Todd Haynes’ ‘May December’ To Open New York Film Festival
deadline.comTodd Hayes’ May December will open the New York Film Festival on September 29, organizers said today. The film had its world premiere in Cannes and its North American rights were acquired by Netflix for $11 million after an all-night bidding war.
New York will host the film’s North American premiere as the kickoff to its 61st edition. Haynes and members of the cast headed by Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are expected to be in attendance.
While the New York fest has sometimes opened with major world premieres like The Irishman in 2019, its DNA as a “festival of festivals” based in a media-rich city has led it to program plenty of non-premiere openers.
The 2022 fest opened with White Noise, which had world-premiered in Venice. Even after an opening night featuring an established festival title, this year’s NYFF is likely feature quite a few world premieres during the course of its 17-day run.
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