The NYFF56 Opening Night will showcase Yorgos Lanthimosโs ‘The Favourite,’ Alfonso Cuarรณnโs ‘ROMA’ย will be the centerpiece, and Julian Schnabelโs ‘At Eternityโs Gate’ will close the festival.ย
This yearโs Main Slate showcases films from 22 different countries, including new titles from previously celebrated auteurs, extraordinary work from directors making their first NYFF bows. Five films in the festival were honored at Cannes, including Hirokazu Kore-edaโs Palme dโOrโwinnerย Shoplifters; Jean-Luc Godardโsย The Image Book, awarded a Special Palme dโOr;ย Cold War,ย which took home the Best Director prize for Paweล Pawlikowski;ย and Alice Rohrwacherโsย Happy as Lazzaroย and Jafar Panahiโsย 3 Faces, which shared the Best Screenplay award.
Returning to the festival for the third consecutive year is Hong Sangsoo with two new films, joined by his fellow NYFF54 filmmakers Olivier Assayas and Barry Jenkins. Frederick Wiseman makes his 10th appearance at the festival, while other returning filmmakers include Joel & Ethan Coen, Alex Ross Perry, Claire Denis, Ulrich Kรถhler, Lee Chang-dong, Jia Zhangke, and Christian Petzold. Making both their directorial and NYFF debuts are Paul Dano and Richard Billingham, and Louis Garrel makes his first NYFF showing as a director.
Other filmmakers new to the festival include Dominga Sotomayor, Christophe Honorรฉ, Tamara Jenkins, Mariano Llinรกs, and Ying Liang, as well as Bi Gan and Ryรปsuke Hamaguchi, both alumni of New Directors/New Films 2016.
Tickets for the 56th New York Film Festival will go on sale to the general public on September 9. Festival and VIP passes are on sale now and offer one of the earliest opportunities to purchase tickets and secure seats at some of the festivalโs biggest events, including Opening and Closing Night. Learn more atย filmlinc.org/NYFF56Passes.
Check out the full list of films included in the annual main slate below:
Opening Night
The Favourite
Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Centerpiece
ROMA
Dir. Alfonso Cuarรณn
Closing Night
At Eternityโs Gate
Dir. Julian Schnabel
3 Faces
Dir. Jafar Panahi
Asako I & II
Dir. Ryรปsuke Hamaguchi
Ash Is Purest White
Dir. Jia Zhangke
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Burning
Dir. Lee Chang-dong
Cold War
Dir. Paweล Pawlikowski
A Faithful Man / LโHomme fideฬle
Dir. Louis Garrel
A Family Tour
Dir. Ying Liang
La Flor
Dir. Mariano Llinรกs
Grass
Dir. Hong Sangsoo
Happy as Lazzaro / Lazzaro felice
Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Her Smell
Dir. Alex Ross Perry
High Life
Dir. Claire Denis
Hotel by the River
Dir. Hong Sangsoo
If Beale Street Could Talk
Dir. Barry Jenkins
The Image Book / Le Livre dโimage
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
In My Room
Dir. Ulrich Kรถhler
Long Dayโs Journey Into Night
Dir. Bi Gan
Monrovia, Indiana
Dir. Frederick Wiseman
Non-Fiction / Doubles vies
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Private Life
Dir. Tamara Jenkins
RAY & LIZ
Dir. Richard Billingham
Shoplifters
Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Sorry Angel
Dir. Christophe Honorรฉ
Too Late to Die Young
Dir. Dominga Sotomayor
Transit
Dir. Christian Petzold
Wildlife
Dir. Paul Dano
