2025 New York Film Festival

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2025 New York Film Festival
Opening film After the Hunt
Closing film Is This Thing On?
Location New York City, United States
Founded1963
Founded by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel
Hosted by Film at Lincoln Center
Artistic directorDennis Lim
Festival dateSeptember 26 – October 13, 2025
Website https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff/
New York Film Festival
2026

The 63rd New York Film Festival will take place from September 26 to October 13, 2025 in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.

Contents

Luca Guadagnino's thriller film After the Hunt was selected as the "Opening Night Film" for this edition, [1] Jim Jarmusch's anthology drama film Father Mother Sister Brother was chosen as NYFF's "Centerpiece", [2] while Bradley Cooper's comedy Is This Thing On? was chosen as the "Closing Night Film". [3]

Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time are Kahlil Joseph, Milagros Mumenthaler, Mary Bronstein, Pedro Pinho, Francesco Sossai, Kent Jones, Hlynur Pálmason, Sergei Loznitsa, Lav Diaz and Mascha Schilinski.

World premieres includes Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? , Ulrich Köhler's Gavagai, Ronan Day-Lewis' Anemone, Rebecca Miller's Mr. Scorsese and Ben Stiller's Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost.

Official Selections

Main Slate

The following films were selected to the "Main Slate" section: [4] [5]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
After the Hunt (opening film) Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States
Below the Clouds Sotto le nuvole Gianfranco Rosi Italy
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph United States
Cover-Up Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
The CurrentsLas Corrientes Milagros Mumenthaler Switzerland, Argentina
Duse Pietro Marcello Italy, France
Father Mother Sister Brother (centerpiece) Jim Jarmusch United States, Ireland, France, Italy, Japan
The Fence Claire Denis France
GavagaiUlrich KöhlerGermany, France
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow United States
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
I Only Rest in the Storm O Riso e a FacaPedro PinhoPortugal, Brazil, France, Romania
Is This Thing On? (closing film) Bradley Cooper United States
It Was Just an Accident یک تصادف ساده Jafar Panahi Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach United Kingdom, United States, Italy
Kontinental '25 Radu Jude Romania, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Landmarks Nuestra tierra Lucrecia Martel Argentine, Mexico, France, United States, Netherlands, Denmark
The Last One for the Road Le città di pianuraFrancesco SossaiItaly
Late Fame Kent Jones United States
The Love That Remains Ástin Sem Eftir Er Hlynur Pálmason Iceland, Denmark, France, Finland, Sweden
Magellan Magalhães Lav Diaz Portugal, Spain, Philippines, France
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt United States, United Kingdom
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold Germany
No Other Choice 어쩔수가없다 Park Chan-wook South Korea
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs United States, Germany
Resurrection 狂野时代 Bi Gan China, France
Romería Carla Simón Spain, Belgium, Germany
Rose of Nevada Mark Jenkin United Kingdom
The Secret Agent O Agente Secreto Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi Joachim Trier Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
Sirāt Oliver Laxe Spain, France
Sound of Falling In die Sonne schauen Mascha Schilinski Germany
Two Prosecutors Два прокурора Sergei Loznitsa Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania
What Does That Nature Say to You 그 자연이 네게 뭐라고 하니 Hong Sang-soo South Korea

Spotlight Gala

Film at Lincoln Center announced Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere as the first film of the "Spotlight" section on August 11, 2025. [6] The entire line-up was announced on August 12: [7]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Anemone Ronan Day-Lewis United Kingdom, United States
Blue Moon Richard Linklater United States
Grace La grazia Paolo Sorrentino Italy
Mr. Scorsese (series) Rebecca Miller United States
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater France
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir United States
Pillion Harry Lighton United Kingdom
A Private Life Vie privée Rebecca Zlotowski France
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Sepideh Farsi France, Palestine, Iran
Scarlet 果てしなきスカーレット Mamoru Hosoda Japan
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Scott Cooper United States
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost Ben Stiller
Short films
Arguments in Favor of LoveGabriel AbrantesPortugal
Cairo Streets Abdellah Taïa France
Carol & Joy Nathan Silver United States
Doomed and FamousBingham Bryant
February OmenMary Rose McClain
Fragments for Venus Alice Diop France, Italy
Index Radu Muntean Romania
Nervous EnergyEve LiuUnited States
Turtle SandwichDavid Cardoza

