The Film Society of Lincoln Center has just announced their “main slate” of films for the 50th New York Film Festival, and it includes some expected names (Baumbach, De Palma, Haneke) and some wonderful treats (Carax, Kiarostami, Potter). How jealous are we that our intrepid Jack Giroux will get to see Holy Motors next month? Unspeakably so. The slate includes winners from Cannes (Michael Haneke’s Amour and Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills), Berlin (Christian Petzold’s Barbara and Miguel Gomes’s Tabu), and Locarno (Song Fang’s Memories Look at Me).
Speaking about the thirty-two main slate films, Selection Committee Chair & Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center Richard Peña commented, “The films making up the main slate of this year’s NYFF, have in common a general quality of fearlessness that unites otherwise very disparate works. These are films that go all the way, works willing to take the risk or chance that by doing so they may be bringing audiences to places they might rather not go.” These films include the previously-announced titles Life of Pi, Not Fade Away, and Flight.
Take a look at the full list for the 50th New York Film Festival main slate after the break.
All “most excited about” picks shown in italics.
Opening Night Gala Selection
LIFE OF PI
Director: Ang Lee
Centerpiece Gala Selection
NOT FADE AWAY
Director: David Chase
Closing Night Gala Selection
FLIGHT
Director: Robert Zemeckis
AMOUR
Director: Michael Haneke
ARAF ‐ SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Director: Ye?im Ustao?lu
BARBARA
Director: Christian Petzold
BEYOND THE HILLS (Dup? dealuri)
Director: Cristian Mungiu
BWAKAW
Director: Jun Robles Lana
CAESAR MUST DIE (Cesare deve morire)
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
CAMILLE REWINDS (Camille redouble)
Director: Noémie Lvovsky
THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY (El muerto y ser feliz)
Director: Javier Rebello
FILL THE VOID (Lemale et ha’halal)
Director: Rama Burshtein
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Director: Alan Berliner
FRANCES HA
Director: Noah Baumbach
THE GATEKEEPERS (Shomerei Ha’saf)
Director: Dror Moreh
GINGER AND ROSA
Director: Sally Potter
HERE AND THERE (Aquí y Allá)
Director: Antonio Mendez Esparza
HOLY MOTORS
Director: Leos Carax
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
Director: Roger Michell
KINSHASA KIDS
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg
THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO (A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
LEVIATHAN
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
LINES OF WELLINGTON (Linhas de Wellington)
Director: Valeria Sarmiento
MEMORIES LOOK AT ME (Ji Yi Wang Zhe Wo)
Director: Song Fang
NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (La Noche de enfrente)
Director: Raul Ruiz
NO
Director: Pablo Larrain
OUR CHILDREN (À perdre la raison)
Director: Joachim Lafosse
PASSION
Director: Brian De Palma
SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Après Mai)
Director: Olivier Assayas
TABU
Director: Miguel Gomes
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET (Vous n’avez encore rien vu)
Director: Alain Resnais
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NYFF 2012 runs from September 28 to October 14. [Press Release]
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