# 2023 New York Film Festival

The 61st New York Film Festival took place between September 29 to October 15, 2023, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.
Todd Haynes' romantic drama May December was the "Opening Night Film" of this year edition, while Sofia Coppola's biographical drama Priscilla was chosen to be NYFF's "Centerpiece". Michael Mann's sports drama Ferrari was selected as the Festival's "Closing Night Film". The official "Main Slate" selection was announced on August 8, 2023. Followed by the "Spotlight Gala" section announcements on August 17, 2023. The line-up of the "Revivals" section was announced on August 22, 2023. The Currents slate was announced on August 23, 2023.
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time are Annie Baker, Bas Devos, Felipe Gálvez, Jonathan Glazer, Andrew Haigh, Raven Jackson, Michael Mann, Rodrigo Moreno, Paul B. Preciado, Wang Bing, and Zhang Lü.

## 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 |
| About Dry Grasses | Kuru Otlar Üstüne | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | Raven Jackson | United States |
| All of Us Strangers | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Justine Triet | France |
| The Beast | La Bête | Bertrand Bonello | France, Canada |
| La chimera | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice | Spain, Argentina |
| The Delinquents | Los delincuentes | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg |
| Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World | Nu astepta prea mult de la sfârsitul lumii | Radu Jude | Romania |
| Eureka | Eureka | Lisandro Alonso | Argentina, France, Germany, Portugal, Mexico |
| Evil Does Not Exist | 悪は存在しない | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Fallen Leaves | Kuolleet lehdet | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland |
| Ferrari (closing film) | Ferrari (closing film) | Michael Mann | United States |
| Green Border | Zielona Granica | Agnieszka Holland | Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium |
| Here | Here | Bas Devos | Belgium |
| In Our Day | 우리의 하루 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| In Water | 물 안에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Janet Planet | Janet Planet | Annie Baker | United States |
| Kidnapped | Rapito | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |
| Last Summer | L'été dernier | Catherine Breillat | France |
| May December (opening film) | May December (opening film) | Todd Haynes | United States |
| Music | Music | Angela Schanelec | Germany, France, Serbia |
| Orlando, My Political Biography | Orlando, ma biographie politique | Paul B. Preciado | France |
| Perfect Days | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, Germany |
| Pictures of Ghosts | Retratos Fantasmas | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022) | Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022) | Agnès Varda | France |
| Poor Things | Poor Things | Yorgos Lanthimos | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| The Practice | La práctica | Martín Rejtman | Argentina, Chile, Portugal |
| Priscilla (centerpiece) | Priscilla (centerpiece) | Sofia Coppola | United States |
| The Settlers | Los colonos | Felipe Gálvez | Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany |
| The Shadowless Tower | 白塔之光 | Zhang Lü | China |
| Youth (Spring) | 青春 | Wang Bing | China, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, United States, Poland |

### Spotlight

Film at Lincoln Center announced Maestro as the first film of the "Spotlight" section on August 16, 2023. The entire line-up was announced the following day:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Aggro Dr1ft | Aggro Dr1ft | Harmony Korine | United States |
| Bleat (2022) | Bleat (2022) | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| The Boy and the Heron | 君たちはどう生きるか | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan |
| The Curse (episodes 1–3) | The Curse (episodes 1–3) | Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie | United States |
| Foe | Foe | Garth Davis | Australia, United States |
| Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson | United States |
| Hit Man | Hit Man | Richard Linklater | United States |
| Maestro | Maestro | Bradley Cooper | United States |
| Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman | France, United States |
| Occupied City | Occupied City | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States |
| The Pigeon Tunnel | The Pigeon Tunnel | Errol Morris | United Kingdom |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus | Neo Sora | Japan |
| Strange Way of Life | Extraña Forma de Vida | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| The Sweet East | The Sweet East | Sean Price Williams | United States |
| The Taste of Things | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Tran Anh Hung | France |

