2021 New York Film Festival

The 59th New York Film Festival took place from September 24 to October 10, 2021.[1] Unlike the 2020 New York Film Festival, which was staged online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 festival returned to physical screenings at the Lincoln Center.

2021 New York Film Festival
Opening filmThe Tragedy of Macbeth
by Joel Coen
Closing filmParallel Mothers
by Pedro Almodóvar
StandortNew York City, United States
Gegründet1963
Founded byRichard Roud and Amos Vogel
Hosted byFilm at Lincoln Center
Artistic directorDennis Lim
Festival dateSeptember 30 – October 16, 2022
Websitehttps://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2021/
New York Film Festival

Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth was announced as the opening film[2] with Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers announced as the closing film.[3] Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog was the festival's centerpiece screening.[4][5][6]

Official Selection

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English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Opening Film
The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen Vereinigte Staaten
Centerpiece
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion New Zealand, United Kingdom,
Canada, Australia
Closing Film
Parallel Mothers Madres Paralelas Pedro Almodóvar Spanien
Main Slate
A Chiara Jonas Carpignano Italien
Ahed's Knee Habereḵ Nadav Lapid France, Israel, Germany
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc Radu Jude Romania, Luxembourg,
Czech Republic, Croatia
Benedetta Paul Verhoeven France, Netherlands
Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino Italy, France, Germany
Drive My Car Doraibu mai kā Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation Avi Mograbi France, Finland, Israel, Germany
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
Frankreich Bruno Dumont France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
Futura Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi, Alice Rohrwacher Italien
The Girl and the Spider Das Mädchen und die Spinne Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher Schweiz
Hit the Road Panah Panahi Iran
In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo Südkorea
Întregalde Radu Muntean Rumänien
Einführung Hong Sang-soo Südkorea
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Mexico, Qatar
Neptune Frost Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman United States, Rwanda
Passing Rebecca Hall United States, United Kingdom
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma Frankreich
Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg Vereinigtes Königreich
Titane Julia Ducournau Frankreich
Unclenching the Fists Разжимая кулаки Kira Kovalenko Russland
The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes Vereinigte Staaten
Vortex Gaspar Noé Frankreich
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? რას ვხედავთ როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ? Alexandre Koberidze Georgia, Germany
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Gūzen to Sōzō Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Norwegen

Spotlight

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English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Belle 竜とそばかすの姫 Mamoru Hosoda Japan
C'mon C'mon Mike Mills Vereinigte Staaten
Dune Denis Villeneuve
The French Dispatch Wes Anderson
Jane by Charlotte Charlotte Gainsbourg Frankreich
The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal United States, Greece
Marx Can Wait Marco Bellocchio Italien
Red Rocket Sean Baker Vereinigte Staaten
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg United Kingdom, United States

Currents

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English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
All About My Sisters Jia ting lu xiang Wang Qiong Vereinigte Staaten
The Great Movement El Gran Movimiento Kiro Russo Bolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland
Haruhara-san's Recorder Haruharasan no uta Kyoshi Sugita Japan
I Want to Talk About Duras Vous ne désirez que moi Claire Simon Frankreich
Just a Movement Juste une mouvement Vincent Meessen Belgium, France
Nature La Nature Artavazd Peleshian France, Germany, Armenia
A Night of Knowing Nothing Payal Kapadia France, India
Outside Noise Ted Fendt Germany, South Korea, Austria
Prism Éléonore Yameogo, An van Dienderen and Rosine Mbakam Belgien
Returning to Reims Retour à Reims (Fragments) Jean-Gabriel Périot Frankreich
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces Gang-eun heuleugo, gub-ichigo, jiugo, doebichunda Shengze Zhu Vereinigte Staaten
Social Hygiene Hygiène sociale Denis Côté Kanada
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette
The Tale of King Crab Re Granchio Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis Italy, Argentina, France
The Tsugua Diaries Diários de Otsoga Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes Portugal

Short films

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English title Original title Director(s) Land
38 Daniel Chew, Micaela Durand Vereinigte Staaten
All of Your Stars Are But Dust on My Shoes Haig Aivazian Libanon
Blind Body Allison Chhorn Australien
The Canyon Zachary Epcar Vereinigte Staaten
The Capacity for Adequate Anger Vika Kirchenbauer Deutschland
Cutting the Mushroom Mike Crane Vereinigte Staaten
Day Is Done Zhang Dalei China
Do Not Circulate Tiffany Sia Hongkong
Dog Star Descending Aykan Safoğlu Turkey, Germany
Dreams Under Confinement Christopher Harris Vereinigte Staaten
earthearthearth Daïchi Saïto Kanada
Elle Luise Donschen Deutschland
Estuary Ross Meckfessel Vereinigte Staaten
Fictions Manuela de Laborde Mexico, Germany
Grandma's Scissors Erica Sheu Taiwan, United States
Here Is the Imagination of the Black Radical Rhea Storr Vereinigtes Königreich
Homage to the Work of Philip Henry Gosse Pablo Martín Weber Argentinien
Home When You Return Carl Elsaesser Vereinigte Staaten
A Human Certainty Morgan Quaintance Vereinigtes Königreich
If I Could Name You Myself (I Would Hold You Forever) Hope Strickland Vereinigtes Königreich
In and Out a Window Richard Tuohy Vereinigte Staaten
In Flow of Words Eliane Esther Bots Niederlande
Kindertotenlieder Virgil Vernier Frankreich
May June July Kevin Jerome Everson Vereinigte Staaten
Night Colonies Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
No Subject Guillermo Moncayo France, Colombia
Personality Test Justin Jinsoo Kim South Korea, United States
Reach Capacity Ericka Beckman Vereinigte Staaten
Six Seventy-Two Variations, Variation 1 Tomonari Nishikawa
South Morgan Quaintance Vereinigtes Königreich
Strange Object Miranda Pennell Vereinigte Staaten
Sycorax Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro Spain, Portugal
To Pick a Flower Shireen Seno Philippinen
Tonalli Los Ingrávidos Mexiko
What Is It That You Said? Shun Ikezoe Japan

