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‘Titane’

Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane, Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Sundance hit Flee are among selections on New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) main slate.

The line-up, announced on Tuesday (August 10), includes Radu Jude’s Berlin Golden bear winner Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Cannes selection Drive My Car that topped Screen’s jury grid during the festival, and Rebecca Hall’s directing debut and Sundance entry Passing.

The 59th New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 24-October 10 as a primarily in-person event alongside select outdoor and virtual events. Staff, audiences and filmmakers at festival venues will be required to show proof of vaccination. There will be no virtual screenings this year.

As previously announced Joel Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth will open the festival, Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog is the centrepiece selection, and Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers will close the event.

Main Slate:

A Chiara (Ita), dir. Jonas Carpignano
Neon

Ahed’s Knee (Fra-Isr-Ger), dir. Nadav Lapid
US premiere
Kino Lorber

Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn (Rom-Lux-Cze-Cro), dir. Radu Jude
US premiere
Magnolia Pictures

Benedetta (Fra-Neth), dir. Paul Verhoeven
North American premiere
IFC Films

Bergman Island (Fra-Ger-Bel-Swe), dir. Mia Hansen-Løve
IFC Films

Il Buco (Ita-Fra-Ger), dir. Michelangelo Frammartino

Drive My Car (Japan), dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
US premiere

The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (Fra-Fin-Isr-Ger), dir. Avi Mograbi

Flee (Den-Fra-Swe-Nor), dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Neon

France (Fra-Ger-Bel-It), dir. Bruno Dumont
US premiere
Kino Lorber

Futura (Ita), dirs. Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher
US premiere

The Girl And The Spider (Swi), dirs. Ramon and Silvan Zürcher
US peremiere
Cinema Guild

Hit The Road (Ira), dir. Panah Panahi
US premiere

In Front Of Your Face (SK), dir. Hong Sangsoo
North American premiere
Cinema Guild

Întregalde (Rom), dir. Radu Muntean
US premiere

Introduction (SK), dir. Hong Sangsoo
North American premiere
Cinema Guild

Memoria (Col-Thai-UK-Fra-Ger-Mex-Qat), dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Neon

Neptune Frost (USA-Rwa), dir. Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
US premiere

Passing (USA), dir. Rebecca Hall
Netflix

Petite Maman (Fra), dir. Céline Sciamma
Neon

Prayers For The Stolen (Mex-Ger-Bra-Qat), dir. Tatiana Huezo
Netflix

The Souvenir Part II (UK), dir. Joanna Hogg
North American premiere
A24

Titane (Fra), dir. Julia Ducournau
US premiere
Neon

Unclenching The Fists (Rus), dir. Kira Kovalenko
MUBI

The Velvet Underground (USA), dir. Todd Haynes
Apple

Vortex (Fra), dir. Gaspar Noé

What Do We See When We Look At The Sky? (Geo-Ger), dir. Alexandre Koberidze
MUBI

Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy (Jap), dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
US premiere
Film Movement

The Worst Person In The World (Nor), dir. Joachim Trier
US premiere
Neon