New York African Film Festival

Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present spotlights the cinema of two nations: Nigeria and the Sudan. Presented with AFF.

World of Wong Kar Wai

A career-spanning retrospective of one of the greatest auteurs working in world cinema today, with brand new restorations. Presented with Janus Films.

New Directors/New Films

New Directors/New Films introduces audiences to the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. Presented with The Museum of Modern Art.

Collective (2019)

  • First Run
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  • Alexander Nanau
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  • 1h 49m
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What begins as a seeming exposé into a tragic accident gradually turns into something deeper and more shocking in this heartrending documentary.

Francisca (1981)

  • Restoration
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  • Manoel de Oliveira
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  • 2h 46m
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Francisca is an exacting, sumptuous and utterly inimitable cinematic experience, and one of Oliveira’s crowning achievements.

Smooth Talk (1985)

  • Restoration
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  • Joyce Chopra
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  • 1h 32m
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18-year-old Laura Dern gave one of her most stirring, layered performances in this powerful adaptation of a Joyce Carol Oates’s short story.

Damnation (1988)

  • Restoration
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  • Béla Tarr
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  • 1h 56m
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A desiccated film noir about the efforts of a dour loner to steal back his estranged lover from her debt-addled husband.

Martin Eden (2020)

  • First Run
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  • Pietro Marcello
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  • 2h 9m
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Pietro Marcello's NYFF favorite is "everything I love in movies," says A.O. Scott at The New York Times. Critic's Pick!

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Talking About Trees (2019)
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You Will Die at 20 (2020)
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Kadara (1980)
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Shoot the Messenger (2006)
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Three Thieves (2020)
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Two Films by Ibrahim Shaddad
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Khartoum Offside (2019)
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  • Marwa Zein
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Shorts Program: Notes From Home
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World of Wong Kar Wai
Wong Kar Wai 7-Film Janus Bundle
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In the Mood for Love (2000)
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  • 1h 38m
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As Tears Go By (1988)
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  • 1h 42m
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Days of Being Wild (1990)
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Chungking Express (1994)
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Fallen Angels (1995)
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Happy Together (1995)
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The Hand (Extended Cut) (2004)
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2046 (2004)
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Ashes of Time Redux (2008)
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  • 1h 33m
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My Blueberry Nights (2007)
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The Grandmaster (Hong Kong version) (2013)
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The Grandmaster (U.S. version) (2013)
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ND/NF 2020 Selections
ND/NF All-Access Bundle
  • 26 films
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Boys State (2020)
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  • Jesse Moss
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  • Amanda McBaine
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  • 1h 49m
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Identifying Features (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Fernanda Valadez
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  • 1h 34m
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The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Pushpendra Singh
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  • 1h 38m
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Servants (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Ivan Ostrochovský
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  • 1h 20m
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Atlantis (2019)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Valentyn Vasyanovych
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  • 1h 46m
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Days of Cannibalism (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Teboho Edkins
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  • 1h 18m
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Red Moon Tide (2020)
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  • Lois Patiño
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  • 1h 24m
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Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019)
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  • Kazik Radwanski
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  • 1h 15m
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Two of Us (2019)
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  • Filippo Meneghetti
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  • 1h 35m
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Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine (2019)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Alex Piperno
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  • 1h 25m
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The Mole Agent (2020)
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  • Maite Alberdi
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  • 1h 30m
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The Trouble with Being Born (2020)
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  • Sandra Wollner
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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
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  • Robert Machoian
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  • 1h 24m
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Giraffe (2019)
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  • Anna Sofie Hartmann
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  • 1h 27m
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The Cloud in Her Room (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Zheng Lu Xinyuan
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  • 1h 41m
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Kala azar (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Janis Rafa
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  • 1h 31m
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Nasir (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Arun Karthick
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  • 1h 20m
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The Fever (2019)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Maya Da-Rin
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  • 1h 38m
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The Dove and the Wolf (2019)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Carlos Lenin
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  • 1h 46m
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The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Catarina Vasconcelos
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  • 1h 41m
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Nafi's Father (2019)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Mamadou Dia
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  • 1h 49m
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Los conductos (2020)
  • New Directors/New Films
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  • Camilo Restrepo
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Twelve Thousand (2019)
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  • Nadège Trebal
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  • 1h 51m
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Collective (2019)
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  • Alexander Nanau
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  • 1h 49m
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NYT Critic's Pick!
Martin Eden (2020)
  • First Run
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  • Pietro Marcello
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  • 2h 9m
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Nomadland (Dec. 4-10 Only)

Revivals & Restorations
Damnation (1988)
  • Restoration
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  • Béla Tarr
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  • 1h 56m
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Francisca (1981)
  • Restoration
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  • Manoel de Oliveira
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  • 2h 46m
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Smooth Talk (1985)
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  • Joyce Chopra
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