2014 New York Film Festival

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The 52nd New York Film Festival was held September 26 – October 12, 2014.

The lineup consisted of seven sections:

  • Main Slate (31 films and two shorts programs)
  • Spotlight on Documentary (15 films)
  • Projections (13 programs)
  • Special Events (6 films)
  • Revivals (9 films)
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz Retrospective (21 films)
  • Convergence (transmedia presentations and talks)

The Festival also included various interviews and panels. Following the departure of programmer Mark McElhatten, the experimental section was renamed from "Views from the Avant-Garde" to "Projections". The primary selection committee included Kent Jones (chair), Dennis Lim, Marian Masone, Gavin Smith, and Amy Taubin. Projections was programmed by Dennis Lim, Aily Nash, and Gavin Smith. Convergence was curated by Matt Bolish.[1]

Sections[edit]

Main Slate[edit]

Feature-length[edit]

Source:[2][3][4]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Opening Night
Gone Girl David Fincher United States
Centerpiece
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson United States
Closing Night
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Alejandro G. Iñárritu United States
Main Slate
Beloved Sisters Die geliebten Schwestern Dominik Graf Germany
The Blue Room La chambre bleue Mathieu Amalric France
Citizenfour Laura Poitras United States, Germany
Clouds of Sils Maria Sils Maria Olivier Assayas Germany, France, Switzerland
Eden Mia Hansen-Løve France
Foxcatcher Bennett Miller United States
Goodbye to Language Adieu au langage Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
Heaven Knows What Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie United States
Hill of Freedom Jayuui Eondeok Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Horse Money Cavalo Dinheiro Pedro Costa Portugal
Jauja Lisandro Alonso Denmark, United States, Argentina
Life of Riley Aimer, boire et chanter Alain Resnais France
Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry United States
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg Canada, United States
Misunderstood Incompresa Asia Argento Italy, France
Mr. Turner Mike Leigh United Kingdom
Pasolini Abel Ferrara France, Italy, Belgium
The Princess of France La Princesa de Francia Matías Piñeiro Argentina
Saint Laurent Bertrand Bonello France
La Sapienza Eugène Green France, Italy
'71 Yann Demange United Kingdom
Tales of the Grim Sleeper Nick Broomfield United States, United Kingdom
Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako France, Mauritania
Time Out of Mind Oren Moverman United States
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Belgium, Italy, France
Two Shots Fired Dos Disparos Martín Rejtman Argentina
Whiplash Damien Chazelle United States
The Wonders Le meraviglie Alice Rohrwacher Italy, Switzerland, Germany

Shorts[edit]

Source:[5]

Program English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Program 1 In August En Août Jenna Hasse Switzerland
Young Lions of Gypsy A Ciambra Jonas Carpignano France, Italy
Ophelia Sergei Rostropovich Germany
Humor Tal Zagreba Israel
A Paradise Un Paraíso Jayisha Patel Cuba
Wu Gui Jordan Schiele China, Singapore, United States
The Girl and the Dogs Selma Vilhunen, Guillaume Mainguet Denmark, Finland, France
Program 2 Chlorine Cloro Marcelo Grabowsky Brazil
The Return Le Retour Yohann Kouam France
Hepburn Tommy Davis United States
La Estancia Federico Adorno Paraguay
The Kármán Line Oscar Sharp United Kingdom
Crooked Candy Andrew Rodgers United States

Spotlight on Documentary[edit]

Source:[6]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Dreams Are Colder Than Death Arthur Jafa United States
The 50-Year Argument Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht United States, France
Iris Albert Maysles United States
The Iron Ministry J.P. Sniadecki United States, China
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland, United Kingdom
Merchants of Doubt Robert Kenner United States
National Gallery Frederick Wiseman United States, France
Non-Fiction Diary Non-pik-syeon da-i-eo-li Jung Yoon-suk South Korea
One Cut, One Life Ed Pincus, Lucia Small United States
Red Army Gabe Polsky
Seymour: An Introduction Ethan Hawke
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait ماء الفضة Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan Syria, France
Stray Dog Debra Granik United States
Sunshine Superman Marah Strauch United States, Norway, United Kingdom

Projections[edit]

Source:[7][8]

