64th New York Film Festival Reveals Main Slate Selection

      Godzilla will be joined by some companions at the 64th New York Film Festival. Film at Lincoln Center has announced the 32 films that make up this year's Main Slate lineup, which includes 17 directors debuting in the Main Slate. The festival is scheduled from September 26 to October 12, with screenings occurring throughout all five boroughs: at Lincoln Center, BAM, the Museum of the Moving Image, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and AMC Bay Plaza Cinema in the Bronx.

      Among the featured directors in the Main Slate are Pedro Almodóvar, Lisandro Alonso, Marine Atlan, Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Ava DuVernay, Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri, Tony Gilroy, Alain Gomis, James Gray, William Greaves and David Greaves, Valeska Grisebach, Mani Haghighi, Andrew Haigh, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Arthur Harari, Hong Sangsoo, Radu Jude, Lee Chang-dong, Mike Leigh, Julia Loktev, Emmanuel Marre, Paweł Pawlikowski, Nicolás Pereda, Chris Rock, Ira Sachs, Angela Schanelec, Markus Schleinzer, Isabelle Stever, Sandra Wollner, and Andrey Zvyagintsev.

      “It’s challenging to remember a previous Main Slate program in which the current state of the world has been so vividly represented in numerous creative forms,” remarked Dennis Lim, Artistic Director of the New York Film Festival. “You could select any segment of this lineup and come away with a striking impression of our present reality—I’m incredibly pleased to introduce New York audiences to the works of so many bold and imaginative directors inspired by the common experiences of our world.”

      Below is the Main Slate lineup, including links to our reviews where applicable, and more information can be found here.

      Opening Night: Paper Tiger (James Gray)

      Centerpiece: Behemoth! (Tony Gilroy)

      Closing Night: 14th (Ava DuVernay)

      9 Temples to Heaven (Sompot Chidgasornpongse)

      All of a Sudden (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)

      Bitter Christmas (Pedro Almodóvar)

      Clarissa (Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri)

      Dao (Alain Gomis)

      The Day She Returns (Hong Sangsoo)

      I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies (Mani Haghighi)

      The Diary of a Chambermaid (Radu Jude)

      Double Freedom (Lisandro Alonso)

      The Dreamed Adventure (Valeska Grisebach)

      Everything Else Is Noise (Nicolás Pereda)

      Everytime (Sandra Wollner)

      Fatherland (Paweł Pawlikowski)

      La Gradiva (Marine Atlan)

      I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming (Isabelle Stever)

      The Loneliest Man in Town (Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel)

      A Long Winter (Andrew Haigh)

      The Man I Love (Ira Sachs)

      A Man of His Time (Emmanuel Marre)

      Minotaur (Andrey Zvyagintsev)

      Misty Green (Chris Rock)

      My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile (Julia Loktev)

      My Wife Cries (Angela Schanelec)

      Nowhere To Lay My Eyes (Hong Sangsoo)

      Once Upon a Time in Harlem (William Greaves and David Greaves)

      Possible Love (Lee Chang-dong)

      Rose (Markus Schleinzer)

      Tender Loving Care (Mike Leigh)

      The Unknown (Arthur Harari)

      The 64th New York Film Festival will run from September 25 to October 12, 2026, with passes available for purchase now and single tickets going on sale September 15 at noon.