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The 51st edition of the festival that aims to be a celebration of cinema from around the world.

Actress Cate Blanchett and actor/director Ralph Fiennes will be feted this year with gala tributes during the festival, which runs from September 27 to October 13. The annual celebrations recognise the work of individuals who have made "significant artistic contributions to film culture in the past and will continue to do so in the future."

The festival - which will feature British offerings including Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - opened with Captain Phillips and close with Her and feature a 20th anniversary screening of Dazed And Confused.

The festival runs from 27 September to 13 October.

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When Evening Falls On Bucharest, Or Metabolism
When Evening Falls On Bucharest, Or Metabolism
A director and his leading actress converse off set about the difficulty of capturing reality.
What Now? Remind Me
What Now? Remind Me
The director muses on 20 years of life with HIV.
My Name Is Hmmm...
My Name Is Hmmm...
An abused young girl runs away from home and forms an unlikely bond with a trucker.
The Dog
The Dog
Portrait of the motor-mouthed, completely uncorked John Wojtowicz, whose 1972 botched robbery of a Brooklyn bank was dramatized in Dog Day Afternoon.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis
One week in the life of a talented, failed singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village, New York, in the Sixties
Club Sandwich
Club Sandwich
A teenage boy experiences first love while holidaying with his mother.
Manakamana
Manakamana
Life in a cable car that carries pilgrims and tourists to and from a mountain top temple in Nepal.
Exhibition
Exhibition
Examination of the relationship between a middle-aged couple who are planning a move.
All Is Lost
All Is Lost
One man must battle to survive after his boat sinks in the ocean.
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman
Adaptation of Claire Tomalin’s 1992 biography, which brought Charles Dickens' secret 13-year affair with a young actress to light.
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New York Film Festival Features

Architecture of love
Joanna Hogg talks about making her third film Exhibition.
Woman behind the Name
Agnès b on fashion, friendship and her first feature My Name Is Hmmm...
Arnaud Desplechin in conversation, Part 2
On working with Mathieu Amalric and Benicio Del Toro.
Arnaud Desplechin in conversation, Part 1
On Jimmy P, Vertigo and the art of becoming American.
All about Gloria
Sebastián Lelio and Paulina García on their new film.
New York Film Festival - diary four
From the Applied Science of Tim's Vermeer to the Cloud Chamber Mystery, It's The Cat and a restoration of The Chase.
New York Film Festival - diary three
The Immigrant, Gloria and Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian
New York Film Festival - diary two
Stars talk All Is Lost, The Last Of The Unjust and Nebraska.
New York Film Festival - diary one
From NYC to London: Captain Phillips, The Invisible Woman and Only Lovers Left Alive
Brilliance of Breillat
Isabelle Huppert in conversation about character, style and the director of Abuse Of Weakness.
Strengths in Weakness
Catherine Breillat on casting, colours and learning how to laugh in her latest film.
Claire Denis talks Bastards
On corruption, vengeance, family and unspeakable deeds.
Cate Blanchett honoured
Stars come out for actress's double tribute.
In the family
Hirokazu Kore-eda on Like Father, Like Son
Working on Le Week-End
Hanif Kureishi and Roger Michell talk about their latest collaboration
Alan Partridge at the New York Film Festival
Steve Coogan on his most popular unpopular character.
Meet Kent Jones, part 2
On female directors, Faulkner, violence and cats.
Meet Kent Jones, part 1
The New York Film Festival Director of Programming and Selection Committee Chair speaks.
Golden celebration
New York Film Festival at 50.
Blanchett on an honours roll
Tributes in Deauville and New York.
The real deal
Paulina García on playing Gloria
Joanna Hogg talks Unrelated
The accomplished director discusses her feature film debut.

New York Film Festival News

New York Film Festival announces main slate
Alan Partridge among the Brits joining line-up
Captain Phillips to open New York Film Festival
Paul Greengrass' hijack thriller will kick off 51st edition.
Feline groovy
Coens at Cannes reveal how cat saved the day for Inside Llewyn Davis.
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