The New York Film Festival has confirmed its full 32-film main slate for the 64th edition, with four world premieres anchoring the programme: Tony Gilroy's centrepiece "Behemoth!", Ava DuVernay's closing-night documentary "14th," Mani Haghighi's "I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies," and Takashi Yamazaki's "Godzilla Minus Zero." The newly detailed lineup also surfaces additional Cannes imports not previously highlighted, including Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's "All of a Sudden," Arie and Chuko Esiri's "Clarissa" (a reimagining of "Mrs Dalloway"), and Paweł Pawlikowski's "Fatherland," reinforcing the festival's role as a key staging post for awards-season contenders straight off the Croisette.

Several Cannes prizewinners feature prominently: Sandra Wollner's "Everytime" (Un Certain Regard), Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Minotaur" (Grand Prix), Pawlikowski's "Fatherland" (best director), "A Man of His Time" (best screenplay), "The Dreamed Adventure" (Jury Prize) and "All of a Sudden" (shared best actress for Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto), alongside Marine Atlan's Critics' Week winner "La Gradiva." Seventeen directors are making their main-slate debut, and Hong Sangsoo is the only filmmaker with two films selected. Other notable titles include Chris Rock's directorial comeback "Misty Green," Andrew Haigh's "A Long Winter," Mike Leigh's likely final film "Tender Loving Care," Pedro Almodóvar's "Bitter Christmas" and Ira Sachs' "The Man I Love" with Rami Malek. The festival, founded in 1963, opens on 25 September with James Gray's period thriller "Paper…"