2008 New York Film Festival

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The 46th New York Film Festival ran from September 26 to October 12, 2008. In addition to screening the feature films listed below, which were often preceded by short films, the festival ran a sidebar retrospective of the films of controversial Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. The festival also included its twelfth annual series Views from the Avant-Garde, showcasing a variety of experimental films.

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Main slate

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
Opening Night The Class Entre les murs Laurent Cantet Flag of France.svg  France
Centerpiece Changeling Clint Eastwood Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Closing Night The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky Flag of the United States.svg  United States
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
24 City 二十四城记/二十四城記 Jia Zhangke Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Afterschool Antonio Campos Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ashes of Time Redux (1994)東邪西毒 Wong Kar-wai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Bullet in the Head Tiro en la cabeza Jaime Rosales Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Che (Part I: The Argentine and Part II: Guerilla) Steven Soderbergh Flag of the United States.svg  United States
ChougaShuga Darezhan Omirbaev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
A Christmas Tale Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin Flag of France.svg  France
Four Nights with Anna Cztery noce z Anną Jerzy Skolimowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Gomorrah Gomorra Matteo Garrone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
The Headless Woman La mujer sin cabeza Lucrecia Martel Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Hunger Steve McQueen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
I'm Gonna Explode Voy a explotarGerardo NaranjoFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Let It Rain Parlez-moi de la pluie Agnès Jaoui Flag of France.svg  France
Night and Day 밤과 낮 Hong Sang-soo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
The Northern Land A Corte do Norte João Botelho Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Service Serbis Brillante Mendoza Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Summer Hours L'heure d'été Olivier Assayas Flag of France.svg  France
Tokyo Sonata トウキョウソナタ Kiyoshi Kurosawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tony Manero Pablo Larraín Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Tulpan Тюльпан Sergey Dvortsevoy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר Ari Folman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt Flag of the United States.svg  United States
The Windmill Movie Alexander Olch Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Selection committee