# 2024 New York Film Festival

The 62nd New York Film Festival took place September 27 to October 14, 2024, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.
RaMell Ross' historical drama film Nickel Boys was selected as the "Opening Night Film" for this edition, Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door was chosen as NYFF's "Centerpiece", while Steve McQueen's Blitz was chosen as the "Closing Night Film".
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time were Payal Kapadia, Roberto Minervini, Carson Lund, Neo Sora, Julia Loktev, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, Rungano Nyoni, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Mohammad Rasoulof, Yeo Siew Hua, Robinson Devor, Pia Marais and Minh Quý Trương.

## Official Selections
### Main Slate

The following films were selected to the "Main Slate" section of the Festival:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| All We Imagine as Light | All We Imagine as Light | Payal Kapadia | India, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Anora | Anora | Sean Baker | United States |
| April | April | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia, France, Italy |
| Blitz (closing film) | Blitz (closing film) | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Brutalist | The Brutalist | Brady Corbet | United States, United Kingdom, Hungary |
| By the Stream | 수유천 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| Dahomey | Dahomey | Mati Diop | Benin, France, Senegal |
| The Damned | Les Damnés | Roberto Minervini | Belgium, Italy, United States |
| Eephus | Eephus | Carson Lund | United States |
| Grand Tour | Grand Tour | Miguel Gomes | Portugal, France, Italy |
| Happyend | Happyend | Neo Sora | Japan, United States |
| Hard Truths | Hard Truths | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom, Spain |
| Harvest | Harvest | Athina Rachel Tsangari | United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France, United States |
| Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie | France, Portugal, Spain |
| My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow | My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow | Julia Loktev | United States |
| Nickel Boys (opening film) | Nickel Boys (opening film) | RaMell Ross | United States |
| No Other Land | No Other Land | Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor | Palestine, Norway |
| Oh, Canada | Oh, Canada | Paul Schrader | United States |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia |
| Pepe | Pepe | Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias | Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France |
| The Room Next Door (centerpiece) | La habitación de al lado | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانه انجیر مقدس | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France |
| The Shrouds | The Shrouds | David Cronenberg | France, Canada |
| Stranger Eyes | 默视录 | Yeo Siew Hua | Singapore, Taiwan, France, United States |
| Suburban Fury | Suburban Fury | Robinson Devor | United States |
| Transamazonia | Transamazonia | Pia Marais | France, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Brazil |
| A Traveler's Needs | 여행자의 필요 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Viet and Nam | Trong lòng đất | Minh Quý Trương | Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, France, Netherlands |
| Who by Fire | Comme le feu | Philippe Lesage | Canada, France |
| Youth (Hard Times) | 青春（苦） | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Youth (Homecoming) | 青春（归） | Wang Bing | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |

### Spotlight

Film at Lincoln Center announced Queer as the first film of the "Spotlight" section on August 08, 2024. The entire line-up was announced on August 14, 2024:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Afternoons of Solitude | Tardes de soledad | Albert Serra | Spain |
| Apocalypse in the Tropics | Apocalipse nos Trópicos | Petra Costa | Brazil, United States, Denmark |
| Elton John: Never Too Late | Elton John: Never Too Late | R.J. Cutler, David Furnish | United States, United Kingdom |
| Emilia Pérez | Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | France |
| The Friend | The Friend | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | United States |
| I’m Still Here | Ainda Estou Aqui | Walter Salles | Brazil, France |
| It's Not Me | C'est Pas Moi | Leos Carax | France |
| Maria | Maria | Pablo Larraín | Italy, Germany |
| Pavements | Pavements | Alex Ross Perry | United States |
| Queer | Queer | Luca Guadagnino | Italy, United States |
| A Real Pain | A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg | United States, Poland |
| Rumours | Rumours | Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson | Canada, Germany |
| Exposé du Film Annonce du Film "Scénario" | Exposé du Film Annonce du Film "Scénario" | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Japan |
| France, Japan ||
| TWST / Things We Said Today | TWST / Things We Said Today | Andrei Ujică | France, Romania |
| Union | Union | Brett Story, Stephen Maing | United States |

