Festivalul de Film de la New York este o sarbatoare anuala a celor mai importante filme din intreaga lume. Incepand cu anul 1963, NYFF a jucat un rol esential in modelarea culturii cinematografice, prezentand o selectie curatoriala de filme care definesc anul cinematografic, incluzand lucrari noi ale unor regizori consacrati alaturi de talente emergente.

Selectia principala din acest an include filme din 26 de tari, printre care doua premiere mondiale, opt premiere nord-americane si 13 premiere in Statele Unite. Filme apreciate la festivaluri internationale includ castigatori de la Cannes: It Was Just an Accident de Jafar Panahi (Palme d’Or); Sentimental Value al lui Joachim Trier (Grand Prix); cei doi castigatori ai Premiului Juriului, Sirat de Oliver Laxe si Sound of Falling de Mascha Schilinski; The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonca Filho – Cel mai bun regizor) si Resurrection al lui Bi Gan (Premiu Special).

La editia din acest an a Festivalul International de Film de la Berlin, Rose Byrne a castigat Ursul de Argint pentru cea mai buna interpretare in rol principal, in filmul If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (reg. Mary Bronstein), iar Radu Jude a castigat Ursul de Argint pentru cel mai bun scenariu (Kontinental ’25). Dintre filmele din Selectia Principala, 11 sunt programate sa aiba premiera la cea de-a 82-a editie a Festivalului de la Venetia in diverse sectiuni – inclusiv Jay Kelly de Noah Baumbach, Late Fame de Kent Jones si No Other Choice de Park Chan-wook.

“​​Anyone who cares about film knows that it is an art in need of defending, like many of our core values today. Across all sections of the festival, the movies we have selected this year suggest that this safeguarding can take many guises: acts of rejuvenation and refusal, expressions of unease and joy, feats of imagination and commemoration. I am particularly struck by the diversity of approaches and forms among the films in this Main Slate, which affirms that the art of cinema is more than capable of thriving, even in difficult times,” a declarat Dennis Lim, directorul artistic NYFF.

Cea de-a 63-a editie a Festivalului de Film de la New York va avea loc intre 26 septembrie13 octombrie 2025, la Lincoln Center, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Staten Island), AMC Bay Plaza Cinema (Bronx), BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) (Brooklyn) si la Museum of the Moving Image (Queens).

Filmul din deschidere
After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino)

Centerpiece
Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch)

Filmul de final
Is This Thing On? (Bradley Cooper)

Below the Clouds (Gianfranco Rosi)

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Kahlil Joseph)

Cover-Up (Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus)

The Currents (Milagros Mumenthaler)

Duse (Pietro Marcello)

The Fence (Claire Denis)

Gavagai (Ulrich Köhler)

A House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow)

I Only Rest in the Storm (Pedro Pinho)

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)

It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)

Jay Kelly (Noah Baumbach)

Kontinental ’25 (Radu Jude)

Landmarks (Lucrecia Martel)

Late Fame (Kent Jones)

The Last One for the Road (Francesco Sossai)

The Love That Remains (Hlynur Pálmason)

Magellan (Lav Diaz)

The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt)

Miroirs No. 3 (Christian Petzold)

No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook)

Peter Hujar’s Day (Ira Sachs)

Resurrection (Bi Gan)

Romería (Carla Simón)

Rose of Nevada (Mark Jenkin)

The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho)

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)

Sirat (Oliver Laxe)

Sound of Falling (Mascha Schilinski)

Two Prosecutors (Sergei Loznitsa)

What Does That Nature Say To You (Hong Sangsoo)