2013 New York Film Festival Explained
The 51st New York Film Festival was held September 27 – October 13, 2013.
The lineup consisted of eight sections:
- Main Slate (36 films and four shorts programs)
- Spotlight on Documentary (21 films)
- Emerging Artists (six films)
- Views from the Avant-Garde (45 programs)
- Special Events (three films)
- Revivals (11 films)
- Jean-Luc Godard Retrospective (54 films and six shorts programs)
- Convergence (transmedia presentations and talks)
The Festival also included talks with Richard Curtis, James Gray, Paul Greengrass, Agnieszka Holland, and Frederick Wiseman. It was the first edition of the Festival following the retirement of longtime festival Director Richard Peña, succeeded by Kent Jones.[1] The lineup saw a larger Main Slate selection than prior years, the addition of the documentary and "Emerging Artists" sections, and the renaming of the previous "Masterworks" program as "Revivals". The primary selection committee included Kent Jones (chair), Dennis Lim, Marian Masone, Gavin Smith, and Amy Taubin. The Godard retrospective was programmed by Kent Jones and Jake Perlin, and Views from the Avant-Garde was programmed by Mark McElhatten. Convergence was curated by Matt Bolish and Eugene Hernandez.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Sections
Main Slate
Feature-length
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Captain Phillips [Opening Night] | | Paul Greengrass | United States |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [Centerpiece] | | Ben Stiller | United States |
| Her [Closing Night] | | Spike Jonze | United States |
| About Time | | Richard Curtis | UK |
| Abuse of Weakness | Abus de Faiblesse | Catherine Breillat | France |
| | Declan Lowney | UK, France |
| All Is Lost | | J. C. Chandor | United States |
| American Promise | | Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson | United States |
| At Berkeley | | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| Bastards | Les Salauds | Claire Denis | France, Germany |
| Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche | France, Belgium, Spain |
| Burning Bush | Hořicí Keř | Agnieszka Holland | Czech Republic |
| Child of God | | James Franco | United States |
| Gloria | | Sebastián Lelio | Chile, Spain |
| The Immigrant | | James Gray | United States |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | United States |
| The Invisible Woman | | Ralph Fiennes | UK |
| Jealousy | La Jalousie | Philippe Garrel | France |
| | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Le Week-End | | Roger Michell | UK |
| The Last of the Unjust | Le dernier des injustes | Claude Lanzmann | France, Austria |
| Like Father, Like Son | Soshite Chichi ni Naru | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| The Missing Picture | L'image manquante | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| My Name Is Hmmm… | Je m'appelle Hmmm... | agnès B | France |
| Nebraska | | Alexander Payne | United States |
| Nobody's Daughter Haewon | Nugu-ui Ddal-do Anin Haewon | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| Norte, the End of History | Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan | Lav Diaz | Philippines |
| Omar | | Hany Abu-Assad | Palestine |
| Only Lovers Left Alive | | Jim Jarmusch | United Kingdom, Germany |
| Real | リアル〜完全なる首長竜の日〜 Riaru: Kanzennaru Shuchō Ryū no Hi | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| The Square | | Jehane Noujaim | United States, Egypt |
| Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| Stray Dogs | 郊遊 Jiao You | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan, France |
| A Touch of Sin | 天注定 Tian zhu ding | Jia Zhangke | China |
| When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism | Când se lasă seara peste București sau Metabolism | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania, France |
| The Wind Rises | 風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu | Hayao Miyazaki | Japan | |
[6] [7] Shorts
| Program | Title | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Program 1 | Tryouts | | Susana Casares | United States |
| Program 1 | 9 Meter | | Anders Walter | Denmark |
| Program 1 | The Air Mattress | | David Kestin | United States |
| Program 1 | Open House | | David Kestin | United States |
| Program 1 | Samnang | | Asaph Polonsky | United States |
| Program 1 | My Mind's Own Melody | | Josh Wakely | Australia |
| Program 2 | Subconscious Password | | Chris Landreth | Canada |
| Program 2 | Basically | | Ari Aster | United States |
| Program 2 | Frayed | | Georgia Oakley | UK |
| Program 2 | Carny | Animador | Fernanda Chicolet | Brazil |
| Program 2 | Uncle Şeref and His Shadow | Şeref Dayı ve Gölgesi | Buğra Dedeoğlu | Turkey |
| Program 2 | Butter Lamp | La lampe au beurre de yak | Hu Wei | France |
| Program 2 | - PostModem
| | Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva | United States |
| Program 3 | Whiplash | | Damien Chazelle | United States |
| Program 3 | The Man Who Came Out Only At Night | | Michael Almereyda | United States |
| Program 3 | L'Assenza | | Jonathan Romney | UK |
| Program 3 | Aujourd'hui | | Nicolas Saada | France |
| Program 4 | Redemption | | Miguel Gomes | Portugal |
| Program 4 | The King's Body | O Corpo de Afonso | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
| Program 4 | Prologue to the Great Desaparecido | | Lav Diaz | Philippines | |
[8] Spotlight on Documentary
Applied Science
| Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Google and the World Brain | Ben Lewis | United States |
| Particle Fever | Mark Levinson | United States |
| Tim's Vermeer | Teller | United States | |
How Democracy Works Now
| Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Last Best Chance | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| The Game Is On | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Mountains and Clouds | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Sam in the Snow | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| The Kids Across the Hill | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Marking Up the Dream | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Ain't the AFL for Nothin | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Brothers and Rivals | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| Protecting Arizona | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States |
| The Senate Speaks | Michael Camerini, Shari Robertson | United States | |
Motion Portraits
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq | | Nancy Buirski | United States |
| The Dog | | Allison Berg, Frank Keraudren | United States |
| Fifi Howls From Happiness | Fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad | Mitra Farahani | France, United States |
| 23 August 2008 | | Laura Mulvey, Faysal Abdullah, Mark Lewis | UK |
| In the Dark Room | | Nadav Schirman | Germany, Israel, Finland, Romania, Italy |
| Manakamana | | Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez | United States |
| What Now? Remind Me | E Agora? Lembra-me | Joaquim Pinto | Portugal |
| Who Is Dayani Cristal? | | Marc Silver | United States, Mexico | |
[9] [10] Emerging Artists
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country | Year |
|---|
| Exhibition | | Joanna Hogg | UK | 2013 |
| Archipelago | | Joanna Hogg | UK | 2010 |
| Unrelated | | Joanna Hogg | UK | 2007 |
| Club Sandwich | Club sándwich | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico | 2013 |
| Lake Tahoe | | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico | 2008 |
| Duck Season | Temporada de patos | Fernando Eimbcke | Mexico | 2004 | |
[11] Special Events
| Title | Director | Country |
|---|
| Blue Jasmine [Cate Blanchett tribute] | Woody Allen | United States |
| Dazed and Confused [20th anniversary screening] | Richard Linklater | United States |
| 12 Years a Slave [Film Comment Presents] | Steve McQueen | United States | |
[12] [13] [14] Revivals
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country | |
|---|
| The Age of Innocence | | Martin Scorsese | United States | 1993 |
| Boy Meets Girl | | Leos Carax | France | 1984 |
| The Chase | | Arthur Ripley | United States | 1946 |
| The Lusty Men | | Nicholas Ray | United States | 1952 |
| Manila in the Claws of Light | Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag | Lino Brocka | Philippines | 1975 |
| Mauvais Sang | | Leos Carax | France | 1986 |
| Mysterious Object at Noon | Doka nai meuman | Apichatpong Weerasetakhul | Thailand | 2000 |
| Providence | | Alain Resnais | France, Switzerland, UK | 1977 |
| Sandra | Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa | Luchino Visconti | Italy | 1965 |
| They Live by Night | | Nicholas Ray | United States | 1948 |
| Try and Get Me | | Cy Endfield | United States | 1950 | |
[15] Retrospective
Feature-length and paired shorts
| Title | Original Title | Director | Country | Year |
|---|
| Breathless | À bout de souffle | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1960 |
| Le Petit soldat | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1960 |
| A Woman Is a Woman | Une femme est une femme | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1961 |
| Vivre sa vie | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1962 |
| Les Carabiniers | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy | 1963 |
| Contempt | Le Mépris | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Italy | 1963 |
| Band of Outsiders | Bande à part | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1964 |
| A Married Woman | Une femme mariée | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1964 |
| Alphaville | Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1965 |
| Pierrot le fou | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1965 |
| Masculin Féminin | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1966 |
| Made in U.S.A. | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1966 |
| Two or Three Things I Know About Her | 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1967 |
| La Chinoise | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1967 |
| Weekend | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1967 |
| Camera-Eye [from Far from Vietnam] | Caméra-oeil | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1967 |
| A Film Like Any Other | Un Film comme les autres | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1968 |
| Sympathy for the Devil | | Jean-Luc Godard | UK | 1968 |
| Le Gai savoir | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, West Germany | 1969 |
| Cinétracts [selections] | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1968 |
| British Sounds (See You at Mao) | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1969 |
| Pravda | | Jean-Luc Godard | West Germany, France | 1969 |
| Wind from the East | Le Vent d'est | Jean-Luc Godard | Italy, France, West Germany | 1970 |
| Struggle in Italy | Luttes en Italie | Jean-Luc Godard | Italy, France | 1971 |
| Here and Elsewhere | Ici et ailleurs | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1976 |
| Vladimir and Rosa | Vladimir et Rosa | Jean-Luc Godard | France, West Germany | 1971 |
| Tout va bien | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1972 |
| Letter to Jane | | Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin | France | 1972 |
| Numéro deux | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1975 |
| Comment ça va | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1976 |
| Letter to Freddy Buache | Lettre à Freddy Buache | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1982 |
