New films from Kelly Reichardt, Agnes Varda, Olivier Assayas and Marco Bellochio will be coming to the 2019 New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday.
Among the 29 films, only six female directors are represented: Reichardt, Varda, Celine Sciamma, Mati Diop, Justine Triet and Angela Schanelec. That’s just over 20%, which is better than this year’s competition slates at Cannes (19%) and Venice (10%) — but well below other major festivals like Sundance (46%) and Berlin (40%).
After announcing last week that its opening-night film will be Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” its centerpiece booking will be Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” and its closing-night film will be Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn,” NYFF unveiled the rest of the 29 films that will make up its main slate, including work from 17 different countries.