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The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces the complete lineup for Shorts and Talks during the 56th New York Film Festival (September 28–October 14).
HBO® is the presenting sponsor of NYFF Talks, which includes Directors Dialogues and On Cinema. This year’s Directors Dialogues feature conversations with Centerpiece filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, Main Slate filmmakers Jia Zhangke and Alice Rohrwacher (NYFF54 Filmmaker in Residence), and Spotlight on Documentary director Errol Morris. High Life director Claire Denis is this year’s On Cinema talk, an in-depth discussion with NYFF Director Kent Jones. HBO® also sponsors NYFF Live, which will be announced in September.
The Shorts selection includes two International Programs, featuring a mix of narrative, animation, and documentary work by established and emerging directors; annual thriller program Genre Stories; and New York Stories, featuring some of the most exciting filmmakers living and working in New York today.
Shorts are programmed by Laura Kern, Dan Sullivan, and Tyler Wilson.
The 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema. The NYFF56 Opening Night is Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite, Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA is Centerpiece, and Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate will close the festival. The complete lineup for the Main Slate can be found here, for Projections here, for Convergence here, Spotlight on Documentary here, Retrospective here, and Revivals here, and Special Events here.
Shorts tickets are $12 for Members & Students and $17 for the General Public.
Learn more at filmlinc.org/membership.
SHORT FILM DESCRIPTIONS
International Shorts I
AnteuJoão Vladimiro, Portugal/France, 29mPortuguese with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereThis vividly stylized and formally audacious work from Portuguese director João Vladimiro follows the life of a young man as he gradually becomes the last living person of his village.
Here There Is No Earth
Martin Diccico, USA/Turkey, 2018, 6mTurkish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereA testimony about a shepherd’s fatal encounter at the Turkish-Armenian border provides a haunting perspective on the countries' physical and invisible lines of separation.
Martin Diccico, USA/Turkey, 2018, 6mTurkish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereA testimony about a shepherd’s fatal encounter at the Turkish-Armenian border provides a haunting perspective on the countries' physical and invisible lines of separation.
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Laura Huertas Millán, Colombia/France, 2018, 7mSpanish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereFootage of an abandoned Bauhaus-style building accompanies confessionals from Jeny, a self-described living work of art, in this fleeting meditation on architecture and biography.
Laura Huertas Millán, Colombia/France, 2018, 7mSpanish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereFootage of an abandoned Bauhaus-style building accompanies confessionals from Jeny, a self-described living work of art, in this fleeting meditation on architecture and biography.
Man in the Well / Jing li of ren
Hu Bo, China, 2017, 16mMandarin with English subtitlesU.S. PremiereDesperation and ruin pervade this unsettling short from the late novelist-turned-filmmaker Hu Bo (An Elephant Sitting Still), in which two starving children encounter a dead body.
Hu Bo, China, 2017, 16mMandarin with English subtitlesU.S. PremiereDesperation and ruin pervade this unsettling short from the late novelist-turned-filmmaker Hu Bo (An Elephant Sitting Still), in which two starving children encounter a dead body.
Tourneur
Yalda Afsah, Germany, 2018, 15mU.S. PremiereYalda Afsah’s nonverbal documentary beholds the strange, subtly tense proceedings of a bullfight in the south of France, in which young men confront the animal inside the arena.
Yalda Afsah, Germany, 2018, 15mU.S. PremiereYalda Afsah’s nonverbal documentary beholds the strange, subtly tense proceedings of a bullfight in the south of France, in which young men confront the animal inside the arena.
International Shorts IITRT: 77m
Black Dog
Joshua Tuthill, USA, 2017, 15mNew York PremiereThrough its uncanny blend of archival footage and stop-motion animation, Black Dog evokes a nightmarish conception of an American family during the 1960s Space Race.
Joshua Tuthill, USA, 2017, 15mNew York PremiereThrough its uncanny blend of archival footage and stop-motion animation, Black Dog evokes a nightmarish conception of an American family during the 1960s Space Race.
Down There
Zhengfan Yang, China, 2018, 11mU.S. PremiereA single long take observes the collective psychology of an apartment building after a quiet night is interrupted by an off-screen sound.
Zhengfan Yang, China, 2018, 11mU.S. PremiereA single long take observes the collective psychology of an apartment building after a quiet night is interrupted by an off-screen sound.
Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin / Le Discours d'acceptation glorieux de Nicolas Chauvin
Benjamin Crotty, France, 2018, 27mNorth American PremiereBenjamin Crotty’s latest is this hilarious and unpredictable portrait of Nicolas Chauvin—a possibly apocryphal Napoleonic soldier whose name is the basis for the word chauvinism—as he recounts his travails via a lifetime achievement award speech.
Benjamin Crotty, France, 2018, 27mNorth American PremiereBenjamin Crotty’s latest is this hilarious and unpredictable portrait of Nicolas Chauvin—a possibly apocryphal Napoleonic soldier whose name is the basis for the word chauvinism—as he recounts his travails via a lifetime achievement award speech.
Let Us Now Praise Movies / Y ahora elogiemos las películas
Nicolás Zukerfeld, Argentina, 2017, 15mSpanish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereA young critic balances his time between a day job at a stationary store and managing a film magazine in this amusingly intelligent homage to the small yet boundless moments so many films leave out.
Nicolás Zukerfeld, Argentina, 2017, 15mSpanish with English subtitlesNorth American PremiereA young critic balances his time between a day job at a stationary store and managing a film magazine in this amusingly intelligent homage to the small yet boundless moments so many films leave out.
Veslemøy’s Song
Sofia Bohdanowicz, Canada, 2018, 9mU.S. PremiereShot on hand-processed black-and-white film, Sofia Bohdanowicz’s wry, wistful narrative-doc follows a young woman (Deragh Campbell) as she investigates the legacy of the once celebrated Canadian musician Kathleen Parlow.
