{"id":139997,"date":"2025-08-12T15:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/139997\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:33:12","slug":"new-york-film-festival-adds-world-premiere-of-mr-scorsese-ben-stillers-stiller-meara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/139997\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Film Festival Adds World Premiere Of ‘Mr. Scorsese’, Ben Stiller’s ‘Stiller & Meara’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe New York Film Festival<\/a> has announced its Spotlight lineup, which will include the world premieres of Apple docuseries Mr. Scorsese<\/a>, Ben Stiller<\/a>\u2018s Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost and Ronan Day-Lewis\u2019s Anemone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 12 titles in the Spotlight section are described by fest organizers as \u201csignificant and anticipated features.\u201d The strand is designed to complement the main slate, which was announced last week<\/a>. This year\u2019s NYFF opens September 24 with Luca Guadagnino\u2019s After the Hunt and runs through October 13. <\/p>\n

\n\tTwo Richard Linklater-directed films, Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague, will be part of Spotlight. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere will also screen as the Spotlight Gala selection.<\/p>\n

\n\tMr. Scorsese is a five-part series portrait of Martin Scorsese<\/a>, told through his own words and new interviews with collaborators and family and directed by Rebecca Miller.<\/p>\n

\n\tStiller & Meara is directed by Ben Stiller, who explores his roots in the lives and legacy of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. Anemone\u00a0is also a family affair. Ronan Day-Lewis\u2019s film features the acting return of his father, Daniel Day-Lewis. The pair co-wrote the screenplay for the film, which also stars Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, Safia Oakley-Green, and Samantha Morton.<\/p>\n

\n\tDocumentaries\u00a0Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, directed by Sepideh Farsi and featuring photojournalist Fatma Hassouna\u2019s work in Gaza, and The Perfect Neighbor, director Geeta Gandbhir\u2019s reconstruction of a racially motivated crime in Florida, are also on tap.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther Spotlight selections include\u00a0La Grazia, directed by Paolo Sorrentino; Scarlet, an animated fantasy film by Mamoru Hosoda; and Cannes Un Certain Regard standout Pillion\u00a0by Harry Lighton.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo programs of short films will be featured. Spotlight Shorts includes new work by filmmakers previously featured in NYFF and New Directors\/New Films. The roster includes Radu Muntean\u2019s\u00a0Index, Gabriel Abrantes\u2019s\u00a0Arguments in Favor of Love, Abdellah Ta\u00efa\u2019s\u00a0Cairo Streets, and Alice Diop\u2019s\u00a0Fragments for Venus. New York Shorts features films by directors with ties to New York: Bingham Bryant\u2019s\u00a0Doomed and Famous, Eve Liu\u2019s\u00a0Nervous Energy, Mary Rose McClain\u2019s\u00a0February Omen, Nathan Silver\u2019s\u00a0Carol & Joy, and David Cardoza\u2019s\u00a0Turtle Sandwich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Film Festival has announced its Spotlight lineup, which will include the world premieres of Apple…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,83662,180,83248,83663,405,403,58178,5226,5225,5228,5227,58293,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-139997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-anemone","10":"tag-ben-stiller","11":"tag-martin-scorsese","12":"tag-mr-scorsese","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-film-festival","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-stiller-meara-nothing-is-lost","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115016525692310683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}