The films animated sequences also inspired Almodovars design for the 2019 NYFF poster, as seen below.

), and the Dardenne brothers (Young Ahmed).

Cinema is the domain of freedom, and its an ongoing struggle to maintain that freedom.

57th New York Film Festival poster CR: NYFF

NYFF

NYFF 2019 runs from Sept. 27 to Oct. 13.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Sept. 8, while VIP passes areon sale now.

Read on for this years full main slate.

The 57th New York Film Festival Main Slate

Opening Night:The IrishmanDir.

Martin Scorsese

Centerpiece:Marriage StoryDir.

Noah Baumbach

Closing Night:Motherless BrooklynDir.

Edward Norton

Atlantics: A Ghost Love StoryDir.

Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles

BeanpoleDir.

Kantemir Balagov

Fire Will ComeDir.

Oliver Laxe

First CowDir.

Kelly Reichardt

A Girl MissingDir.

Koji Fukada

I Was at Home, But…Dir.

Albert Serra

Martin EdenDir.

Pietro Marcello

The MoneychangerDir.

Federico Veiroj

Oh Mercy!Dir.

Arnaud Desplechin

Pain and GloryDir.

Bong Joon-ho

Portrait of a Lady on FireDir.

Celine Sciamma

Saturday FictionDir.

Nadav Lapid

To the Ends of the EarthDir.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The TraitorDir.

Marco Bellocchio

Varda by AgnesDir.

Agnes Varda

Vitalina VarelaDir.

Pedro Costa

Wasp NetworkDir.

Olivier Assayas

The WhistlersDir.

Corneliu Porumboiu

The Wild Goose LakeDir.

Diao Yinan

Young AhmedDir.

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Zombi ChildDir.

Bertrand Bonello

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