{"id":14557,"date":"2019-08-07T12:17:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=14557"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:36:36","slug":"main-slate-selections-57th-ny-filmfest-2019-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/main-slate-selections-57th-ny-filmfest-2019-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-Nine Main Slate Selections for 57th New York Film Festival, September 27 \u2013 October 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Selections include new films from Pedro Almod\u00f3var, Olivier Assayas, Kantemir Balagov, Noah Baumbach, Marco Bellocchio, Bertrand Bonello, Bong Joon-ho, Pedro Costa, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Arnaud Desplechin, Diao Yinan, Mati Diop, Koji Fukada, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Nadav Lapid, Oliver Laxe, Lou Ye, Pietro Marcello, Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho and Juliano Dornelles, Edward Norton, Corneliu Porumboiu, Kelly Reichardt, Angela Schanelec, C\u00e9line Sciamma, Martin Scorsese, Albert Serra, Justine Triet, Agn\u00e8s Varda, and Federico Veiroj<\/h3>\n

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Pedro Almod<\/span><\/i>\u00f3var\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Says NYFF Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones says: \u201cCinema is the domain of freedom, and it\u2019s an ongoing struggle to maintain that freedom. It\u2019s getting harder and harder for anyone to make films of real ambition anywhere in this world. Each and every movie in this lineup, big or small, whether it\u2019s made in Italy or Senegal or New York City, is the result of artists behind the camera fighting on multiple fronts to realize a vision and create something new in the world. That includes masters like Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almod\u00f3var and newcomers to the festival like Mati Diop and Angela Schanelec.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Main Slate showcases films from 17 different countries, including new titles from celebrated auteurs, extraordinary work from directors making their NYFF debuts, and captivating features that earned acclaim at international festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine films in the festival were honored at Cannes:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Bong Joon-ho\u2019s Palme d\u2019Or\u2013winner Parasite; <\/i>Grand Prix\u2013winner Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story<\/i>, directed by Mati Diop, an alum of annual FLC series Art of the Real and winner of the 2016 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist award; C\u00e9line Sciamma\u2019s Portrait of a Lady on Fire<\/i>, NYFF\u2019s Film Comment<\/i> Presents selection and winner of both the Queer Palm and the Best Screenplay prize; Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s Pain and Glory<\/i>, awarded Best Actor for Antonio Banderas; Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho and Juliano Dornelles\u2019 Jury Prize\u2013winner Bacurau<\/i>; Young Ahmed<\/i>, which brought home the Best Director prize for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; and three Un Certain Regard winners, including Oliver Laxe\u2019s Jury Prize\u2013winner Fire Will Come<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Albert Serra\u2019s Special Jury Prize\u2013winner Libert\u00e9<\/i>, and Kantemir Balagov\u2019s Beanpole<\/i>, which collected the Best Director prize. Top prize winners from the Berlinale will also appear in the Main Slate: Nadav Lapid\u2019s Golden Bear\u2013winner Synonyms<\/i> and Angela Schanelec\u2019s I Was at Home, But\u2026<\/i>, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Olivier Assayas makes his 10th appearance at the festival with Wasp Network<\/i>, while other returning filmmakers include Arnaud Desplechin, Kelly Reichardt, Corneliu Porumboiu<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Bertrand Bonello, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Marco Bellocchio, Pedro Costa, and Agn\u00e8s Varda, whose final film Varda by Agn\u00e8s <\/i>will screen posthumously. Making their New York Film Festival debuts are New Directors\/New Films alum Pietro Marcello, Lou Ye, and Federico Veiroj, whose work has also screened in FLC\u2019s Neighboring Scenes series, and additional filmmakers new to the festival include Diao Yinan, Koji Fukada, and Justine Triet, an alum of FLC\u2019s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s New York Film Festival poster is designed by Main Slate director Pedro Almod\u00f3var, whose film Pain and Glory<\/i> marks his 11th NYFF appearance. Speaking about his inspiration for the design, Almod\u00f3var said, \u201cFor the basis of this year\u2019s New York Film Festival poster, I used a photo of a still life that I exhibited at the Marlborough Gallery. The masses of color on which the text is printed are reminiscent of an animated sequence that appears in my latest film, Pain and Glory<\/i>, though for this version I have chosen less bright colors, using muted shades of red, blue, green, and mauve. These colors correspond to the palette in which I seem to move lately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As previously announced, the NYFF57 Opening Night is Martin Scorsese\u2019s The Irishman<\/i>, <\/span>Noah Baumbach\u2019s Marriage Story<\/i> is Centerpiece, and Edward Norton\u2019s Motherless Brooklyn <\/i>will close the festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, the 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring works from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The selection committee, chaired by Jones, also includes Dennis Lim, FLC Director of Programming, and Florence Almozini, FLC Associate Director of Programming.<\/span><\/p>\n

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L to R: Bacurau, The Wild Goose Lake, To the Ends of the Earth, Portrait of a Lady on Fire,
\nSynonyms, Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story, Wasp Network, Martin Eden\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The 57th New York Film Festival Main Slate<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/h2>\n

Opening Night
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The Irishman
\n<\/span>Dir. Martin Scorsese<\/p>\n

Centerpiece
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Marriage Story
\n<\/span>Dir. Noah Baumbach<\/p>\n

Closing Night
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Motherless Brooklyn
\nDir. Edward Norton<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/gl1eVpquoJo<\/p>\n

Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story
\n<\/span>Dir. Mati Diop<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o_QD8IiJjDM<\/p>\n

Bacurau
\n<\/span>Dir. Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho and Juliano Dornelles<\/p>\n

Beanpole
\n<\/span>Dir. Kantemir Balagov<\/p>\n

Fire Will Come
\n<\/span>Dir. Oliver Laxe<\/p>\n

First Cow
\n<\/span>Dir. Kelly Reichardt<\/p>\n

A Girl Missing
\n<\/span>Dir. Koji Fukada<\/p>\n

I Was at Home, But\u2026
\n<\/span>Dir. Angela Schanelec<\/p>\n

Libert\u00e9
\n<\/span>Dir. Albert Serra<\/p>\n

Martin Eden
\n<\/span>Dir. Pietro Marcello<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/oFkAKx02fec<\/p>\n

The Moneychanger
\n<\/span>Dir. Federico Veiroj<\/p>\n

Oh Mercy!
\n<\/span>Dir. Arnaud Desplechin<\/p>\n

Pain and Glory
\n<\/span>Dir. Pedro Almod\u00f3var<\/p>\n

Parasite
\n<\/span>Dir. Bong Joon-ho<\/p>\n

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Film Comment <\/span><\/i>Presents
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
\n<\/span>Dir. C\u00e9line Sciamma<\/p>\n