2021 New York Film Festival
| Opening film | The Tragedy of Macbeth |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Parallel Mothers |
| Location | New York City, United States |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Founded by | Richard Roud and Amos Vogel |
| Hosted by | Film at Lincoln Center |
| Artistic director | Dennis Lim |
| Festival date | September 30 – October 16, 2022 |
| Website | https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2021/ |
The 59th New York Film Festival took place from September 24 to October 10, 2021. Unlike the 2020 New York Film Festival, which was staged online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 festival returned to physical screenings at the Lincoln Center, however all screenings required masking.
Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth was announced as the opening film with Pedro Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers announced as the closing film. Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog was the festival's centerpiece screening.
Appearing in the NYFF's "Main Slate" for the first time are Jonas Carpignano, Michelangelo Frammartino, Avi Mograbi, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Francesco Munzi, Radu Muntean, Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, Rebecca Hall, Tatiana Huezo, Julia Ducournau, Kira Kovalenko and Alexandre Koberidze.
World premieres included Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth and Avi Mograbi's The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation.