Father Mother Sister Brother to be NYFF Centerpiece

Festival extends Jim Jarmusch connection

by Anne-Katrin Titze

Jim Jarmusch’s Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner is the Centerpiece Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival: “The NYFF, the chosen church of my religion …”
Jim Jarmusch’s Venice Film Festival Golden Lion winner is the Centerpiece Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival: “The NYFF, the chosen church of my religion …” Photo: Anne Katrin Titze

Film at Lincoln Center has announced that Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother (Golden Lion winner of the 82nd Venice Film Festival), shot by Frederick Elmes and Yorick Le Saux, starring Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Mayim Bialik, Cate Blanchett, Indya Moore, Vicky Krieps, Luka Sabbat, and Charlotte Rampling is the Centerpiece Gala selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival, screening at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, October 3, with the director and members of the cast in attendance.

Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett and Charlotte Rampling in Father Mother Sister Brother
Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett and Charlotte Rampling in Father Mother Sister Brother Photo: Yorick Le Saux © Vague Notion / MUBI

Stranger Than Paradise (NYFF22), Down By Law (NYFF24 Opening Night), Mystery Train (NYFF27), Night On Earth (NYFF29), Only Lovers Left Alive (NYFF51), Paterson and Gimme Danger (Special Event in NYFF54) all graced the festival and Jim designed the 61st official poster with an “image of film star Yûzô Kayama (Sword Of Doom, Red Beard, Sanjuro, etc.).”

Jim Jarmusch: “I am so very proud of the long history of my work being presented at the NYFF, and am now super honoured that my newest film Father Mother Sister Brother has been selected for this year’s Centerpiece. The NYFF, the chosen church of my religion, has provided many of my greatest inspirations and revelations in its continuing celebration of the deep and diverse beauty of cinema.

Dennis Lim, Artistic Director, New York Film Festival, stated: “Jim Jarmusch’s new movie is not just one of his very best, it distills everything we have come to love and value about this singular filmmaker’s work into one glorious triptych. Father Mother Sister Brother is wise, generous, slyly funny, and enormously moving, and we are honored to present it as our Centerpiece selection this year.”

The NYFF Main Slate selection committee is chaired by Dennis Lim, NYFF Artistic Director, and includes Florence Almozini, Justin Chang, K Austin Collins, and Rachel Rosen.

The 63rd New York Film Festival runs from Friday, September 26 through Monday, October 13.

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