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.
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]
Official Selection
Main Slate
| English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production Country
|
| The Tragedy of Macbeth (opening film)
|
Joel Coen
|
United States
|
| The Power of the Dog (centerpiece)
|
Jane Campion
|
New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia
|
| Parallel Mothers (closing film)
|
Madres Paralelas
|
Pedro Almodóvar
|
Spain
|
| 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
|
| Passing |
Rebecca Hall |
United States, United Kingdom
|
| Petite Maman |
Céline Sciamma |
France
|
| 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
|
| 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.