### Currents

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Air Force Two | Air Force Two | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| ALLENSWORTH | ALLENSWORTH | James Benning | United States |
| Boyd v. Denton | Boyd v. Denton | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| The Daughters of Fire | As Filhas do Fogo | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed | Joanna Arnow | United States |
| The Human Surge 3 (opening film) | El auge del humano 3 | Eduardo Williams | Argentina, Portugal, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brazil, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru |
| Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Phạm Thiên Ân | Vietnam, Singapore, France, Spain |
| Laberint Sequences | Laberint Sequences | Blake Williams | United States |
| Last Things | Last Things | Deborah Stratman | United States, Portugal, France |
| Mambar Pierrette | Mambar Pierrette | Rosine Mbakam | Cameroon, Belgium |
| Man in Black | 黑衣人 | Wang Bing | China, France |
| Mangosteen | Mangosteen | Tulapop Saenjaroen | Thailand |
| The Night Visitors | The Night Visitors | Michael Gitlin | United States |
| Nowhere Near | Nowhere Near | Miko Revereza | United States, Philippines |
| A Prince | Un prince | Pierre Creton | France |
| Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: "Phony Wars" | Film Annonce du Film qui n’existera Jamais: “Drôles de Guerres” | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland, Belgium |
| Unhappy Hour | Unhappy Hour | Ted Fendt | Germany |
| We Don’t Talk Like We Used To | We Don’t Talk Like We Used To | Joshua Gen Solondz | United States, Hong Kong, Japan |
| When We Encounter the World | When We Encounter the World | Leonardo Pirondi and Zazie Ray-Trapido | Portugal, United States |

### Currents Shorts

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Program 1: Surface Tension ||||
| Abattoir U.S.A.! | Abattoir U.S.A.! | Aria Dean | United States |
| Mercurial Currents | Mercurial Currents | Carolina Fusilier | Argentina, Mexico |
| Moving Along Image | Dau:añcut | Adam Piron | United States, Canada |
| Nameless Syndrome | Nameless Syndrome | Jeamin Cha | South Korea |
| Sensitive Content | Sensitive Content | Narges Kalhor | Iran, Germany |
| Program 2: Stranger Than Paradise ||||
| The Far and Near | The Far and Near | Justin Jinsoo Kim | South Korea |
| Live From the Clouds | Live From the Clouds | Mackie Mallison | United States |
| The Moon Will Contain Us | Solo la Luna comprenderá | Kim Torres | Costa Rica, United States |
| Shrooms | Shrooms | Jorge Jácome | Portugal |
| Slow Shift | Slow Shift | Shambhavi Kaul | India, United States |
| Program 3: Inside Out ||||
| Bold Eagle | Bold Eagle | Whammy Alcazaren | Philippines |
| False Wife | False Wife | Jamie Crewe | United Kingdom |
| Larry | Larry | Takeshi Murata and Christopher Rutledge | United States |
| LOOPHOLE | LOOPHOLE | Jordan Strafer | United States |
| Sundown | Sundown | Steve Reinke | Austria, Canada, United States |
| Program 4: Close Encounters ||||
| Disappearances | Disappearances | James Edmonds | Germany |
| If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move | Kevin Jerome Everson | United States |
| N’Importe Quoi (for Brunhild) | N’Importe Quoi (for Brunhild) | Luke Fowler | France, United Kingdom |
| Intersection | Intersection | Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie | United States |
| Mast-Del | Mast-Del | Maryam Tafakory | Iran, United Kingdom |
| Spark from a Falling Star | Spark from a Falling Star | Ross Meckfessel | United States |
| Program 5: Burden of Dreams ||||
| and so it came about (A Tale of Consequential Dormancy) | and so it came about (A Tale of Consequential Dormancy) | Charlotte Pryce | United States |
| Coral | Coral | Sonia Oleniak | United States, Poland |
| Dildotectonica | Dildotectonica | Tomás Paula Marques | Portugal |
| Nocturne for a Forest | Nocturne for a Forest | Catarina Vasconcelos | Portugal |
| The Rays of a Storm | The Rays of a Storm | Julio Hernández Cordón | Mexico |
| Program 6: Site Specific ||||
| The Fist | The Fist | Ayo Akingbade | United Kingdom, Nigeria |
| Projekt | Projekt | Dane Komljen | Germany, Nigeria |
| Ungentle | Ungentle | Huw Lemmey and Onyeka Igwe | United Kingdom |

