2012 New York Film Festival Line-Up Announced, Includes 'Passion,' 'Amour,' 'Frances Ha'

The 2012 New York Film Festival announced its main slate of movies Thursday. The 32 movies draw from a healthy mix of big named directors and indie favorites.

Films From Noah Baumbach ("Frances Ha"), Roger Michell ("Hyde Park on Hudson"), Michael Haneke ("Amour," which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year) and Abbas Kiarostami ("Like Someone in Love") were selected.

As previously announced, Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" will open the festival, David Chase's "Not Fade Away" is the Centerpiece Gala Selection and Robert Zemeckis' "Flight," starring Denzel Washington, will close the fortnight.

"Passion," Brian De Palma's widely anticipated film, will also screen at the Venice Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 8. A number of NYFF's selections actual make their bow at the Toronto International Film Festival, which begins Sept. 6.

NYFF runs Sept. 28 to Oct. 14. The full main-slate list of films is available below, direct from the press release:

The 50th New York Film Festival main-slate:

Opening Night Gala Selection
LIFE OF PI
Director: Ang Lee


Centerpiece Gala Selection
NOT FADE AWAY
Director: David Chase


Closing Night Gala Selection
FLIGHT
Director: Robert Zemeckis


AMOUR
Director: Michael Haneke


ARAF – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu


BARBARA
Director: Christian Petzold


BEYOND THE HILLS (După dealuri)
Director: Cristian Mungiu


BWAKAW
Director: Jun Robles Lana


CAESAR MUST DIE (Cesare deve morire)
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani


CAMILLE REWINDS (Camille redouble)
Director: Noémie Lvovsky


THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY (El muerto y ser feliz)
Director: Javier Rebello


FILL THE VOID (Lemale et ha'halal)
Director: Rama Burshtein


FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Director: Alan Berliner


FRANCES HA
Director: Noah Baumbach


THE GATEKEEPERS (Shomerei Ha’saf)
Director: Dror Moreh


GINGER AND ROSA
Director: Sally Potter


HERE AND THERE (Aquí y Allá)
Director: Antonio Mendez Esparza


HOLY MOTORS
Director: Leos Carax


HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
Director: Roger Michell


KINSHASA KIDS
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg


THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO (A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues


LEVIATHAN
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel


LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Director: Abbas Kiarostami


LINES OF WELLINGTON (Linhas de Wellington)
Director: Valeria Sarmiento


MEMORIES LOOK AT ME (Ji Yi Wang Zhe Wo)
Director: Song Fang


NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (La Noche de enfrente)
Director: Raul Ruiz


NO
Director: Pablo Larrain


OUR CHILDREN (À perdre la raison)
Director: Joachim Lafosse


PASSION
Director: Brian De Palma


SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Après Mai)
Director: Olivier Assayas


TABU
Director: Miguel Gomes


YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET (Vous n'avez encore rien vu)
Director: Alain Resnais

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