The 59th New York Film Festival took place from September 24 to October 10, 2021.[1] Unlike the 2020 New York Film Festival, which was staged online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 festival returned to physical screenings at the Lincoln Center, however all screenings required masking.
Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth was announced as the opening film[2] with Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers announced as the closing film.[3] Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog was the festival's centerpiece screening.[4][5][6]
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time are Jonas Carpignano, Michelangelo Frammartino, Avi Mograbi, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Francesco Munzi, Radu Muntean, Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, Rebecca Hall, Tatiana Huezo, Julia Ducournau, Kira Kovalenko and Alexandre Koberidze.
World premieres included Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth and Avi Mograbi's The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation.
Official Selection
Main Slate
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| A Chiara |
Jonas Carpignano |
Italy
|
| Ahed's Knee |
הַבֶּרֶךְ |
Nadav Lapid |
France, Israel, Germany
|
| Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn |
Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc |
Radu Jude |
Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia
|
| Benedetta |
Paul Verhoeven |
France, Netherlands
|
| Bergman Island |
Mia Hansen-Løve |
France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden
|
| Il buco |
Michelangelo Frammartino |
Italy, France, Germany
|
| Drive My Car |
ドライブ・マイ・カー |
Ryusuke Hamaguchi |
Japan
|
| The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation |
Avi Mograbi |
France, Finland, Israel, Germany
|
| Flee |
Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
|
| France |
Bruno Dumont |
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
|
| Futura |
Pietro Marcello, Francesco Munzi and Alice Rohrwacher |
Italy
|
| The Girl and the Spider |
Das Mädchen und die Spinne |
Ramon Zürcher and Silvan Zürcher |
Switzerland
|
| Hit the Road
|
جاده خاکی |
Panah Panahi |
Iran
|
| In Front of Your Face
|
당신 얼굴 앞에서 |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Întregalde |
Radu Muntean |
Romania
|
| Introduction
|
인트로덕션 |
Hong Sang-soo |
South Korea
|
| Memoria |
Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
Colombia, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Qatar
|
| Neptune Frost |
Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman |
United States, Rwanda
|
| Parallel Mothers (closing film)
|
Madres Paralelas
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| Passing |
Rebecca Hall |
United States, United Kingdom
|
| Petite Maman |
Céline Sciamma |
France
|
| The Power of the Dog (centerpiece)
|
Jane Campion
|
New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
|
| Prayers for the Stolen |
Noche de fuego |
Tatiana Huezo |
Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Qatar
|
| The Souvenir Part II |
Joanna Hogg |
United Kingdom
|
| Titane |
Julia Ducournau |
France
|
| The Tragedy of Macbeth (opening film)
|
Joel Coen
|
United States
|
| Unclenching the Fists |
Разжимая кулаки |
Kira Kovalenko |
Russia
|
| The Velvet Underground |
Todd Haynes |
United States
|
| Vortex |
Gaspar Noé |
France
|
| What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? |
რას ვხედავთ როდესაც ცას ვუყურებთ? |
Alexandre Koberidze |
Georgia, Germany
|
| Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy |
偶然と想像 |
Ryusuke Hamaguchi |
Japan
|
| The Worst Person in the World |
Verdens verste menneske |
Joachim Trier |
Norway
|
Spotlight
Currents
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production country
|
| All About My Sisters |
Jia ting lu xiang |
Wang Qiong |
United States
|
| The Great Movement |
El Gran Movimiento |
Kiro Russo |
Bolivia, France, Qatar, Switzerland
|
| Haruhara-san's Recorder |
Haruharasan no uta |
Kyoshi Sugita |
Japan
|
| I Want to Talk About Duras |
Vous ne désirez que moi |
Claire Simon |
France
|
| Just a Movement |
Juste une mouvement |
