2021 New York Film Festival

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2021 New York Film Festival
Opening film The Tragedy of Macbeth
Closing film Parallel Mothers
LocationNew York City, United States
Founded1963
Founded by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel
Hosted by Film at Lincoln Center
Artistic directorDennis Lim
Festival dateSeptember 30 – October 16, 2022
Website https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2021/
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.

Contents

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

Main Slate

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Tragedy of Macbeth (opening film) Joel Coen United States
The Power of the Dog (centerpiece) Jane Campion New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
Parallel Mothers (closing film)Madres Paralelas Pedro Almodóvar Spain
A Chiara Jonas Carpignano Italy
Ahed's Knee הַבֶּרֶךְ 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 ドライブ・マイ・カー 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
France Bruno Dumont France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
Futura Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi and Alice Rohrwacher Italy
The Girl and the Spider Das Mädchen und die SpinneRamon Zürcher and Silvan ZürcherSwitzerland
Hit the Road جاده خاکی Panah Panahi Iran
In Front of Your Face 당신 얼굴 앞에서 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Întregalde Radu Muntean Romania
Introduction 인트로덕션 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Qatar
Neptune Frost Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman United States, Rwanda
Passing Rebecca Hall United States, United Kingdom
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma France
Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg United Kingdom
Titane Julia Ducournau France
Unclenching the Fists Разжимая кулакиKira KovalenkoRussia
The Velvet Underground Todd Haynes United States
Vortex Gaspar Noé France
What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? რას ვხედავთ როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ? Alexandre Koberidze Georgia, Germany
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 偶然と想像 Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
The Worst Person in the World Verdens verste menneske Joachim Trier Norway

Spotlight

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Belle 竜とそばかすの姫 Mamoru Hosoda Japan
C'mon C'mon Mike Mills United States
Dune Denis Villeneuve
The French Dispatch Wes Anderson
Jane by Charlotte Jane par Charlotte Charlotte Gainsbourg France
The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal United States, Greece
Marx Can Wait Marx può aspettare Marco Bellocchio Italy
Red Rocket Sean Baker United States
The Souvenir (2019) Joanna Hogg United Kingdom, United States

Currents

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
All About My SistersJia ting lu xiangWang QiongUnited States
The Great MovementEl Gran MovimientoKiro RussoBolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland
Haruhara-san's RecorderHaruharasan no utaKyoshi SugitaJapan
I Want to Talk About DurasVous ne désirez que moiClaire SimonFrance
Just a MovementJuste une mouvementVincent MeessenBelgium, France
NatureLa Nature Artavazd Peleshyan France, Germany, Armenia
A Night of Knowing Nothing Payal Kapadia France, India
Outside NoiseTed FendtGermany, South Korea, Austria
PrismÉléonore Yameogo, An van Dienderen and Rosine Mbakam Belgium
Returning to ReimsRetour à Reims (Fragments)Jean-Gabriel PériotFrance
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, ReplacesGang-eun heuleugo, gub-ichigo, jiugo, doebichunda Shengze Zhu United States
Social Hygiene Hygiène sociale Denis Côté Canada
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette
The Tale of King Crab Re GranchioAlessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo ZoppisItaly, Argentina, France
The Tsugua DiariesDiários de OtsogaMaureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes Portugal

Short films

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
38Daniel Chew, Micaela DurandUnited States
All of Your Stars Are But Dust on My ShoesHaig AivazianLebanon
Blind BodyAllison ChhornAustralia
The CanyonZachary EpcarUnited States
The Capacity for Adequate AngerVika KirchenbauerGermany
Cutting the MushroomMike CraneUnited States
Day Is DoneZhang DaleiChina
Do Not CirculateTiffany SiaHong Kong
Dog Star DescendingAykan SafoğluTurkey, Germany
Dreams Under ConfinementChristopher HarrisUnited States
earthearthearthDaïchi SaïtoCanada
ElleLuise DonschenGermany
EstuaryRoss MeckfesselUnited States
FictionsManuela de LabordeMexico, Germany
Grandma's ScissorsErica SheuTaiwan, United States
Here Is the Imagination of the Black RadicalRhea StorrUnited Kingdom
Homage to the Work of Philip Henry GossePablo Martín WeberArgentina
Home When You ReturnCarl ElsaesserUnited States
A Human CertaintyMorgan QuaintanceUnited Kingdom
If I Could Name You Myself (I Would Hold You Forever)Hope StricklandUnited Kingdom
In and Out a WindowRichard TuohyUnited States
In Flow of WordsEliane Esther BotsNetherlands
KindertotenliederVirgil VernierFrance
May June July Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Night Colonies Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
No SubjectGuillermo MoncayoFrance, Colombia
Personality TestJustin Jinsoo KimSouth Korea, United States
Reach CapacityEricka BeckmanUnited States
Six Seventy-Two Variations, Variation 1Tomonari Nishikawa
SouthMorgan QuaintanceUnited Kingdom
Strange ObjectMiranda PennellUnited States
SycoraxLois Patiño, Matías PiñeiroSpain, Portugal
To Pick a FlowerShireen SenoPhilippines
TonalliLos IngrávidosMexico
What Is It That You Said?Shun IkezoeJapan

Revivals

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
Adoption (1976)Örökbefogadás Márta Mészáros Hungary
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) John Carpenter United States
Bluebeard's Castle (1963)Herzog Blaubarts Burg Michael Powell Germany
Chameleon Street (1989) Wendell B. Harris, Jr. United States
James Baldwin: From Another Place (1973)Sedat PekayTurkey
Hester Street (1975) Joan Micklin Silver United States
Kummatty (1979) Govindan Aravindan India
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 Hungary
Rude Boy (1980)Jack Hazan & David MingayUnited Kingdom
Sambizanga (1972) Sarah Maldoror Angola, France
Songs for Drella (1990) Ed Lachman United States
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) Melvin Van Peebles
Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)Christine Choy

Amos Vogel Centenary Retrospective

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production Country
The Lead Shoes (1949)Sidney PetersonUnited States
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 Germany
Barravento Glauber Rocha Brazil
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 United States
Echoes of Silence (1965) Peter Emanuel Goldman
Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom (1964)Lebert BethuneFrance
Now (1965) Santiago Álvarez Cuba
Black NatchezDavid Neuman and Ed Pincus United States
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 FrerckUnited States

Free talks

SectionSpeakersNotesRef.
The 2023 Amos Vogel Lecture Albert Serra The filmmaker spoke about his career and legacy [7]
Deep FocusThe 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

  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.
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