Currents Section of NYFF64 Highlights Innovative World Premieres and Restorations

Film at Lincoln Center announced the lineup for the Currents section of the 64th New York Film Festival, which runs from September 25 to October 12. The program, backed by Rolex, features a mix of feature-length works and short-film programs that aim to stretch the language of contemporary cinema. Among the 15 selected features are five world premieres, five North American premieres, three U.S. premieres and a restored world premiere, complemented by 28 short films presented across six curated blocks. ## World Premieres and Bold Visions The centerpiece of the Currents lineup is Tala Hadid’s visually striking "Bardi," which debuts worldwide. Hadid spent extensive time with a Moroccan horse-riding community to capture the 16th-century equestrian ritual known as Tbourida, blending portraiture with narrative invention. Also premiering is Carlos Reygadas’s "Heil Jupiter!," described as a dream-like exploration of transgression and authoritarian surveillance by the Mexican auteur behind "Silent Light." Other notable entries include Beatrice Gibson’s experimental, feminist piece "At Night," Sebastian Brameshuber’s "London" that follows a driver linking passengers along a European autobahn, and Bruno Dumont’s observational "Red Rocks," which imagines a whimsical story of children on the French Riviera. The program further offers "The Remotes," a neo-noir hybrid of sci-fi and documentary from Manila-based John Torres, and Luise Donschen’s lightly supernatural "Tomorrow a Long Time Ago," set against the backdrop of German reunification. ## Expansive Approaches and Intimate Stories Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou contributes the ambitious coming-of-age work "A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra," while Brazilian artist Ana Vaz presents the kaleidoscopic "Hanabi," a diary-style journey through contemporary Japan. Hong-Kong-born Tiffany Sia’s "Overt Listening" confronts the Cold War legacy of China and Taiwan through a sonically layered landscape film. On a smaller scale, the lineup includes "For the Moon," a world premiere collaboration between Éric Baudelaire and blind youth in Paris, and Ted Fendt’s "Foreign Travel," which follows four friends navigating Berlin through the literature of Anna Maria Ortese. Dan Sallitt’s "What Can’t Be Mentioned," another world premiere, revisits characters from his earlier acclaimed film "The Unspeakable Act." A restored version of Fred Camper’s "Suicide Note," originally shot in late-1970s New York, also debuts, offering a chance-operation-driven viewing experience that varies with each screening. ## Shorts Program and Experimental Forms The short-film component continues the festival’s dialogue across generations of experimental cinema. New voices such as Yixuan Zhang, Jiaqi Yu and Cameron Worden appear alongside veterans like Artavazd Pelechian, Morgan Fisher, Tatsu Aoki, Peggy Ahwesh and Kevin Jerome Everson. Several shorts echo themes from the feature program, emphasizing collaboration and cosmic inquiry. Examples include "A Correspondence" by Josh Weissbach and Ben Balcom, "Practice Towards Light" by Jonathan Seungjoon Lee and painter Huh Yun-hee, and "They’re Here" by Laura Poitras, Rachel Lauren Mueller and residents of Minneapolis. Technical innovation is highlighted through works like "Forever…Forever," shot on a custom 65 mm camera and shown on 70 mm film, and Yixuan Zhang’s 3D piece "Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness." Cameron Worden’s "Day One" employs an entirely photochemical 35 mm process, while Morgan Fisher’s latest iteration of "Screening Room," a project dating back to 1968, is screened exclusively at the Walter Reade Theater. ## Access and Support Screenings will take place at Lincoln Center’s theaters and four additional venues: BAM, the Museum of the Moving Image, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and AMC Bay Plaza Cinema. Passes are currently on sale with limited-time discounts, and general-public tickets become available on September 15. Film at Lincoln Center members who join by August 28 secure pre-sale access and year-round ticket discounts. Press and industry accreditation remains open through August 14. The Currents selection committee, chaired by Dennis Lim, includes Aily Nash, Rachael Rakes and Tyler Wilson, with additional programmers and advisors supporting the curation. The festival’s broader financial backing comes from a roster of co-chairs, vice-chairs and supporters, ensuring the continued celebration of daring, boundary-pushing cinema.