2020 New York Film Festival

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The 58th New York Film Festival took place from September 17 to October 11, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was staged through outdoor and online screenings. [1]

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Main slate

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryRef
Atarrabi and MikelatsAtarrabi et Mikelats Eugène Green Belgium, France
[2]
Beginning Dasatskisi Déa Kulumbegashvili Georgia
The CalmingSong FangChina
City Hall Frederick Wiseman United States
Days 日子 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane India
French Exit Azazel Jacobs United Kingdom, Canada
Gunda Viktor Kossakovsky United States, Norway
I Carry You With Me Te Llevo Conmigo Heidi Ewing United States, Mexico
IsabellaMatías PiñeiroArgentina
Lovers Rock Steve McQueen United Kingdom
Malmkrog Cristi Puiu Romania
Mangrove Steve McQueen United Kingdom
MLK/FBI Sam PollardUnited States
Night of the Kings La Nuit des rois Philippe Lacôte France, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada, Senegal
Nomadland Chloé Zhao United States
Notturno Gianfranco Rosi Italy
Red, White & Blue Steve McQueen United Kingdom
The Salt of Tears Le Sel des larmes Philippe Garrel France
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Jia Zhangke China
Time Garrett Bradley United States
Tragic JungleYulene OlaizolaMexico
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory KershawUnited States, Greece, Italy
Undine Christian Petzold Germany
The Woman Who Ran 도망친 여자 Hong Sang-soo South Korea

Currents

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryRef
ApparitionIsmaïl BahriTunisia, France
[3]
Fauna Flora y fauna Nicolás Pereda Mexico/Canada
Her Name Was EuropaAnja Dornieden, Juan David González MonroyGermany
Her Socialist Smile John Gianvito United States
Hidden Jafar Panahi France
The Inheritance Ephraim Asili United States
Its Distorting Mirror Raúl Ruiz, Valeria SarmientoChile
King of Sanwi Akosua Adoma Owusu USA/Ghana
The Last City Heinz Emigholz Germany
The LobbyHeinz EmigholzGermany/Argentina
My Mexican BretzelNuria GiménezSpain
OuverturesThe Living and the Dead EnsembleUnited Kingdom/France
The Plastic HouseAlison ChhornAustralia
A Revolt Without ImagesPilar MonsellSpain
Slow MachineJoe DeNardo, Paul FeltenUnited States
The Tango of the WidowerRaúl Ruiz, Valeria SarmientoChile
There Are Not Thirty-Six Ways of Showing a Man Getting on a HorseNo existen treinta y seis maneras de mostrar cómo un hombre se sube a un caballoNicolás ZukerfeldArgentina
This Day Won't LastMouaad el SalemTunisia/Belgium
Untitled Sequence of GapsVika KirchenbauerGermany
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) C.W. Winter, Anders Edström United States, Sweden, Japan, United Kingdom
The Year of the DiscoveryLuis López CarrascoSpain

Spotlight

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryRef
All In: The Fight for Democracy Liz Garbus, Lisa CortésUnited States
[4]
David Byrne's American Utopia Spike Lee United States
Hopper/Welles Orson Welles United States
The Human Voice Pedro Almodóvar Spain
The Monopoly of Violence David DufresneFrance
On the Rocks Sofia Coppola United States

Revivals

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryRef
The Chess Game of the WindShatranj-e-Baad Mohammad Reza Aslani Iran
[5]
Climax Gaspar Noé France, Belgium
Damnation Kárhozat Béla Tarr Hungary
Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
The Hourglass Sanatorium Sanatorium pod klepsydrą Wojciech Has Poland
In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in ParisTerence DixonUnited Kingdom, France
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest William Klein France
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy, France
Simone Barbes or VirtueSimone Barbès ou la vertuMarie-Claude TreilhouFrance
Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra United States
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Ivan Dixon United States
Xiao Wu (The Pickpocket)小武 Jia Zhangke China
Zero for Conduct Zéro de conduite Jean Vigo France

Short films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)CountryRef
Apiyemiyekî?Ana VazBrazil, France, Portugal, Netherlands
[3]
Aquí y alláMelisa LiebenthalArgentina, France
An Arrow Pointing to a Hole Steve Reinke United States, Canada
August 22, This Year Graham Foy Canada
Autoficcion Laida Lertxundi Spain, United States, New Zealand
The ChickenNeo SoraUnited States
Claudette's StarAyo AkingbadeUnited Kingdom
CorrespondenceCarla Simón, Dominga SotomayorSpain/Chile
DrillsSarah FriedlandUnited States
EkphrasisRiccardo GiacconiItaly
The End of Suffering (a proposal)Jacqueline LentzouGreece
Episodes – Spring 2018Mathilde GirardFrance
Extractions Thirza Cuthand Canada
Figure Minus FactMary Helena ClarkUnited States
– force –Simon Liu, Jennie MaryTai LiuHong Kong, United States
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995Ute AurandGermany
Hard, Cracked the Wind Mark Jenkin United Kingdom
Humongous!Aya KawazoeJapan
In Sudden DarknessTayler MontagueUnited States
In the Air Tonight Andrew Norman Wilson United States
The IsolatedJay GiampietroUnited States
Labor of Love Sylvia Schedelbauer Germany
Letter From Your Far-Off CountrySuneil SanzgiriUnited States, India
Look Then Below Ben Rivers United Kingdom
MalembeLuis ArníasVenezuela, United States
A Night at the OperaSergei LoznitzaFrance
Notes, Imprints (On Love): Part IAlexandra CuestaUnited States, Ecuador
Object Lessons, or: What Happened WhitsundayRicky D'AmbroseUnited States
Once RemovedLawrence Abu HamdanLebanon
Point and Line to Plane Sofia Bohdanowicz Canada
Sanfield Kevin Jerome Everson United States
See You in My DreamsShun IkezoeJapan
Shots in the Dark with David GodlisNoah Kloster, Lewie KlosterUnited States
Single CopyHsu Che-YuTaiwan
Stump the Guesser Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada
To the HarbourAnonymousHong Kong
Trust Study #1Shobun BaileUnited States
The Unseen RiverPhạm Ngọc LânVietnam, Laos
While Cursed by SpectersBurak ÇevikTurkey
Wild Bill HorsecockOliver ShaheryUnited States

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