ⓒCourtesy of Film at Lincoln Center
Film at Lincoln Center announces the Spotlight lineup for the 64th New York Film Festival, which brings together an eclectic mix of festival favorites, special presentations, topical documentaries, and performance-driven works. Dynamic in scope and wide-ranging in style, Spotlight offers a curated survey of the year’s most anticipated films. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex, NYFF64 takes place September 25 through October 12 at Lincoln Center and venues across the city.
Spotlight Gala: Godzilla Minus Zero (Takashi Yamazaki)
Bucking Fastard (Werner Herzog)
Club Kid (Jordan Firstman)
The Debut (Jesse Eisenberg)
Edward Said: Between Worlds (Maiken Baird)
Fjord (Cristian Mungiu)
Iron Boy (Louis Clichy)
Joy of Joys (Jonathan Glazer)
Making Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
One More Time (Cindy Kleine, Andrè Gregory)
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Noah Segan)
Sixteen Moments of My Life (Albert Serra)
A Statement (Tom McCarthy)
Spotlight Shorts
South of Tehran (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Masao Adachi Takes a Passport Photo (Kamal Aljafari)
A Stolen Movie (Camilo Restrepo)
Torino Shadow (Jia Zhangke)
Screening Room (Morgan Fisher)
New York Shorts
The People’s Beach (J. Wortham)
ee (Heather Landsman)
The House Call (Eliza Barry Callahan)
A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere (Fanny Texier)
New York Never Let Me Down (Charlotte Wells)
Bucking Fastard
Werner Herzog | New York Premiere
The oddball brilliance of Werner Herzog—returning to NYFF for the first time since 1982’s Fitzcarraldo (NYFF20)—is in full effect in this tale of two sisters (Kate and Rooney Mara, in total sync) who live by their own social and emotional standards and rules.
The Debut
Jesse Eisenberg | New York Premiere
In Jesse Eisenberg’s theater-world comedy, Julianne Moore flings herself with delicious abandon into the role of a middle-aged New Jersey housewife who gets a part in a local stage musical despite having zero experience.
Fjord
Christian Mungiu | New York Premiere
Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, NYFF45) earned his second Palme d’Or for this searing drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a married couple who have immigrated to Norway from Romania and fall under suspicion of child abuse.
Iron Boy
Louis Clichy | U.S. Premiere
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Louis Clichy’s gorgeously hand-painted 1980s-set coming-of-age tale is a vision of rustic beauty and spiritual grace about an 11-year-old boy living with his struggling farming family in rural France.
Joy of Joys
Jonathan Glazer | World Premiere
This exuberant yet sobering documentary from Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest, NYFF61)—with the help of London schoolkids equipped with cameras—goes behind the scenes at Abbey Road to capture the recording of a charity album from War Child Records, which aids children in conflict zones. The screening will be followed by an extended Q&A with Jonathan Glazer.
Making Marie Antoinette
Eleanor Coppola | New York Premiere
Sofia Coppola’s dynamic craftsmanship in creating her personal vision for 2006’s Marie Antoinette (NYFF44) is on full display in this video diary shot by her mother, Eleanor Coppola, on the film’s set in Versailles in 2005.
A Statement
Tom McCarthy | World Premiere
In 1980, a group of environmental activists, scientists, and policymakers convened to discuss an alarming government study on climate change. Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) re-creates this historical moment with a brilliant ensemble cast including Paul Rudd, Amy Ryan, Paul Giamatti, John Turturro, and more.