The 62nd New York Film Festival runs from September 27 to Monday, October 14. It will open with Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross and close with Steve McQueen's Blitz. The Centrepiece gala will be Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door.

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The Seed Of The Sacred Fig
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Maria
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr
A short documentary goes behind the scenes with the state representative from Montana as she makes international news fighting for trans medical care - and making a momentous decision in her own life.
A Real Pain
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
Nickel Boys
The tale of two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory.
Queer
A louche older man pursues a younger boy toy in Mexico City before the pair go on the hunt for psychedelics in Ecuador.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
Anora
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch.
The Friend
When an author dies, his best friend is left to deal with his literary legacy, his three former wives and a dog who isn't supposed to be allowed in her Manhattan apartment.
The Room Next Door
When Ingrid finds out that her old friend Martha is seriously ill, they reunite and embark on a journey of discoveries.
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New York Film Festival Features

Bingo
David Siegel and Scott McGehee on Naomi Watts, Bing, Sigrid Nunez and The Friend
Taking the plunge as 'angel and devil'
French actor Félix Kysyl on his first lead role in Misericordia
'There is a bit of me in lots of the characters I create'
Misericordia director Guiraudie on his tale of the unexpected
The main dish
Philippe Lesage with Ed Bahlman on Rock Lobster and Who By Fire
'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Looking back
RaMell Ross on basketball, filmmaking, overcoming objectification and Nickel Boys
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
A little unpredictability
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
Hooked on fairy tales
Sigrid Nunez on Bing, fairy tales and the adaptation of her novel The Friend
Art, friendship and nature
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
62nd New York Film Festival early bird highlights
The Brutalist, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, April, By The Stream and A Traveler’s Needs
An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
A stylised world
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door
Audiard on a crazy musical spree in Mexico
Director on changing identity, democracy and drug cartels
'I start working from a very intellectual perspective, but then it's a lot of intuition'
Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias on experimentation and storytelling in Pepe
A hell of a ride
Stuart Conran looks back at Hellraiser and the start of his special effects career

New York Film Festival News

Pedro Almodóvar to receive Chaplin Award
Film at Lincoln Center praises The Room Next Door
David Byrne designs 62nd NYFF poster
Iconic image captures the cinema experience
New York Film Festival announces main slate
Two documentary world premieres among films
Queer is NYFF Spotlight Gala selection
Director Guadagnino "privileged and elated"
NYFF announces Pedro Almodóvar Centrepiece
The Room Next Door stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton
Blitz to close New York Film Festival
Steve McQueen delighted to be back
Nickel Boys to open New York Film Festival
Dennis Lim praises Colson Whitehead adaptation
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