Program Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Program 1 Old Growth Ryan Marino United States
Babash Lisa Truttmann, Behrouz Rae United States, Austria, Iran
Wayward Fronds Fern Silva United States
Theoretical Architectures Josh Gibson
Canopy Ken Jacobs
Under the Heat Lamp an Opening Zachary Epcar
Against Landscape Joshua Gen Solondz
Night Noon Shambhavi Kaul Mexico, United States
Program 2 Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air Phillip Warnell United Kingdom, Belgium, United States
Program 3 Berlin or a Dream with Cream (Berlin oder ein Traum mit Sahne) [1974] Marcel Broodthaers Germany
Mr. Teste et La Lune [1970-1974] Marcel Broodthaers Belgium
Things Ben Rivers United Kingdom
Depositions Luke Fowler
a certain worry Jonathan Schwartz United States
The Dragon Is the Frame Mary Helena Clark
Program 4 Fe26 Kevin Jerome Everson
Sound That Kevin Jerome Everson
Second Sighted Deborah Stratman
The Measures Jacqueline Goss, Jenny Perlin United States, France
Program 5 Sauerbruch Hutton Architects Harun Farocki Germany
Program 6 Color Neutral Jennifer Reeves United States
Hat Trick Katherin McInnis
Sleeping District Tinne Zenner Denmark, Russia
Zinoviev's Tube: Tape 2 of the Inner Trotsky Child series Jim Finn United States
Off-White Tulips Aykan Safoğlu Turkey, Germany
End Reel Julie Murray United States
Picture Particles Thorsten Fleisch Germany
Program 7 Under the Atmosphere Mike Stoltz United States
The Figures Carved into the Knife by the Sap of the Banana Trees Joana Pimenta United States, Portugal
Shwebonta Meredith Lackey United States
Atlantis Ben Russell Malta, United States
Program 8 Letters to Max Eric Baudelaire France
Program 9 Sea of Vapors Sylvia Schedelbauer Germany
Red Capriccio Blake Williams Canada
Field Notes Vashti Harrison United States
Darkroom Billy Roisz Austria
Detour de Force Rebecca Baron United States, Austria
Program 10 Blue Loop, July Mike Gibisser United States
The Hummingbird Wars Janie Geiser
Razzle Dazzle Jodie Mack
Blanket Statement #2: It's All or Nothing Jodie Mack
Light Year Paul Clipson
Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars Tomonari Nishikawa Japan
Ginza Strip Richard Tuohy Australia/Japan
Friday Mosque Azadeh Navai United States
2012 Takashi Makino Japan
Program 11 The Occidental Hotel Lewis Klahr United States
El Futuro Luis Lopez Carrasco Spain
Program 12 Broken Tongue Mónica Savirón United States
Film Ismaïl Bahri France, Tunisia
The Innocents Jean-Paul Kelly Canada
Chapters 1, 2 & 3 ‘from the impossibility of one page being like the other’ Oraib Toukan, Ala Younis Jordan
Sugarcoated Arsenic Claudrena Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Adorno's Grey Hito Steyerl Germany
O, Persecuted Basma Alsharif United Kingdom, Palestine
Program 13 How to Make Money Religiously Laure Prouvost United Kingdom
Renaissance Center/GM Tower Nicky Hamlyn Canada, United Kingdom
Sound of My Soul Wojciech Bąkowski Poland
Seven Signs that Mean Silence Sara Magenheimer United States
Horizon Stephanie Barber
SONE S/S 2014: Chase ATM emitting blue smoke, Bank of America ATM emitting red smoke, TD Bank ATM emitting green smoke /// Invisibility-cloaked hand gestures in offshore financial center jungle Andrew Norman Wilson
Lorem ipsum 1 Victoria Fu
Pan Anton Ginzburg

Special Events[edit]

Source:[9]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Forest La Forêt Arnaud Desplechin France
Voilà l’enchaînement Claire Denis
The King and the Mockingbird (1952/1980) Le Roi et l'oiseau Paul Grimault
P'tit Quinquin Bruno Dumont
Queen and Country (Film Comment Presents) John Boorman United Kingdom
This Is Spinal Tap (30th anniversary screening) Rob Reiner United States

Revivals[edit]

Source:[10][5]

Year English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
1983 Burroughs: The Movie Howard Brookner United States
1968 The Color of Pomegranates Նռան գույնը Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union
1959 Hiroshima Mon Amour Alain Resnais France, Japan
1939 Jamaica Inn Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom
1955 The Man from Laramie Anthony Mann United States
1926/1980 Moana with Sound Robert Flaherty, Frances Hubbard Flaherty, Monica Flaherty
1935 A Night of Storytelling Oidhche Sheanchais Robert Flaherty Ireland
1984 Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone Italy, United States
1951 The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom

Retrospective[edit]

Source:[5][11]

Year Original Title Director Production Country
1952 5 Fingers Joseph L. Mankiewicz United States
1950 All About Eve
1954 The Barefoot Contessa
1964 A Carol for Another Christmas
1963 Cleopatra
1946 Dragonwyck
1948 Escape
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1955 Guys and Dolls
1967 The Honey Pot
1949 House of Strangers
1953 Julius Caesar
1947 The Late George Apley
1949 A Letter to Three Wives
1950 No Way Out
1951 People Will Talk
1958 The Quiet American
1972 Sleuth
1946 Somewhere in the Night
1959 Suddenly, Last Summer
1970 There Was a Crooked Man...

References[edit]

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