Revivals

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English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Adoption (1976) Örökbefogadás Márta Mészáros Ungarn
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) John Carpenter Vereinigte Staaten
Bluebeard's Castle (1963) Herzog Blaubarts Burg Michael Powell Deutschland
Chameleon Street (1989) Wendell B. Harris, Jr. Vereinigte Staaten
James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973) Sedat Pekay Türkei
Hester Street (1975) Joan Micklin Silver Vereinigte Staaten
Kummatty (1979) Govindan Aravindan Indien
Mississippi Masala (1991) Mira Nair United Kingdom, United States
Radio On (1979) Chris Petit United Kingdom, West Germany
Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay United Kingdom, France
The Round-Up (1966) Miklós Jancsó Ungarn
Rude Boy (1980) Jack Hazan & David Mingay Vereinigtes Königreich
Sambizanga (1972) Sarah Maldoror Angola, France
Songs for Drella (1990) Ed Lachman Vereinigte Staaten
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Melvin Van Peebles
Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) Christine Choy

Amos Vogel Centenary Retrospective

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English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Lead Shoes (1949) Sidney Peterson Vereinigte Staaten
Unconscious Motivation (1949) Lester F. Beck
The Battle of San Pietro (1949) John Huston
Study No. 11 (1932), Allegretto (1936-43), and Motion Painting No. 1 (1947) Oskar Fischinger Deutschland
Barravento Glauber Rocha Brasilien
Pearls of the Deep (1965) Perličky na dně Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová, and Jaromil Jireš Czechoslovakia
The Flicker (1966) Tony Conrad Vereinigte Staaten
Echoes of Silence (1965) Peter Emanuel Goldman
Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom (1964) Lebert Bethune Frankreich
Now (1965) Santiago Álvarez Cuba
Black Natchez David Neuman and Ed Pincus Vereinigte Staaten
The Jungle (1966) 12th and Oxford Street Film Makers
Film Club (1968) Jaime Barrios
WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) Dušan Makavejev Yugoslavia, West Germany
Nebula II (1971) Robert Frerck Vereinigte Staaten

Free talks

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Section Speakers Notes Ref.
The 2023 Amos Vogel Lecture Albert Serra The filmmaker spoke about his career and legacy [7]
Deep Focus The Making of Mississippi Masala A discussion between director Mira Nair, cinematographer Edward Lachman, and actress Sarita Choudhury.
Jane Campion Campion talked about The Power of the Dog and her career with moderator and director Sofia Coppola.
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi The auteur talked about his Drive My Car with moderator and filmmaker Matías Piñeiro.
Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman The filmmakers talked about cinema as a means of realizing new and better futures with moderator Maya Cade.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul The director talked about their latest film Memoria with novelist Katie Kitamura.
Cross Cuts Mia Hansen-Løve & Joachim Trier The filmmakers talk about their latest films, Bergman Island and The Worst Person in the World respectively.
Silvan Zürcher & Alexandre Koberidze The two talked about their films The Girl and the Spider and What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?.
Maggie Gyllenhaal & Kira Kovalenko The female filmmakers discussed feminism, heroines, transcending the status quo.

References

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  1. ^ Dade Hayes, "New York Film Festival To Open With Joel Coen's ‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ In Return To In-Person Lincoln Center Mode". Deadline Hollywood, July 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Brent Lang, "Joel Coen's ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ With Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington Will Open New York Film Festival". Variety, July 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Dade Hayes, "New York Film Festival To Close With Pedro Almodóvar's ‘Parallel Mothers’". Deadline Hollywood, August 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Hayes, Dade (July 27, 2021). "Jane Campion's 'The Power Of The Dog' Chosen As New York Film Festival Centerpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  5. ^ Pearce, Leonard (August 19, 2021). "59th New York Film Festival Adds C'mon C'mon, Dune, Red Rocket, The French Dispatch & More". The Film Stage. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. ^ Chris Lindahl, "NYFF 2021 Announces Currents Section Focused on Cutting Edge and Experimental Films — Exclusive". IndieWire, August 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Talks - New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved August 10, 2024.