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The 58th annual New York Film Festival Starts September 17

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grid of scenes from films at the 58th Annual New York Film Festival
Films of the 58th annual New York Film Festival

Film at Lincoln Center recently announced the 25 films that comprise the Main Slate of the 58th New York Film Festival, which will run from Sep. 17-Oct. 11. The festival has an expanded schedule  in order to provide additional access to the festival via drive-in screenings at The Brooklyn Army Terminal and Queens Drive-In at The New York Hall of Science.

Opening Night is Sep. 17, the Centerpiece screening is Sep. 26, and the Closing Night selection will screen Oct. 10.

General public tickets go on sale Sep. 11 at 2 p.m EST for their virtual tickets as well as the drive-in screening. More information can be found at the festival’s ticket information page.

As previously announced, the NYFF58 Opening Night selection is Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock,” Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” is Centerpiece, and Azazel Jacobs’s “French Exit” will close the festival.

The Main Slate films include:

Film still from Lovers Rock
Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn and Micheal Ward in a still from Lovers Rock. Credit: BBC Films.

Lovers Rock; Steve McQueen; 2020; UK; 68 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/17, 8 p.m. (Queens) and 9 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 9/17, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)
  • Virtual Encore: 10/3, 8 p.m. – 10/5, 8 p.m.

Nomadland; Chloé Zhao; 2020; United States; 108 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/26, 8 p.m. (Queens) and 9 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 9/26, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)

French Exit; Azazel Jacobs; 2020; United States; 110 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/10, 8 p.m. (Queens) and 9 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 10/10, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)

Atarrabi and Mikelats; Eugène Green; 2020; France/Belgium; 123 minutes

  • Virtual: 10/5, 8 p.m. – 10/10, 8 p.m.

Beginning; Dea Kulumbegashvili; 2020; Georgia; 125 minutes

  • Virtual: 10/5, 8 p.m. – 10/10, 8 p.m.

The Calming; Song Fang; 2020; China; 93 minutes

  • Virtual: 9/19, 8 p.m. – 9/24, 8 p.m.

City Hall; Frederick Wiseman; 2020; United States; 272 minutes

  • Virtual: 9/25, 8 p.m. – 9/30, 8 p.m.
Two men in bed from the film days
Still from Days. Credit: Homegreen Films

Days; Tsai Ming-liang; 2020; Taiwan/France; 127 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/25, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 9/25, 8 p.m. – 9/30, 8 p.m.

The Disciple; Chaitanya Tamhane; 2020; India; 128 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/29, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 9/29, 8 p.m. – 10/4, 8 p.m.

Gunda; Victor Kossakovsky; 2020; Norway; 93 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/19, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 9/19, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)

I Carry You With Me (Te llevo conmigo); Heidi Ewing; 2020; U.S./Mexico; 111 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/2, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 10/2, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)

Isabella; Matías Piñeiro; 2020; Argentina; 80 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/24, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn) (preceded by The Human Voice)
  • Virtual: 9/24, 8 p.m. – 9/29, 8 p.m.

Malmkrog; Cristi Puiu; 2020; Romania; 200 minutes

  • Virtual: 9/18, 8 p.m. – 9/23, 8 p.m.
Still from the film Mangrove
Still from Steve McQueen’s Mangrove (2020). Credit: Amazon Studios.

Mangrove; Steve McQueen; 2020; UK; 126 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/25, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 9/25, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)
  • Virtual Encore: 10/3, 8 p.m. – 10/5, 8 p.m.

MLK/FBI; Sam Pollard; 2020; United States; 104 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/21, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 9/21, 8 p.m. – 9/26, 8 p.m.

Night of the Kings; Philippe Lacôte; 2020; France/Ivory Coast/Canada/Senegal; 93 minutes

  • Virtual: 9/24, 8 p.m. – 9/29, 8 p.m.

Notturno; Gianfranco Rosi; 2020; Italy/France/Germany;  100 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/6, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 10/6, 8 p.m. – 10/11, 8 p.m.

Red, White and Blue; Steve McQueen; 2020; UK;

  • Drive-In: 10/3, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 10/3, 8 p.m. – 10/5, 8 p.m.
A still from The Disciple. Credit: New Europe Film Sales

The Salt of Tears; Philippe Garrel; 2020; France; 100 minutes

  • Virtual: 9/29, 8 p.m. – 10/4, 8 p.m.

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue; Jia Zhangke; 2020; China; 112 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/1, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 10/1, 8 p.m. – 10/6, 8 p.m.

Time; Garrett Bradley; 2020; United States; 81 minutes

  • Drive-In: 9/20, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 9/20, 8 p.m. – 9/25, 8 p.m.

Tragic Jungle; Yulene Olaizola; 2020; Mexico; 96 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/9, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 10/9, 8 p.m.– 10/14, 8 p.m.

The Truffle Hunters; Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; 2020,;Italy/United States/Greece; 84 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/5, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 10/5, 8 p.m.-11:59 p.m. (4-hour window)

Undine; Christian Petzold: 2020: Germany: 90 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/9, 8 p.m. (Queens)
  • Virtual: 10/9, 8 p.m. – 10/14, 8 p.m.

The Woman Who Ran; Hong Sangsoo; 2020; South Korea; 77 minutes

  • Drive-In: 10/2, 8 p.m. (Brooklyn)
  • Virtual: 10/2, 8 p.m. – 10/7, 8 p.m.

For a complete schedule, including information on programming for short films, please visit the NYFF 58 Schedule.

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John Rodzvilla is an Assistant Professor at Emerson College and author of “Project Management for Book Publishers.” He teaches digital publishing in the Writing, Literature, and Publishing department at Emerson.

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