Vincent Meessen |
Belgium, France
|
| Nature |
La Nature |
Artavazd Peleshyan |
France, Germany, Armenia
|
| A Night of Knowing Nothing |
Payal Kapadia |
France, India
|
| Outside Noise |
Ted Fendt |
Germany, South Korea, Austria
|
| Prism |
Éléonore Yameogo, An van Dienderen and Rosine Mbakam |
Belgium
|
| Returning to Reims |
Retour à Reims (Fragments) |
Jean-Gabriel Périot |
France
|
| A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces |
Gang-eun heuleugo, gub-ichigo, jiugo, doebichunda |
Shengze Zhu |
United States
|
| Social Hygiene |
Hygiène sociale |
Denis Côté |
Canada
|
| Ste. Anne |
Rhayne Vermette
|
| The Tale of King Crab |
Re Granchio |
Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis |
Italy, Argentina, France
|
| The Tsugua Diaries |
Diários de Otsoga |
Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes |
Portugal
|
Short films
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Country
|
| 38 |
Daniel Chew, Micaela Durand |
United States
|
| All of Your Stars Are But Dust on My Shoes |
Haig Aivazian |
Lebanon
|
| Blind Body |
Allison Chhorn |
Australia
|
| The Canyon |
Zachary Epcar |
United States
|
| The Capacity for Adequate Anger |
Vika Kirchenbauer |
Germany
|
| Cutting the Mushroom |
Mike Crane |
United States
|
| Day Is Done |
Zhang Dalei |
China
|
| Do Not Circulate |
Tiffany Sia |
Hong Kong
|
| Dog Star Descending |
Aykan Safoğlu |
Turkey, Germany
|
| Dreams Under Confinement |
Christopher Harris |
United States
|
| earthearthearth |
Daïchi Saïto |
Canada
|
| Elle |
Luise Donschen |
Germany
|
| Estuary |
Ross Meckfessel |
United States
|
| Fictions |
Manuela de Laborde |
Mexico, Germany
|
| Grandma's Scissors |
Erica Sheu |
Taiwan, United States
|
| Here Is the Imagination of the Black Radical |
Rhea Storr |
United Kingdom
|
| Homage to the Work of Philip Henry Gosse |
Pablo Martín Weber |
Argentina
|
| Home When You Return |
Carl Elsaesser |
United States
|
| A Human Certainty |
Morgan Quaintance |
United Kingdom
|
| If I Could Name You Myself (I Would Hold You Forever) |
Hope Strickland |
United Kingdom
|
| In and Out a Window |
Richard Tuohy |
United States
|
| In Flow of Words |
Eliane Esther Bots |
Netherlands
|
| Kindertotenlieder |
Virgil Vernier |
France
|
| May June July |
Kevin Jerome Everson |
United States
|
| Night Colonies |
Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
Thailand
|
| No Subject |
Guillermo Moncayo |
France, Colombia
|
| Personality Test |
Justin Jinsoo Kim |
South Korea, United States
|
| Reach Capacity |
Ericka Beckman |
United States
|
| Six Seventy-Two Variations, Variation 1 |
Tomonari Nishikawa
|
| South |
Morgan Quaintance |
United Kingdom
|
| Strange Object |
Miranda Pennell |
United States
|
| Sycorax |
Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro |
Spain, Portugal
|
| To Pick a Flower |
Shireen Seno |
Philippines
|
| Tonalli |
Los Ingrávidos |
Mexico
|
| What Is It That You Said? |
Shun Ikezoe |
Japan
|
Revivals
Amos Vogel Centenary Retrospective
Free talks
References
- ^ Dade Hayes, "New York Film Festival To Open With Joel Coen's ‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ In Return To In-Person Lincoln Center Mode". Deadline Hollywood, July 22, 2021.
- ^ Brent Lang, "Joel Coen's ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ With Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington Will Open New York Film Festival". Variety, July 22, 2021.
- ^ Dade Hayes, "New York Film Festival To Close With Pedro Almodóvar's ‘Parallel Mothers’". Deadline Hollywood, August 3, 2021.
- ^ Hayes, Dade (July 27, 2021). "Jane Campion's 'The Power Of The Dog' Chosen As New York Film Festival Centerpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ Pearce, Leonard (August 19, 2021). "59th New York Film Festival Adds C'mon C'mon, Dune, Red Rocket, The French Dispatch & More". The Film Stage. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ Chris Lindahl, "NYFF 2021 Announces Currents Section Focused on Cutting Edge and Experimental Films — Exclusive". IndieWire, August 24, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Talks - New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved August 10, 2024.