Film at Lincoln Center Announces ‘Talks’ for 63rd New York Film Festival, Including Jafar Panahi, Claire Denis, Noah Baumbach
Film at Lincoln Center has revealed the Talks for the 63rd New York Film Festival, including Jafar Panahi, who returns to the New York Film Festival in person for the first time in 25 years. Newly expanded to include ticketed events at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center and Alice Tully Hall, as well as free talks in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater, the NYFF63 Talks program complements the film selection with a robust lineup of lively and in-depth conversations among NYFF artists and special guests. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex, NYFF63 takes place September 26 through October 13 at Lincoln Center and in venues across the city.
The career-spanning Deep Focus Talks include a conversation between Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi with It Was Just an Accident, and Martin Scorsese; a talk between Claire Denis, director of Main Slate selection The Fence, and Barry Jenkins, director of Moonlight (NYFF54) and If Beale Street Could Talk (NYFF56); and Kamal Aljafari, director of NYFF63 selection With Hasan in Gaza.
The fifth edition of the Amos Vogel Lecture will be delivered by visionary Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel, whose latest film and first documentary feature, Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks), screens in the Main Slate.
Crosscuts conversations focus on unique and revelatory pairings of filmmakers and artists across NYFF sections, genres, and styles. This year’s lineup pairs Ethan Hawke, star of Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, and Willem Dafoe, star of Kent Jones’s Late Fame, in a Talk sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter; Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier and Jay Kelly director Noah Baumbach, in a Talk sponsored by Deadline; Dry Leaf director Alexandre Koberidze and Rose of Nevada director Mark Jenkin; and Sirât director Oliver Laxe and Mare’s Nest director Ben Rivers.
Two special NYFF Roundtables include On Mr. Scorsese, with Rebecca Miller, director of the NYFF63 selection Mr. Scorsese, Ari Aster, and other special guests discussing the career of the legendary filmmaker, presented in partnership with Rolex; and Black World-Making, with NYFF63 Main Slate selection BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions director Kahlil Joseph, film and theater artist Kaneza Schaal, and more special guests.
Film Comment, FLC’s award-winning publication, will lead two panel conversations recorded live for the Film Comment Podcast: Stealing Time, with Kent Jones (Late Fame), Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind), and Lucio Castro (Drunken Noodles); and the annual Festival Report, a spirited critics’ roundtable on the highs and lows of the NYFF63 slate. FC also presents an unmissable event, Tik-Talk with Radu Jude and Andrei Rus, with director Jude (Main Slate selection Kontinental ’25 and Currents selection Dracula) and scholar Rus virtually joining the audience in the Francesca Beale Theater to present Little Poems in Prose, a specially curated compilation of Romanian TikTok videos, followed by a discussion on the cinematic and cultural dimensions of the popular, bite-size form.
NYFF Trivia Night, with special guest Cinephile: A Card Game, returns for its fourth year at the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, featuring multiple trivia rounds including NYFF history and beyond, with chances to win tickets to sold-out NYFF63 screenings and more prizes.
NYFF will also host IndieWire Presents: Screen Talk Live with Editor-at-Large Anne Thompson and Deputy Film Editor Ryan Lattanzio for a special live edition of the independent news site’s weekly podcast.
Talks are organized by Devika Girish and Madeline Whittle, in collaboration with Dennis Lim.
Tickets for paid Talks are on sale now at filmlinc.org. Talks in the David Rubenstein Atrium and Francesca Beale Theater are $20 for the general public and $15 for FLC Members and students. Jafar Panahi, in conversation with Martin Scorsese, taking place at Alice Tully Hall, is $35 for the general public and $30 for Members and students.
Tickets for all free Talks and events will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour prior to each event at the box office. Tickets are limited to one per person, subject to availability. For those unable to attend, select recordings from these events will be available online on the Film at Lincoln Center Podcast and Film at Lincoln Center’s YouTube channel at a later date.
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