Sofia Bohdanowicz, Canada, 2018, 9mU.S. PremiereShot on hand-processed black-and-white film, Sofia Bohdanowicz’s wry, wistful narrative-doc follows a young woman (Deragh Campbell) as she investigates the legacy of the once celebrated Canadian musician Kathleen Parlow.
Genre StoriesTRT: 85m
Acid
Just Philippot, France, 2017, 18mNY PremiereAs contaminated rain threatens to wipe out humanity, a married couple desperately battle to keep their young son safe.
Just Philippot, France, 2017, 18mNY PremiereAs contaminated rain threatens to wipe out humanity, a married couple desperately battle to keep their young son safe.
Child of the Sky
Phillip Montgomery, USA, 2018, 15m NY PremiereLost in the desert, a woman gets lured into a nightmarish world of cult violence in this deeply chilling Mesopotamian myth–infused tale told through ferocious dance movements.
Phillip Montgomery, USA, 2018, 15m NY PremiereLost in the desert, a woman gets lured into a nightmarish world of cult violence in this deeply chilling Mesopotamian myth–infused tale told through ferocious dance movements.
Helsinki Mansplaining Massacre
Ilja Rautsi, Finland, 2018, 15m NY PremiereA female car-crash survivor offers a very definitive response to the incessant “educating” by the infantile male chauvinists of the household that’s taken her in.
Ilja Rautsi, Finland, 2018, 15m NY PremiereA female car-crash survivor offers a very definitive response to the incessant “educating” by the infantile male chauvinists of the household that’s taken her in.
The Slows
Nicole Perlman, USA, 2018, 20m
NY PremiereIn a regenerating post-apocalyptic world, the only remaining traces of naturally reproduced life face extinction.
Nicole Perlman, USA, 2018, 20m
NY PremiereIn a regenerating post-apocalyptic world, the only remaining traces of naturally reproduced life face extinction.
Toto
Danny Lee, USA, 2018, 17m
NY PremiereThe career of an embittered former horror star (M. Emmet Walsh) who longs for his glory days comes gruesomely full circle.
Danny Lee, USA, 2018, 17m
NY PremiereThe career of an embittered former horror star (M. Emmet Walsh) who longs for his glory days comes gruesomely full circle.
New York Stories
TRT: 63m
AdaEleanore Pienta, USA, 2018, 11mWorld PremiereIn her funny, expressive, and dialogue-free directorial debut, actress Eleanore Pienta plays an eccentric woman trying to get from point A to point B and, in the process, finding New York City an obstacle course of casual hostility and bizarre behaviors.
TRT: 63m
AdaEleanore Pienta, USA, 2018, 11mWorld PremiereIn her funny, expressive, and dialogue-free directorial debut, actress Eleanore Pienta plays an eccentric woman trying to get from point A to point B and, in the process, finding New York City an obstacle course of casual hostility and bizarre behaviors.
The Chore
Ashley Connor & Joe Stankus, USA, 2018, 8mWorld PremiereAshley Connor and Joe Stankus’s latest quotidian miniature follows two brothers going grocery shopping together, musing on the products they come across, reminiscing about the past, and, finally, comparing notes on snickerdoodle recipes.
Ashley Connor & Joe Stankus, USA, 2018, 8mWorld PremiereAshley Connor and Joe Stankus’s latest quotidian miniature follows two brothers going grocery shopping together, musing on the products they come across, reminiscing about the past, and, finally, comparing notes on snickerdoodle recipes.
God Never Dies / Dios Nunca Muere
Barbara Cigarroa, USA/Ireland, 2018, 14mSpanish with English subtitlesFilmed in New York’s Hudson Valley, Barbara Cigarroa’s captivating work of docu-fiction offers a rare, real glimpse into the secluded life of a migrant farmworker as she struggles to raise two children on her own.
Barbara Cigarroa, USA/Ireland, 2018, 14mSpanish with English subtitlesFilmed in New York’s Hudson Valley, Barbara Cigarroa’s captivating work of docu-fiction offers a rare, real glimpse into the secluded life of a migrant farmworker as she struggles to raise two children on her own.
The North Wind’s Gift
Michael Almereyda, USA, 2018, 19mWorld PremiereMichael Almereyda’s contemporary riff on an Italian folktale (shot in black-and-white 16mm by Sean Price Williams), in which a magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord, is a delightfully peculiar moral tale of greed, trickery, and the elemental forces of nature.
Michael Almereyda, USA, 2018, 19mWorld PremiereMichael Almereyda’s contemporary riff on an Italian folktale (shot in black-and-white 16mm by Sean Price Williams), in which a magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord, is a delightfully peculiar moral tale of greed, trickery, and the elemental forces of nature.
Quarterbacks
Jason Giampietro, USA, 2018, 6mWorld PremiereIn Giampietro’s comic latest, some friends’ dinner conversation about the impending NFL Draft becomes a frank discussion of the state of race relations within the league and amongst its fans.
Jason Giampietro, USA, 2018, 6mWorld PremiereIn Giampietro’s comic latest, some friends’ dinner conversation about the impending NFL Draft becomes a frank discussion of the state of race relations within the league and amongst its fans.
To the Unknown
Michael Almereyda, USA, 2018, 6mWorld PremiereAlmereyda's reading of Kenneth Koch's “To the Unknown” transforms footage of the everyday into a moving tribute to one of the New York School’s most treasured and inventive poets.
Michael Almereyda, USA, 2018, 6mWorld PremiereAlmereyda's reading of Kenneth Koch's “To the Unknown” transforms footage of the everyday into a moving tribute to one of the New York School’s most treasured and inventive poets.
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