### Currents

Film at Lincoln Center announced Little, Big, and Far as the Currents section "Centerpiece" on August 15, 2024, alongside the announcement of the entire line-up:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 7 Walks with Mark Brown | 7 Walks with Mark Brown | Pierre Creton, Vincent Barré | France |
| The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire | The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire | Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich | United States |
| bluish | bluish | Lilith Kraxner, Milena Czernovsky | Austria |
| Direct Action | Direct Action | Guillaume Cailleau, Ben Russell | Germany, France |
| exergue – on documenta 14 | exergue – on documenta 14 | Dimitris Athiridis | Greece |
| Fire of Wind | Fire of Wind | Marta Mateus | Portugal, Switzerland, France |
| Jimmy | Jimmy | Yashaddai Owens | France/Turkey |
| Lázaro at Night | Lázaro at Night | Nicolás Pereda | Canada/Mexico |
| Little, Big, and Far (currents centerpiece) | Little, Big, and Far (currents centerpiece) | Jem Cohen | Austria, United States |
| The Suit | The Suit | Heinz Emigholz | Germany, Mexico, Argentina, United States |
| Universal Language | Universal Language | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
| You Burn Me | Tú me abrasas | Matías Piñeiro | Argentina, Spain |

#### Currents Shorts

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Program 1: The Will to Change ||||
| An All-Around Feel Good | An All-Around Feel Good | Jordan Lord | United States |
| Black Glass | Black Glass | Adam Piron | United States |
| The Deep West Assembly | The Deep West Assembly | Cauleen Smith | United States |
| Man number 4 | Man number 4 | Miranda Pennell | United Kingdom |
| Program 2: Identification Marks ||||
| Being John Smith | Being John Smith | John Smith | United Kingdom |
| Efforts of Nature | Efforts of Nature | Morgan Quaintance | United Kingdom |
| I Remember (depth of flatten cruelty) | I Remember (depth of flatten cruelty) | James Richards, Tolia Astakhishvili | Germany |
| Track_ing | Track_ing | Chanyeol Lee, Hanna Cho, Samgar Rakym, Ali Tynybekov | South Korea, Kazakhstan |
| Program 3: Signal to Noise ||||
| Grandmamauntsistercat | Grandmamauntsistercat | Zuza Banasińska | Netherlands, Poland |
| Hemel | Hemel | Danielle Dean | United States, United Kingdom |
| Jizai | Jizai | Maiko Endo | Japan |
| Like an Outburst | Like an Outburst | Sebastián Schjaer | Argentina |
| Program 4: Space Is the Place ||||
| A Black Screen Too | A Black Screen Too | Rhayne Vermette | United States |
| Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya | Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya | Malena Szlam | Australia, Canada |
| ESP | ESP | Laura Kraning | United States |
| The Land at Night | The Land at Night | Richard Tuohy, Dianna Barrie | Australia |
| re-engraved | re-engraved | Lei Lei | United States |
| Revolving Rounds | Revolving Rounds | Christina Jauernik, Johann Lurf | Austria |
| Program 5: Material Worlds ||||
| The Invisible Worm | The Invisible Worm | Rosalind Nashashibi | United Kingdom |
| No Spank | No Spank | Jordan Strafer | Greece |
| Sinking Feeling | Sinking Feeling | Zachary Epcar | United States |
| Towards the Sun, Far from the Center | Towards the Sun, Far from the Center | Pascal Viveros, Luciana Merino | Chile |
| Vibrant Matter | Vibrant Matter | Pablo Marín | Argentina, Spain |
| Program 6: Poetry Is Not a Luxury ||||
| Machine Boys | Machine Boys | Karimah Ashadu | Nigeria, Germany, Italy |
| October Noon | October Noon | Francisco Rodríguez Teare | Chile, France |
| Practice, Practice, Practice | Practice, Practice, Practice | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| Razeh-del | Razeh-del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Refuse Room | Refuse Room | Simon Liu | Hong Kong, United States |

### Revivals

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Bona (1980) | Bona (1980) | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Camp de Thiaroye (1988) | Camp de Thiaroye (1988) | Ousmane Sembène, Thierno Faty Sow | Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia |
| Compensation (1999) | Compensation (1999) | Zeinabu irene Davis | United States |
| The Fall of Otrar (1991) | Отырардың күйреуі | Ardak Amirkulov | Soviet Union |
| Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) | Quatre nuits d'un rêveur | Robert Bresson | France |
| Hellraiser (1987) | Hellraiser (1987) | Clive Barker | United Kingdom |
| J’ai faim, j’ai froid (1984) | J’ai faim, j’ai froid (1984) | Chantal Akerman | France |
| La Musica (1967) | La Musica (1967) | Marguerite Duras, Paul Seban | France |
| Model (1981) | Model (1981) | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| Nightshift (1981) | Nightshift (1981) | Robina Rose | United Kingdom |
| Northern Lights (1978) | Northern Lights (1978) | John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | United States |
| Reporters (1981) | Reporters (1981) | Raymond Depardon | France |
| The Sealed Soil (1977) | خاک سر به مهر | Marva Nabili | Iran |