2023 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL

The 2023 New York Film Festival is set to begin on September 29th and running through October 15th. This event has served as the first opportunity in the US to preview many of the films that will be vying for attention during the upcoming awards season. The 61st edition of NYFF will be held at Film in Lincoln Center as well as utilizing theaters in all five boroughs of New York City.



The fest will open with "May December", the latest from Todd Hayes based very loosely on the story of Mary Kay Letourneau. Natalie Portman stars as an actress researching to play on-screen a woman (Julianne Moore) that became a tabloid figure years ago when she was a teacher who got romantically involved with her teenage student, now her husband (Charles Melton).



The Centerpiece Selection is "Priscilla" from Sofia Coppola which explores the life of Elvis Presley's teenage bride, Priscilla (Callee Spaeny who won Best Actress at Venice) and her complicated relationship behind closed doors with the "King of Rock & Roll", played here by Jacob Elordi.

And The Closing Night Film will be "Ferrari", Michael Mann's look into the life of the legendary, Italian car manufacturer with Adam Driver portraying Enzo Ferrari. Patrick Dempsey, Jack O'Connell, Shailene Woodley and Penélope Cruz co-star.



Many of the films in the Main Slate have previously been screened in other film festivals but will be making their US or North American premieres at the New York fest. Some of these international films selected include the Turkish drama from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, "About Dry Grasses"; "The Beast", a French drama from Bertrand Bonello based on the Henry James short story; "The Delinquents", Rodrigo Moreno's heist drama set in Argentina; "Evil Does Not Exist", Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's follow-up to his Oscar-winning film, "Drive My Car" and Agnieszka Holland's controversial "Green Border" which details the harrowing story of a Syrian family trying to escape the violence in their home country only to endure further trouble in Poland.





The films in the Spotlight section will showcase some of the season's most anticipated works. This will feature the first animated feature from the acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki in ten years, "The Boy and the Heron"; Steve McQueen's four and a half hour long documentary, "Occupied City" which examines Amsterdam under Nazi occupation during World War II while offering contemporary parallels in the British filmmaker's adopted home; the North American premiere of Yorgos Lanthimos' black & white, silent short film from last year, "Bleat" that features Emma Stone (Lanthimos and Stone's current feature length project together, "Poor Things", which won the Golden Lion after making its premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival, will also be screened in the Main Slate) and Pedro Almodovar's second English language short film, "Strange Way of Life", an unconventional western which will be followed by an in-person conversation with the Spanish filmmaker.



And the Revivals section will feature remastered and restored films from distinguished filmmakers. The fest will feature the world premiere of the restored version of Nancy Savoca's 1993 comedy, "Household Saints" that stars Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman and Vincent D'Onofrio. "Return to Reason: Short Films by Man Ray" spotlights the celebrated photographer's first foray into filmmaking with these silent shorts accompanied with new music by Jim Jarmusch (the indie filmmaker who designed this year's poster for the fest) and Carter Logan who together are known as the band, SQURL. There will also be screenings of Oscar-winning actress Lee Grant's 1980 directorial debut, "Tell Me a Riddle", Jean Renoir's final feature film from 1947, "The Woman on the Beach" and "La Roue (The Wheel)", a seven hour long 1923 French film from Abel Gance that merged early narrative silent cinema with an experimental style.





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2023 New York Film Festival