New York Film Festival Unveils 2025 Lineup: George Clooney’s ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Sentimental Value,’ Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’

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George Clooney’s “Jay Kelly,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” have been added to the New York Film Festival lineup.

This year’s main slate will showcase 34 films, including Cannes prizewinners (Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” Bi Gan’s “Resurrection”), Sundance darlings (Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Ira Sachs’ “Peter Hujar’s Day”) and Venice premieres (Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” Kent Jones’ “Late Fame”).

“​​Anyone who cares about film knows that it is an art in need of defending, like many of our core values today,” said NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim. “Across all sections of the festival, the movies we have selected this year suggest that this safeguarding can take many guises: acts of rejuvenation and refusal, expressions of unease and joy, feats of imagination and commemoration. I am particularly struck by the diversity of approaches and forms among the films in this Main Slate, which affirms that the art of cinema is more than capable of thriving, even in difficult times.”
As previously announced, New York Film Festival will open on Sept. 26 with Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt.” Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” has been set as the centerpiece, while Bradley Cooper‘s dramatic comedy “Is This Thing On?” is the closing night film. Screenings will take place at Lincoln Center, as well as Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Staten Island), AMC Bay Plaza Cinema (Bronx), BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) (Brooklyn) and the Museum of the Moving Image (Queens).

63rd New York Film Festival Main Slate

Opening Night: After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino)

Centerpiece: Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch)

Closing Night: Is This Thing On? (Bradley Cooper)

Below the Clouds (Gianfranco Rosi)

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Kahlil Joseph)

Cover-Up (Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus)

The Currents (Milagros Mumenthaler)

Duse (Pietro Marcello)

The Fence (Claire Denis)

Gavagai (Ulrich Köhler)

A House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow)

I Only Rest in the Storm (Pedro Pinho)

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)

It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)

Jay Kelly (Noah Baumbach)

Kontinental ’25 (Radu Jude)

Landmarks (Lucrecia Martel)

Late Fame (Kent Jones)

The Last One for the Road (Francesco Sossai)

The Love That Remains (Hlynur Pálmason)

Magellan (Lav Diaz)

The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt)

Miroirs No. 3 (Christian Petzold)

No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook)

Peter Hujar’s Day (Ira Sachs)

Resurrection (Bi Gan)

Romería (Carla Simón)

Rose of Nevada (Mark Jenkin)

The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho)

Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)

Sirât (Oliver Laxe)

Sound of Falling (Mascha Schilinski)

Two Prosecutors (Sergei Loznitsa)

What Does That Nature Say To You (Hong Sangsoo)

 

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