New York Film Festival releases 2009 slate

The New York Film Festival released its 2009 slate of films on Tuesaday, with a focus on international films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The lineup includes such European filmmakers as Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon), Alain Resnais (who will open the fest with Wild Grass), Pedro Almodovar (Broken Embraces) and Claire Denis (White Material).

Dates: September 25 – October 11, 2009
Location: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City, New York

Below is the entire slate of films scheduled to screen during the event.

OPENING NIGHT
Wild Grass / Les herbes folles
Alain Resnais, France, 2009

CENTERPIECE
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Lee Daniels, USA, 2009

CLOSING NIGHT
Broken Embraces / Los abrazos rotos
Pedro Almodóvar, Spain, 2009

36 Views of Saint-Loup Peak (36 Vues Du Pic Saint Loup)
Jacques Rivette, France, 2009

Antichrist
Lars von Trier, Denmark, 2009

The Art of the Steal
Don Argott, USA, 2009

Bluebeard (La Barbe Bleue)
Catherine Breillat, France, 2009

Crossroads of Youth (Cheongchun’s Sipjaro)
An Jong-hwa, Korea, 1934

Eccentricities of a Blonde
Manoel de Olivera, Portugal/France, 2009

Everyone Else (Alle Anderen)
Maren Ade, Germany, 2009

Ghost Town
Zhao Dayong, China, 2008

Hadewijch
Bruno Dumont, France, 2009

Independencia
Raya Martin, Philippines, 2009

Inferno / L’Enfer
Serge Bromberg, France, 2009

Kanikosen
Sabu, Japan, 2009

Lebanon
Samuel Maoz, Israel, 2009

Life During Wartime
Todd Solondz, USA, 2009

Min Yé
Souleymane Cissé, Mali/France, 2009

Mother/ Maedo
Bong Joon-ho, South Korea, 2009

Ne Change Rien
Pedro Costa, France/Portugal, 2009

Police Adjective / Politist, adj.
Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2009

Room and a Half / Poltory Komnaty Ili Sentimentalnoe Puteshtvie Na Rodinu
Andrey Khrzhanovsky, Russia, 2009

Sweetgrass
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, USA, 2009

Sweet Rush / Tatarak
Andrzej Wajda, Poland/France, 2009

To Die Like a Man / Morrer Como Um Homen
Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal, 2009

Vincere
Marco Bellocchio, Italy, 2009

White Material
Claire Denis, France, 2009

The White Ribbon (Das weisse band)
Michael Haneke, Austria/France, 2009

The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming, 1939, USA

Find out more about The New York Film Festival at www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.html.