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The 63rd New York Film Festival has lots of treats to enjoy, featuring some of the strongest and most artistically interesting cinematic works created in the US over the past year, together with a diverse and eclectic selection of titles from around the world.
We're adding more details here as it all becomes official, so don't forget to check back for updates. As always, our reporter Anne-Katrin Titze will be there on the ground to bring you the latest news and exclusive interviews with the stars.
The festival runs from 26 September to 13 October.
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A child's adventures in an adult-free world.
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly and his devoted manager Ron embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey. Both are forced to confront choices they've made, their relationships with loved ones and the legacies they'll leave behind.
Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination... the desk of a newly appointed local prosecutor, who embarks on a quest for justice.
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
Eleonora Duse’s legendary career seems over, but in the ferocious times between the Great War and the rise of fascism, the Divina feels a call stronger than any resignation and returns to where her life began: on stage.
Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet, works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of twentysomething admirers who anoint him as a rediscovered genius.
Four girls, Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka, each spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the home evolves over a century, echoes of the past linger in its walls. Though separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other.
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura's presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past...
Documenting Vesuvius, featuring traces of history, the excavation of time, the remains of everyday life.
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