Radu Muntean
Introduction
Dir. Hong Sangsoo
Memoria
Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Neptune Frost
Dir. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
Passing
Dir. Rebecca Hall
Petite Maman
Dir. Céline Sciamma
Prayers for the Stolen
Dir. Tatiana Huezo
The Souvenir Part II
Dir. Joanna Hogg
Titane
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Unclenching the Fists
Dir. Kira Kovalenko
The Velvet Underground
Dir. Todd Haynes
Vortex
Dir. Gaspar Noé
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky
Dir. Alexandre Koberidze
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Worst Person in the World
Dir. Joachim Trier
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