### Revivals

Film at Lincoln Center announced the following line-up on August 22, 2023:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Restored by |
| Abraham’s Valley (1993) | Vale Abrãao | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France, Switzerland | Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema |
| A Dream Longer Than the Night (1976) | Un rêve plus long que la nuit | Niki de Saint Phalle | France | L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna-Paris) |
| The Dupes (1973) | المخدوعون | Tewfik Saleh | Syria | The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with the National Film Organization and the family of Tewfik Saleh |
| Emak-Bakia (1926) | Emak-Bakia (1926) | Man Ray | France | Womanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di Bologna |
| Household Saints (1993) | Household Saints (1993) | Nancy Savoca | United States | Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone Films |
| Les Mystères du Château de Dé (1927) | Les Mystères du Château de Dé (1927) | Man Ray, Jacques-André Boiffard | France | Womanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di Bologna |
| Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022) | Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022) | Agnès Varda | France | Cine-Tamaris, in collaboration with L’Immagine Ritrovata |
| Pressure (1976) | Pressure (1976) | Horace Ové | United Kingdom | BFI National Archive and The Film Foundation |
| Renata (1982) | Renata (1982) | Nancy Savoca | United States | Milestone Film & Video in collaboration with Ross Lipman, Corpus Fluxus |
| Return to Reason (1923) | Le Retour à la Raison | Man Ray | France | Womanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di Bologna |
| La Roue (1923) | La Roue (1923) | Abel Gance | France | The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Française, the Cinémathèque Suisse, and Pathé and with the support of the CNC |
| The Starfish (1928) | L’Étoile de mer | Man Ray, Jacques-André Boiffard | France | Womanray and Cinenovo in partnership with La Cinémathèque française, the Centre Pompidou, the Library of Congress, the CNC and Cineteca di Bologna |
| The Stranger and the Fog (1974) | Qaribe va Meh | Bahram Beyzai | Iran | The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Bahram Beyzai |
| The Strangler (1970) | L'Étrangleur | Paul Vecchiali | France | CNC and Cosmodigital |
| The Stronger (1976) | The Stronger (1976) | Lee Grant | United States | Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation |
| Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation ||
| The Woman on the Beach (1947) | The Woman on the Beach (1947) | Jean Renoir | United States | Library of Congress and The Film Foundation |

## Free talks

| Section | Speakers | Notes |
| The 2023 Amos Vogel Lecture | Paul B. Preciado | The writer and philosopher spoke about her debut film Orlando, My Political Biography. |
| Deep Focus | Todd Haynes | Haynes debuted his short film Image Book about the production of his film May December. |
| Deep Focus | Nikki Giovanni | The Poet and activist spoke about Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Story. |
| Deep Focus | Sandra Hüller | The German actress spoke about her latest films Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest |
| Deep Focus | Catherine Breillat | The French auteur spoke about her filmography and her film Last Summer. |
| Crosscuts | Wang Bing & Eduardo Williams | The two talk about their respective films, Youth (Spring) and The Human Surge 3. |
| Crosscuts | Joanna Arnow & Nancy Savoca | The two discuss their careers and approach to filmmaking. |
| Crosscuts | Sandra Adair & Jonathan Alberts | The two editors talk about their films Hit Man and All of Us Strangers. |
| Crosscuts | Annie Baker & Raven Jackson | The two discuss their films Janet Planet and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. |