2014 New York Film Festival

The 52nd New York Film Festival was held September 26 – October 12, 2014.

The lineup consisted of seven sections:

  • Main Slate (31 films and two shorts programs)
  • Spotlight on Documentary (15 films)
  • Projections (13 programs)
  • Special Events (6 films)
  • Revivals (9 films)
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz Retrospective (21 films)
  • Convergence (transmedia presentations and talks)

The Festival also included various interviews and panels. Following the departure of programmer Mark McElhatten, the experimental section was renamed from "Views from the Avant-Garde" to "Projections". The primary selection committee included Kent Jones (chair), Dennis Lim, Marian Masone, Gavin Smith, and Amy Taubin. Projections was programmed by Dennis Lim, Aily Nash, and Gavin Smith. Convergence was curated by Matt Bolish.[1]

Sections

Main Slate

Feature-length
Title Original Title Director Country
Gone Girl [Opening Night] David Fincher United States
Inherent Vice [Centerpiece] Paul Thomas Anderson United States
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance [Closing Night] Alejandro G. Iñárritu United States
Beloved Sisters Die geliebten Schwestern Dominik Graf Germany
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
Goodbye to Language Adieu au langage Jean-Luc Godard France, Switzerland
Heaven Knows What Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie United States
Hill of Freedom Jayuui Eondeok Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Horse Money Cavalo Dinheiro Pedro Costa Portugal
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, UK
Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako France, Mauritania
Time Out of Mind Oren Moverman United States
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 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

[2][3][4]

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

[5]

Spotlight on Documentary
Title Original Title Director Country
Dreams Are Colder Than Death Arthur Jafa USA
The 50-Year Argument Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi United States
How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy Les Blank, Gina Leibrecht United States, France
Iris Albert Maysles USA
The Iron Ministry J.P. Sniadecki USA, China
The Look of Silence Senyap Joshua Oppenheimer Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, Finland, UK
Merchants of Doubt Robert Kenner United States
National Gallery Frederick Wiseman United States, France
Non-Fiction Diary Non-pik-syeon da-i-eo-li Jung Yoon-suk South Korea
One Cut, One Life Ed Pincus, Lucia Small USA
Red Army Gabe Polsky United States
Seymour: An Introduction Ethan Hawke United States
Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait ماء الفضة Eau argentée, Syrie autoportrait Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan Syria, France
Stray Dog Debra Granik United States
Sunshine Superman Marah Strauch USA, Norway, UK

[6]

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

[7][8]

Special Events
Title Original Title Director Country
The Forest La Forêt Arnaud Desplechin France
Voilà l’enchaînement Claire Denis France
The King and the Mockingbird [1952/1980] Le Roi et l'oiseau Paul Grimault France
Li’l Quinquin P'tit Quinquin Bruno Dumont France
Queen and Country [Film Comment Presents] John Boorman UK
This Is Spinal Tap [30th anniversary screening] Rob Reiner USA

[9]

Revivals
Title Original Title Director Country Year
Burroughs: The Movie Howard Brookner United States 1983
The Color of Pomegranates Նռան գույնը Sayat Nova Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union 1968
Hiroshima Mon Amour Alain Resnais France, Japan 1959
Jamaica Inn Alfred Hitchcock UK 1939
The Man from Laramie Anthony Mann United States 1955
Moana with Sound Robert Flaherty, Frances Hubbard Flaherty, Monica Flaherty USA 1926/1980
A Night of Storytelling Oidhche Sheanchais Robert Flaherty Ireland 1935
Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone Italy, United States 1984
The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger UK 1951

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

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