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59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Festival coverage
3 June – 14 June 2026
This year's festival kicks off with Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s The Weight Of The World), thanks to Academy Award winner Questlove, and closes with Alicia Keys: Girl From Hell's Kitchen. Its distinctly New York flavour is balanced by vibrant new works from around the world.
The festival runs from 3 to 14 June.
It’s only Hoffman who is really able to interject some energy into proceedings – ironic given that he spends a lot of his scenes in a haze of cannabis smoke.
Miiku Sakanishi’s gentle debut builds a movingly humanistic consideration of family and community relationships, while also musing on our connection to photography itself.
An important contribution to a still pertinent debate.
Choijoovanchig strikes a fine balance, using drone shots to illustrate the bigger picture while retaining the intimacy of the cab and home environment.
The film's gentle poetry conjures up flavours in the imagination.
This is an extraordinary film. De Niro in the central role delivers one of those powerhouse performances that simply blows the audience away.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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