Currents

The Currents slate includes 16 feature films and 24 short films in five programs, representing 28 countries. The following films were selected: [8]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Back Home回家 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
Barrio TristeStillzColombia
BouchraOrian Barki and Meriem BennaniItaly, Morocco, United States
Dracula Radu Jude Romania, Austria, Luxembourg, Brazil
Drunken Noodles Lucio Castro Argentina, United States
Dry Leaf ხმელი ფოთოლი Alexandre Koberidze Germany, Georgia
Ecce Mole Heinz Emigholz Italy
Escape / Toso逃走 Masao Adachi Japan
EvidenceLee Anne SchmittUnited States
Hair, Paper, Water...Tóc, Giấy và Nước... Minh Quý Trương and Nicolas GrauxVietnam, France, Belgium
Last Night I Conquered the City of ThebesAnoche conquisté TebasGabriel AzorínSpain, Portugal
Levers Rhayne Vermette Canada
Little Boy James Benning United States
Mare's Nest Ben Rivers United Kingdom, France, Canada
Pin de FartieAlejo MoguillanskyArgentina
Windward Sharon Lockhart Canada, United States
With Hasan in Gaza مع حسن في غزّة Kamal Aljafari Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar

Currents Shorts

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Program 1: Below the Surface
Daria's Night Flowersگل‌های شب ِدریاMaryam TafakoryIran, United Kingdom, France
DooniKevin Jerome Everson and Claudrena N. HaroldUnited States
Morning CircleMorgenkreisBasma al-SharifCanada, United Arab Emirates
A Real ChristmasJustin Jinsoo KimUnited States, South Korea
Tigers Can Be Seen in the RainYa se ven los tigres en la lluviaOscar Ruiz NaviaColombia, Canada
Program 2: Afterimages
09/05/1982Jorge Caballero and Camilo RestrepoSpain, Mexico
As Told by a CorpseYace SulaUnited States
A MetamorphosisLin Htet AungMyanmar
Slet 1988Marta PopivodaGermany, France, Serbia
Time Life Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived Mungo Thomson United States
Water SportsWhammy AlcazarenPhilippines
Program 3: Common Ground
AnokaKarthik PandianUnited States, India
Give It Back: Crimes Against RealtyNew Red OrderUnited States
Jacob's HouseLucas Kane
Program 4: Model Behaviors
Acetone RealitySara Magenheimer and Michael Bell-Smith United States
And If the BodyToby Lee
Fiction Contract Carolyn Lazard
Their EyesNicolas GouraultFrance
Program 5: Fields of Vision
As a Tree Walks to Its ForestJiayi ChenUnited States
FELTBlake WilliamsCanada, United States, Spain
Keyhole ConversationPeter LarssonSweden
Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love Jodie Mack United States
toward a fundamental theory of physicsVictor Van RossemBelgium

Revivals

Revivals celebrates works that have been restored, preserved, or digitally remastered. The following films were selected: [9]

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Angel's Egg (1985)天使のたまご Mamoru Oshii Japan
The Arch (1968)董夫人 T’ang Shushuen Hong Kong
Black Girl (1972) Ossie Davis United States
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) Henry Jaglom United States
Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)Araṇyēra Dinarātri Satyajit Ray India
Mortu Nega (1988) Flora Gomes Guinea-Bissau
Queen Kelly (1929) Erich von Stroheim United States
The Razor’s Edge / A Suspended Life (1985)غزل البنات Jocelyne Saab France, Lebanon
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1985) Howard Brookner United States
Shades of Silk (1978)Ombres de soieMary StephenCanada, France
Sholay (director’s cut) (1975) Ramesh Sippy India
The Wife of Seisaku (1965)清作の妻 Yasuzō Masumura Japan

References

  1. "Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt Will Open the 63rd New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. "Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother is the Centerpiece Selection of 63rd New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  3. "Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? Will Make World Premiere as Closing Night of the 63rd New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  4. Rubin, Rebecca (2025-08-05). "New York Film Festival Unveils 2025 Lineup: George Clooney's 'Jay Kelly,' 'Sentimental Value,' Park Chan-wook's 'No Other Choice'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  5. "63rd New York Film Festival Main Slate Announced". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  6. "Scott Cooper's Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Announced as NYFF63 Spotlight Gala". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  7. "63rd New York Film Festival Spotlight Selections Announced". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-08-12.
  8. "63rd New York Film Festival Currents Selections Announced". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  9. "63rd New York Film Festival Revivals Announced". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2025-08-14.