NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The has unveiled the main slate of films to its 64th edition, including works from James Gray, Ava DuVernay and Tony Gilroy.
Organizers for Film at Lincoln Center on Wednesday announced the 32 films selected for its prestigious main slate lineup, all of which will play at the festival running Sept. 25 to Oct. 12. Kicking off the festival will be a Queens-set crime drama starring Adam Driver and Miles Teller.
While few of the festival’s selections will be making their world premiere in New York, one exception is Gilroy’s 鈥淏ehemoth!鈥� starring Pedro Pascal as a cellist. The festival is making 鈥淏ehemoth!鈥� its centerpiece gala. Also making its world premiere is a documentary on the much-contested constitutional amendment and a kind of sequel to her 鈥�13th鈥� documentary. DuVernay’s latest will close the festival.
In between, the festival’s principle lineup will feature many filmmakers who have previously brought films to the NYFF, including Pedro Almodovar (鈥淏itter Christmas鈥�), Ryusuke Hamaguchi ( ), Andrew Haigh (鈥淎 Long Winter鈥�), Radu Jude (鈥淭he Diary of a Chambermaid鈥�), Lee Chang-dong (鈥淧ossible Love鈥�), Mike Leigh (鈥淭ender Loving Care鈥�), Pawel Pawlikowski ( ) and Ira Sachs ( ).
Other selections include Chris Rock’s 鈥淢isty Green,鈥� which will first premiere , William and David Greaves’ acclaimed documentary and Julia Loktev’s 鈥淢y Undesirable Friends: Part II 鈥� Exile,鈥� the continuation of the Russian filmmaker’s sprawling documentary of modern-day dissent in Russia.
鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to recall a prior main slate program in which the state of the world has been as urgently reflected in so many creative ways,鈥� Dennis Lim, artistic director of the festival, said in a statement. 鈥淵ou could take any cross section of this lineup and come away with a vivid picture of what our present looks, sounds, and feels like. I鈥檓 deeply encouraged to be able to introduce New York audiences to works by so many fearless, imaginative directors whose artistry has been inspired by the shared realities of our world.鈥�
On Tuesday, the festival announced that Takashi Yamazaki’s 鈥淕odzilla Minus Zero,鈥� his sequel to will make its world premiere at the NYFF on Sept. 26.
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