2020 New York Film Festival

The 58th New York Film Festival took place from September 17 to October 11, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was staged through outdoor and online screenings.[1]

Main slate

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English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
Atarrabi and Mikelats Atarrabi et Mikelats Eugène Green Belgium, France
Beginning Dasatskisi Déa Kulumbegashvili Georgia
The Calming Song Fang China
City Hall Frederick Wiseman United States
Days 日子 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane India
French Exit Azazel Jacobs United Kingdom, Canada
Gunda Viktor Kossakovsky United States, Norway
I Carry You With Me Te Llevo Conmigo Heidi Ewing United States, Mexico
Isabella Matías Piñeiro Argentina
Lovers Rock Steve McQueen United Kingdom
Malmkrog Cristi Puiu Romania
Mangrove Steve McQueen United Kingdom
MLK/FBI Sam Pollard United States
Night of the Kings La Nuit des rois Philippe Lacôte France, Côte d'Ivoire, Canada, Senegal
Nomadland Chloé Zhao United States
Notturno Gianfranco Rosi Italy
Red, White & Blue Steve McQueen United Kingdom
The Salt of Tears Le Sel des larmes Philippe Garrel France
Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue Jia Zhangke China
Time Garrett Bradley United States
Tragic Jungle Yulene Olaizola Mexico
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw United States, Greece, Italy
Undine Christian Petzold Germany
The Woman Who Ran 도망친 여자 Hong Sang-soo South Korea

Currents

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English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
Apparition Ismaïl Bahri Tunisia, France
Fauna Flora y fauna Nicolás Pereda Mexico/Canada
Her Name Was Europa Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy Germany
Her Socialist Smile John Gianvito United States
Hidden Jafar Panahi France
The Inheritance Ephraim Asili United States
Its Distorting Mirror Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento Chile
King of Sanwi Akosua Adoma Owusu USA/Ghana
The Last City Heinz Emigholz Germany
The Lobby Heinz Emigholz Germany/Argentina
My Mexican Bretzel Nuria Giménez Spain
Ouvertures The Living and the Dead Ensemble United Kingdom/France
The Plastic House Alison Chhorn Australia
A Revolt Without Images Pilar Monsell Spain
Slow Machine Joe DeNardo, Paul Felten United States
The Tango of the Widower Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento Chile
There Are Not Thirty-Six Ways of Showing a Man Getting on a Horse No existen treinta y seis maneras de mostrar cómo un hombre se sube a un caballo Nicolás Zukerfeld Argentina
This Day Won't Last Mouaad el Salem Tunisia/Belgium
Untitled Sequence of Gaps Vika Kirchenbauer Germany
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) C.W. Winter, Anders Edström United States, Sweden, Japan, United Kingdom
The Year of the Discovery Luis López Carrasco Spain

Spotlight

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English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
All In: The Fight for Democracy Liz Garbus, Lisa Cortés United States
David Byrne's American Utopia Spike Lee United States
Hopper/Welles Orson Welles United States
The Human Voice Pedro Almodóvar Spain
The Monopoly of Violence David Dufresne France
On the Rocks Sofia Coppola United States

Revivals

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English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
The Chess Game of the Wind Shatranj-e-Baad Mohammad Reza Aslani Iran
Climax Gaspar Noé France, Belgium
Damnation Kárhozat Béla Tarr Hungary
Flowers of Shanghai 海上花 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
The Hourglass Sanatorium Sanatorium pod klepsydrą Wojciech Has Poland
In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong
Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris Terence Dixon United Kingdom, France
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest William Klein France
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy, France
Simone Barbes or Virtue Simone Barbès ou la vertu Marie-Claude Treilhou France
Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra United States
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Ivan Dixon United States
Xiao Wu (The Pickpocket) 小武 Jia Zhangke China
Zero for Conduct Zéro de conduite Jean Vigo France

Short films

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English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
Apiyemiyekî? Ana Vaz Brazil, France, Portugal, Netherlands
Aquí y allá Melisa Liebenthal Argentina, France
An Arrow Pointing to a Hole Steve Reinke United States, Canada
August 22, This Year Graham Foy Canada
Autoficcion Laida Lertxundi Spain, United States, New Zealand
The Chicken Neo Sora United States
Claudette's Star Ayo Akingbade United Kingdom
Correspondence Carla Simón, Dominga Sotomayor Spain/Chile
Drills Sarah Friedland United States
Ekphrasis Riccardo Giacconi Italy
The End of Suffering (a proposal) Jacqueline Lentzou Greece
Episodes – Spring 2018 Mathilde Girard France
Extractions Thirza Cuthand Canada
Figure Minus Fact Mary Helena Clark United States
– force – Simon Liu, Jennie MaryTai Liu Hong Kong, United States
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 Ute Aurand Germany
Hard, Cracked the Wind Mark Jenkin United Kingdom
Humongous! Aya Kawazoe Japan
In Sudden Darkness Tayler Montague United States
In the Air Tonight Andrew Norman Wilson United States
The Isolated Jay Giampietro United States
Labor of Love Sylvia Schedelbauer Germany
Letter From Your Far-Off Country Suneil Sanzgiri United States, India
Look Then Below Ben Rivers United Kingdom
Malembe Luis Arnías Venezuela, United States
A Night at the Opera Sergei Loznitza France
Notes, Imprints (On Love): Part I Alexandra Cuesta United States, Ecuador
Object Lessons, or: What Happened Whitsunday Ricky D'Ambrose United States
Once Removed Lawrence Abu Hamdan Lebanon
Point and Line to Plane Sofia Bohdanowicz Canada
Sanfield Kevin Jerome Everson United States
See You in My Dreams Shun Ikezoe Japan
Shots in the Dark with David Godlis Noah Kloster, Lewie Kloster United States
Single Copy Hsu Che-Yu Taiwan
Stump the Guesser Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Canada
To the Harbour Anonymous Hong Kong
Trust Study #1 Shobun Baile United States
The Unseen River Phạm Ngọc Lân Vietnam, Laos
While Cursed by Specters Burak Çevik Turkey
Wild Bill Horsecock Oliver Shahery United States

References

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