2014 New York Film Festival

2014 New York Film Festival
Opening filmGone Girl
Closing filmBirdman
LocationNew York City, United States
Founded1963
Founded byRichard Roud and Amos Vogel
Hosted byFilm at Lincoln Center
Artistic directorKent Jones
Festival dateSeptember 26 – October 12, 2014
Websitehttps://www.filmlinc.org/nyff/

The 52nd New York Film Festival took place from September 26 to October 12, 2014, in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.

The festival's opening film was David Fincher's Gone Girl. Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice was the festival's centerpiece. While Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman was the festival's closing film.

Appearing in NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time were: Abderrahmane Sissako, Alex Ross Perry, Asia Argento, Benny and Josh Safdie, Damien Chazelle, Laura Poitras, Lisandro Alonso, Matías Piñeiro, Mia Hansen-Løve, and Yann Demange.

Official Selections

The primary selection committee included Kent Jones (chair), Dennis Lim, Marian Masone, Gavin Smith, and Amy Taubin.

Main Slate

The following films were selected:[1][2][3]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Beloved Sisters Die geliebten Schwestern Dominik Graf Germany
Birdman (closing film) Alejandro González Iñárritu United States
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
Gone Girl (opening film) David Fincher United States
Goodbye to Language Adieu au langage Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
Heaven Knows What Benny and Josh Safdie United States
Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Horse Money Cavalo Dinheiro Pedro Costa Portugal
Inherent Vice (centerpiece) Paul Thomas Anderson United States
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 and 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

Special Events

The following films were selected:[4]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Forest La Forêt Arnaud Desplechin France
The King and the Mockingbird (1952/1980) Le Roi et l'oiseau Paul Grimault
P'tit Quinquin Bruno Dumont
Queen and Country John Boorman United Kingdom
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Rob Reiner United States
Voilà l’enchaînement (short) Claire Denis France

Spotlight on Documentary

The following films were selected:[5]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The 50 Year Argument Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi United Kingdom, Japan, United States
Dreams Are Colder Than Death Arthur Jafa United States
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy Les Blank and 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, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, United States
Merchants of Doubt Robert Kenner United States
National Gallery Frederick Wiseman United States, France
Non-Fiction Diary 논픽션 다이어리 Jung Yoon-suk South Korea
One Cut, One Life Ed Pincus and Lucia Small United States
Red Army Gabe Polsky
Seymour: An Introduction Ethan Hawke
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait ماء الفضة Ossama Mohammed and Wiam Simav Bedirxan Syria, France
Stray Dog Debra Granik United States
Sunshine Superman Marah Strauch United States, Norway, United Kingdom

Shorts Programs

The following short films were selected:[6]

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

Projections

Following the departure of programmer Mark McElhatten, the experimental section was renamed from "Views from the Avant-Garde" to "Projections". Projections was programmed by Dennis Lim, Aily Nash, and Gavin Smith.[7] The following films were selected:[8][9]

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

Revivals

The following films were selected:[10][6]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Burroughs (1983) Howard Brookner United States, United Kingdom
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Նռան գույնը Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union
Hiroshima mon amour (1959) Alain Resnais France, Japan
Jamaica Inn (1939) Alfred Hitchcock United Kingdom
The Man from Laramie (1955) Anthony Mann United States
Moana with Sound (1926-1980) Robert J. Flaherty, Frances H. Flaherty and Monica Flaherty Frassetto
A Night of Storytelling (1934) Oidhche Sheanchais Robert Flaherty Ireland
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) C'era una volta in America Sergio Leone Italy, United States
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger United Kingdom

Retrospective

The following films were selected:[6][11]

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

References

  1. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2014-08-13). "New York Film Festival Sets 30 Films for 2014 Main Slate". Variety. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Laura Poitras Film about Snowden & Surveillance Added to 52nd NYFF". Film Society of Lincoln Center. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2014-09-16). "New York Film Festival Adds Radius' Edward Snowden Doc to Main Slate". Variety. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  4. ↑ Eidelstein, Eric (2014-08-26). "The Film Society Announces Special Events For The 52nd Annual New York Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  5. ↑ Salovaara, Sarah (2014-08-19). "NYFF Announces Spotlight on Documentary Selections: Films From Maysles, Blank, Scorsese". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  6. 1 2 3 Hudson, David. "Daily | NYFF 2014 | Mankiewicz, Revivals, Shorts". Fandor. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  7. ↑ Kenyon, Sandy (2014-09-29). "2014 New York Film Festival gets underway". ABC7 New York. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
  8. ↑ Hudson, David. "Daily | NYFF 2014 Projections Lineup". Fandor. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  9. ↑ "NYFF52 Sets 63 Films and Videos for its Projections Lineup". Film Society of Lincoln Center. 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  10. ↑ "NYFF Revivals to Spotlight Restored 'Hiroshima Mon Amour' by Alain Resnais". Film Society of Lincoln Center. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  11. ↑ "Shorts, Revivals, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz Retrospective Set for NYFF". Film Society of Lincoln Center. 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
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