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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Misericordia
Misericordia
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
Oh Canada
Oh Canada
A documentary filmmaker, who is terminally ill, reflects on his life.
All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
Rumours
Rumours
World leaders become stranded in the woods during a G7 summit.
Emilia Perez
Emilia Perez
A lawyer gets an offer to help a cartel boss start a new life.
Donga
Donga
A man who went to the Libyan frontline to record it on camera looks back at the footage a decade later.
Dahomey
Dahomey
Documentary about the return of artworks to Benin that were looted by French colonisers.
A Traveler's Needs
A Traveler's Needs
Iris, a wandering woman teaching French to Koreans, navigates her life with few concerns.
Hellraiser
Hellraiser
An unfaithful wife faces demonic horrors after her dead lover escapes from Hell.

New York Film Festival Features

An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
A stylised world
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’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

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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