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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Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk
A glimpse of everyday reality for people living in Gaza in 2024.
After The Hunt
After The Hunt
A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
No Other Choice
No Other Choice
When a man loses his job he finds himself drifting before deciding to take things into his own hands...
Mare's Nest
Mare's Nest
A child's adventures in an adult-free world.
Jay Kelly
Jay Kelly
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.
Two Prosecutors
Two Prosecutors
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.
A House Of Dynamite
A House Of Dynamite
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Dry Leaf
Dry Leaf
A father goes looking for his missing photographer daughter across rural Georgia.
Duse
Duse
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.
Late Fame
Late Fame
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.
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New York Film Festival Features

'The important thing is to make films you believe in'
Ben Rivers on myth adaptation and world creation in Mare's Nest
Song of the desert
Kangding Ray on changing attitudes to music in cinema, and scoring Sirât
'I think it completely changed my life'
Aleksandre Koberidze on his love for the Sony Ericsson and using it to shoot Dry Leaf
Lifted up by an idea
Kent Jones on Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht’s Surabaya Johnny in Late Fame
The beauty of doubt
Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
Fluidity of memory
Sophy Romvari on the nature of recollection and drawing on her own life for Blue Heron
It’s about re-enchantment
Christian Petzold on cinema history, lullabies, Laura, Rebecca and Miroirs No. 3
We found our way
Jim Jarmusch and cast on Father Mother Sister Brother
Caught in The Currents
Milagros Mumenthaler on the psychological journey of her latest film
63rd New York Film Festival early bird highlights
Miroirs No. 3, Late Fame, The Secret Agent and Below The Clouds
'I didn't make this film myself. The Islamic Republic made it by putting me in prison'
Jafar Panahi on the inspiration for It Was Just An Accident
'I admit it was crazy idea, but then film people are crazy'
Richard Linklater on chronicling the creation of Godard's Breathless in Nouvelle Vague

New York Film Festival News

Father Mother Sister Brother to be NYFF Centerpiece
Festival extends Jim Jarmusch connection
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is NYFF Spotlight Gala selection
Director praises musician's influence on storytelling
Is This Thing On? to close 63rd New York Film Festival
Film a 'delightful third feature' says Dennis Lim
After The Hunt to open 63rd New York Film Festival
Selection "a tremendous responsibility and honour" says Luca Guadagnino
RaMell Ross designs 63rd NYFF poster
Festival acts as "an expression of our times," says filmmaker
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