An sudden — and, frankly, fairly charming — theme to this yr’s New York Movie Competition? Household. Particularly, artistic households. Look no additional than right now’s newest lineup announcement, that includes the competition’s Highlight slate, designed as a “number of 12 important and anticipated options.”
The obvious significance? Filmmaking as household endeavor. Among the many alternatives for this yr’s Highlight part: new works from Rebecca Miller (the five-part documentary “Mr. Scorsese”) and her son Ronan Day-Lewis (“Anemone”), the latter of which stars at least Daniel Day-Lewis, who’s, in fact, husband to Miller and father to the youthful Day-Lewis. Additionally on provide, the most recent movie from Ben Stiller, which is about his personal iconic dad and mom, Jerry Stiller and Anna Meara and is titled “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Misplaced” (and, sure, numerous members of Stiller’s household will seem within the movie, together with his spouse and youngsters).
This yr’s Highlight part contains three world premieres, two U.S. premieres, and 6 New York premieres, in addition to 9 brief movies proven in two applications. Past the Day-Lewis, Miller, and Stiller picks, Highlight may even play residence to new Richard Linklater movies (“Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Obscure”), the highly effective documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Stroll,” Geeta Gandbhir’s much-talked-about documentary “The Good Neighbor,” Mamoru Hosoda’s animated fantasy “Scarlet,” and Harry Lighton’s Cannes winner “Pillion.” As was introduced on Monday, the part will open with Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere.”
As was additionally beforehand introduced, NYFF‘s Opening Evening choice is the North American premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt”; the North American premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s “Father Mom Sister Brother” is the Centerpiece choice; and the world premiere of Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Factor On?” is the Closing Evening choice. Final week, NYFF introduced each its heavy-hitting major slate and its at all times compelling Currents part. The competition’s Revivals lineup and Talks sections will likely be introduced within the coming weeks.
Take a look at the complete Highlight lineup under.
SPOTLIGHT FILMS
Highlight Gala, “Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere,” Scott Cooper, 2025, U.S., 120m
“Anemone,” Ronan Day-Lewis, 2025, U.Okay., 121m, World Premiere
“Blue Moon,” Richard Linklater, 2025, U.S./Eire, 100m, New York Premiere
“La Grazia,” Paolo Sorrentino, 2025, Italy, 128m, Italian with English subtitles, New York Premiere
“Mr. Scorsese,” Rebecca Miller, 2025, U.S., 285m, World Premiere
“Nouvelle Obscure,” Richard Linklater, 2025, France, 106m, French with English subtitles, New York Premiere
“The Good Neighbor,” Geeta Gandbhir, 2025, U.S., 96m, New York Premiere
“Pillion,” Harry Lighton, 2025, U.Okay., 107m, New York Premiere
“A Personal Life” / Vie privée, Rebecca Zlotowski, 2025, France, 103m, French with English subtitles, New York Premiere
“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Stroll,” Sepideh Farsi, 2025, France/Palestine/Iran, 113m, English, French, and Arabic with English Subtitles, U.S. Premiere
“Scarlet” / 果てしなきスカーレット, Mamoru Hosoda, 2025, Japan, 111m, Japanese with English subtitles, U.S. Premiere
“Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Misplaced,” Ben Stiller, 2025, U.S., 97m, World Premiere
The 2025 New York Movie Competition will run from September 26 – October 13.
The NYFF Principal Slate and Highlight choice committee is chaired by Dennis Lim, NYFF Creative Director, and contains Florence Almozini, Justin Chang, Okay. Austin Collins, and Rachel Rosen. Violeta Bava, Michelle Carey, Leo Goldsmith, and Antoine Thirion are NYFF program advisors.