New York Film Festival announces 64th edition programming and talks

The 64th New York Film Festival (NYFF), running from September 25 through October 12, will feature an extensive program of talks and discussions hosted by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex. The festival's program includes the sixth annual Amos Vogel Lecture, featuring Japanese filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and the Deep Focus Talks, which will host prominent directors such as James Gray, Lee Chang-dong, Mike Leigh, Valeska Grisebach, and Ava DuVernay.

Special programming includes the Crosscuts series, featuring dialogues between filmmakers like Pedro Almodóvar and Sofia Coppola, as well as roundtable discussions focused on technical crafts such as casting and film editing.

Additionally, Marine Atlan’s film ‘La Gradiva’ is set for its U.S. premiere at the festival on September 27. The film, which won the Grand Prize at the 2026 Cannes Critics’ Week, follows French high-school students traveling through Naples and Pompeii. Following its festival run, ‘La Gradiva’ will have a theatrical opening at Film at Lincoln Center on December 18, 2026, with Atlan scheduled to attend.