| Six Times Two: Over and Under Communication | Six fois deux, sur et sous la communication | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1976 |
| France/tour/détour/deux enfants | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1978 |
| Every Man for Himself | Sauve qui peut (la vie) | Jean-Luc Godard | Switzerland, France | 1980 |
| Passion | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1982 |
| First Name: Carmen | Prénom Carmen | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1983 |
| Armide | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1987 |
| Hail Mary | Je vous salue, Marie | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1985 |
| The Book of Mary | Le Livre de Marie | Anne-Marie Miéville | France, Switzerland | 1985 |
| Notes on Hail Mary | Petites notes à propos du film Je vous salue, Marie | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1983 |
| Détective | | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1985 |
| Grandeur and Decadence of a Small Movie Concern | Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1986 |
| King Lear | | Jean-Luc Godard | USA | 1987 |
| Keep Your Right Up | Soigne ta droite | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1987 |
| Nouvelle Vague | | Jean-Luc Godard | Switzerland, France | 1990 |
| Oh Woe Is Me | Hélas pour moi | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1993 |
| JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December | JLG/JLG, autoportrait de décembre | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1994 |
| Germany Year 90 Nine Zero | Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1991 |
| For Ever Mozart | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 1996 |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | | Jean-Luc Godard | France/Switzerland | 1988–1998 |
| In Praise of Love | Eloge de l'amour | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 2001 |
| Notre musique | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 2004 |
| I Salute Thee Sarajevo | Je vous salue Sarajevo | Jean-Luc Godard | France | 1993 |
| Film Socialisme | | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | 2010 | |
Shorts
| Program | Title | Original Title | Director | Year |
|---|
| 60s Shorts | Sloth [from The Seven Deadly Sins] | La Paresse | Jean-Luc Godard | 1961 |
| 60s Shorts | The New World [from RoGoPaG] | Il Nuovo mondo | Jean-Luc Godard | 1963 |
| 60s Shorts | The Great Swindler [The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers] | Le Grand escroc | Jean-Luc Godard | 1964 |
| 60s Shorts | Montparnasse-Levallois [from Six in Paris] | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1965 |
| 60s Shorts | Anticipation: or Love in the Year 2000 [from The Oldest Profession in the World] | Anticipation, ou: l'amour en l'an 2000 | Jean-Luc Godard | 1967 |
| Early Shorts | Operation Concrete | Opération béton | Jean-Luc Godard | 1955 |
| Early Shorts | All the Boys Are Called Patrick | Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick | Jean-Luc Godard | 1957 |
| Early Shorts | A Story of Water | Une histoire d'eau | Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut | 1958 |
| Early Shorts | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend | Charlotte et son Jules | Jean-Luc Godard | 1958 |
| Program 1 | Pour Thomas Wainggai [from Lest We Forget] | | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 1991 |
| Program 1 | Les Enfants jouent à la Russie | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1993 |
| Program 1 | Liberté et patrie | | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 2002 |
| Program 1 | Origins of the 21st Century | De l'origine du XXIe siècle | Jean-Luc Godard | 2000 |
| Program 1 | The Old Place | | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 2000 |
| Program 2 | Scénario de Sauve qui peut (la vie) | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1979 |
| Program 2 | Scénario du film Passion | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1982 |
| Program 2 | To Alter the Image | Changer d'image | Jean-Luc Godard | 1982 |
| Program 2 | The Power of Speech | Puissance de la parole | Jean-Luc Godard | 1988 |
| Program 3 | Schick After Shave | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1971 |
| Program 3 | On s'est tous défilé | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1988 |
| Program 3 | Parisienne People Cigarettes | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1992 |
| Program 3 | Metamorphojean & Closed #1 and #2 | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1990 |
| Program 3 | Plus Oh | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1996 |
| Program 3 | Dream On | Faut pas rêver | Jean-Luc Godard | 1977 |
| Program 3 | The Last Word | Le Dernier mot | Jean-Luc Godard | 1988 |
| Program 3 | L'enfance de l'art | | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 1991 |
| Program 3 | The Darty Report | Le Rapport Darty | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 1989 |
| Program 3 | Meetin’ W.A. | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1986 |
| Program 3 | Une bonne à tout faire | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1981 |
| Program 4 | Dans le noir du temps | | Jean-Luc Godard | 2002 |
| Program 4 | Ecce Homo | | Jean-Luc Godard | 2006 |
| Program 4 | Hommage à Eric Rohmer | | Jean-Luc Godard | 2010 |
| Program 4 | Adieu au TNS | | Jean-Luc Godard | 1998 |
| Program 4 | Prayer for Refuseniks | Prière pour refusniks | Jean-Luc Godard | 2004 |
| Program 4 | 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema | 2 x 50 ans de cinéma français | Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville | 1995 |
| Program 4 | True False Passport | Vrai faux passeport | Jean-Luc Godard | 2006 | |
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