The film festival season has returned after a year of industrywide strikes, with events in Cannes, Venice, and Toronto renewing excitement around filmmaking. The 62nd annual New York Film Festival is set to open at Lincoln Center, featuring new and returning creators with queer-themed works. Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar and Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino are headlining the festival with their films starring A-list actors like Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, Daniel Craig, and Drew Starkey. NYFF’s artistic director, Dennis Lim, highlighted the long relationship that both directors have with the organization, as well as the ambitious selections that set the tone for the festival. Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” explores themes of mortality, while Guadagnino’s “Queer” delves into desire and obsession in post-war Mexico City. Other notable filmmakers in the lineup include Jacques Audiard and Alain Guiraudie, presenting innovative queer-themed works. The festival also features under-the-radar directors like Truong Minh Quý and Matías Piñeiro, as well as documentaries and first-time feature films. Lim emphasized the evolving approach to programming at the festival, showcasing the complexities of the world through a variety of films that explore queerness in different ways. Overall, the festival promises to be a celebration of diverse storytelling and artistic expression in the world of cinema.
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The New York Film Festival comes back with a fresh post-strike selection of creative, LGBTQ+, and celebrity-packed films
