2017 New York Film Festival

The 55th New York Film Festival took place from September 28 to October 15, 2017.[1] The festival's opening film was Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying, and its closing film was Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel.[2]

Official Selections

Main slate

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Before We Vanish 散歩する侵略者 Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan
BPM (Beats per Minute) 120 battements par minute Robin Campillo France
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Italy, United States, France, Brazil
The Day After 그 후 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Faces Places Visages Villages Agnès Varda and JR France
Félicité Alain Gomis Senegal, France
The Florida Project Sean Baker United States
Ismael's Ghosts Les Fantômes d'Ismaël Arnaud Desplechin France
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig United States
Last Flag Flying (opening film) Richard Linklater
Let the Sunshine In Un beau soleil intérieur Claire Denis France
Lover for a Day L'Amant d'un jour Philippe Garrel
The Meyerowitz Stories Noah Baumbach United States
Mrs. Hyde Madame Hyde Serge Bozon France
Mudbound Dee Rees United States
On the Beach at Night Alone 밤의 해변에서 혼자 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
The Other Side of Hope Toivon tuolla puolen Aki Kaurismäki Finland, Germany
The Rider Chloé Zhao United States
Spoor Pokot Agnieszka Holland Poland, Czech Republic, Germany
The Square Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark
Thelma Joachim Trier Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France
Western Valeska Grisebach Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
Wonder Wheel (closing film) Woody Allen United States
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Zama Lucrecia Martel Argentina,Spain

Spotlight on Documentaries

[3]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Arthur Miller: Writer Rebecca Miller United States
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat Sara Driver
Cielo Alison McAlpine Chile, Canada
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? Travis Wilkerson United States
El mar la mar Joshua Bonnetta and J. P. Sniadecki
Filmworker Tony Zierra
Hall of Mirrors Ena Talakic and Ines Talakic
Jane Brett Morgen
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Griffin Dunne
No Stone Unturned Alex Gibney United Kingdom
Piazza Vittorio Abel Ferrara Italy, United States
The Rape of Recy Taylor Nancy Buirski United States
Sea Sorrow Vanessa Redgrave United Kingdom
A Skin So Soft Ta peau si lisse Denis Côté Canada, France, Switzerland
Speak Up À voix haute Stéphane de Freitas France
The Venerable W. Le vénérable W. Barbet Schroeder France, Switzerland
Voyeur Myles Kane and Josh Koury United States
Three Music Films by Mathieu Amalric: C’est presque au bout du monde, Zorn, Music Is Music Mathieu Amalric France

Special Events

[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
First Reformed Paul Schrader United States
Mindhunter (series) David Fincher
Pandora's Box (1929) Die Büchse der Pandora G. W. Pabst Germany
The Opera House Susan Froemke United States
Shoah: Four Sisters Claude Lanzmann France
Spielberg Susan Lacy United States
Trouble No More Jennifer Lebeau
Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America Rory Kennedy

Projections

In addition to the following feature films, the Projections lineup also included several programs of short films, including programs devoted to the work of Barbara Hammer and Mike Henderson.[5]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Caniba Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor France, United States
Dragonfly Eyes Qing ting zhi yan Xu Bing China
Electro-Pythagoras and Vivian’s Garden Luke Fowler United Kingdom
Le Fort des fous Narimane Mari France, Algeria, Greece, Germany, Qatar
Good Luck Ben Russell France, Germany
Occidental Neïl Beloufa France
Tonsler Park Kevin Jerome Everson United States
The Worldly Cave Zhou Tao China

Revivals

[6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
L'Atalante (1934) Jean Vigo France
Bob the Gambler (1956) Bob le flambeur Jean-Pierre Melville
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936) Le Crime de Monsieur Lange Jean Renoir
The Crucified Lovers (1954) 近松物語 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan
Down to Earth (1995) Casa de Lava Pedro Costa Portugal
Daughter of the Nile (1987) 尼羅河女兒 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
L'Enfant Secret (1979) Philippe Garrel France
Grandeur and Decadence (a/k/a The Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company) (1986) Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma Jean-Luc Godard
Hallelujah the Hills (1963) Adolfas Mekas United States
Lucía (1968) Humberto Solás Cuba
The Old Dark House (1932) James Whale United States
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) L'une chante, l'autre pas Agnès Varda France
Le Révélateur (1968) Philippe Garrel
Sansho the Bailiff (1954) 山椒大夫 Kenji Mizoguchi Japan

Robert Mitchum Retrospective

Film Director(s) Ref
Angel Face Otto Preminger [7]
Blood on the Moon Robert Wise
Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese
Crossfire Edward Dmytryk
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch
El Dorado Howard Hawks
Farewell, My Lovely Dick Richards
The Friends of Eddie Coyle Peter Yates
His Kind of Woman John Farrow
Home from the Hill Vincente Minnelli
The Lusty Men Nicholas Ray
Macao Josef von Sternberg, Nicholas Ray
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Bruce Weber
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
Out of the Past Jacques Tourneur
Pursued Raoul Walsh
River of No Return Otto Preminger
The Story of G.I. Joe William Wellman
Till the End of Time Edward Dmytryk
Thunder Road Arthur Ripley
Track of the Cat William Wellman
Undercurrent Vincente Minnelli
The Wonderful Country Robert Parrish
The Yakuza Sydney Pollack

Shorts

English title Original title Director(s) Country Ref
All Over the Place Mariana Sanguinetti Argentina [4]
Birthday Alberto Viavattene Italy
Bonboné Rakan Mayasi Palestine, Lebanon
The Brick House Eliane Esther Bots Netherlands
Cheer Up Baby Adinah Dancyger United States
Creswick Natalie Erika James Australia
Cucli Xavier Marrades Spain
The Disinherited Los Desheredados Laura Ferrés Spain
Douggy Matvey Fiks United States, Russia
Drip Drop Jonna Nilsson Sweden
A Gentle Night Qiu Yang China
Hedgehog's Home Eva Cvijanović Canada, Croatia
Hitchhiker Damien Power Australia
Hombre Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz Chile
The Last Light Angelita Mendoza United States, Mexico
The Layover Ashley Connor, Joe Stankus United States
Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt Pacho Velez, Yoni Brook United States
My Nephew Emmett Kevin Wilson, Jr. United States
Program Gabriel de Urioste United States
The Road to Magnasanti John Wilson United States
Scaffold Kazik Radwanski Canada
The True Tales Une histoire vraie Lucien Monot Switzerland
Two Due Riccardo Giacconi Italy, France
Unpresidented Jason Giampietro United States

References

  1. ^ Joe McGovern, "New York Film Festival 2017 lineup includes Call Me By Your Name, The Square, and Adam Sandler". Entertainment Weekly, August 8, 2017.
  2. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (August 8, 2017). "New York Film Festival Main Slate: 'The Square', 'The Rider', 'Mudbound', 'Meyerowitz Stories' & More". Deadline. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  3. ^ Hipes, Patrick (August 23, 2017). "New York Film Festival Sets Documentary Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Spielberg Documentary, Bob Dylan Concert Film Added to New York Film Festival Lineup". EW.com. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  5. ^ Erbland, Kate (August 17, 2017). "New York Film Festival Announces Full Projections Slate, Including Films From Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, and Xu Bing". IndieWire. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  6. ^ Newman, Nick (August 21, 2017). "NYFF55 Revivals Includes Restored Films By Godard, Hou, Costa, Tarkovsky & More". Retrieved October 28, 2025.
  7. ^ Kate Erbland, "Massive Robert Mitchum Centenary Tribute Set As NYFF 2017 Retrospective — Exclusive". IndieWire, July 24, 2017.
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