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For 'IN THE BEDROOM' (2001), Todd Field filmed several scenes at his family's cabin in Maine and used some of his son's T-ball teammates as background actors. The title refers to the inner chamber of a lobster trap, called the bedroom, which is designed to hold only two lobsters. The film was Field's feature directing debut.

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For 'THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT' (1995), the Clinton administration let director Rob Reiner and his designers tour the West Wing. They could not photograph the Oval Office, so two designers each memorized one side before building the set. It later appeared in 'INDEPENDENCE DAY', 'NIXON' and 'THE WEST WING'. Robert Redford was first attached to play Andrew Shepherd; Michael Douglas took the role.

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Gene Wilder made Wonka's first appearance in 'WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY' (1971) a condition of taking the role. He wanted the character to emerge with a limp, then spring into a somersault, so viewers would never be certain when Wonka was telling the truth. The film was shot largely in Munich and on German soundstages.

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Lulu Wang first shared the family story behind 'THE FAREWELL' (2019) on 'THIS AMERICAN LIFE'. Chris Weitz heard the broadcast and offered to help produce the film. Wang shot it in her hometown, cast her great-aunt as herself, and kept her real grandmother unaware of the story's secret when she visited the set. She found out when the film opened in China.

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Continuity supervisor Pamela Davies sits beside Mark Lester during the Shepperton shoot of OLIVER! (1968). Lester was 10 when he played Oliver Twist. Carol Reed directed the screen adaptation of Lionel Bart's long-running stage musical, while John Box designed its Dickensian London. Davies's other credits include THE SERVANT, THE GO-BETWEEN and LOLITA.

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On the set of DON'T LOOK NOW (1973), Nicolas Roeg discusses a scene with Julie Christie, who plays Laura Baxter. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier's story, the film follows Laura and John as they leave England for off-season Venice after their daughter's death. Roeg's fractured editing and recurring flashes of red turn their grief into a haunting mystery.

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Makeup artist Wally Westmore applies mascara to Audrey Hepburn on the set of 'FUNNY FACE' (1957). He was known to separate her lashes with a sewing pin for a sharper look on camera. Hepburn and Fred Astaire filmed in Paris, including at the Eiffel Tower for the musical's 'Bonjour Paris' sequence.

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Éric Baudelaire’s FOR THE MOON brings cameras to students at Paris’s National Institute for Blind Youth. Music, art and attention to everyday textures become parts of an 88-minute film shaped with editor Claire Atherton. The collaboration gives the students room to record the world around them and build a subjective visual language. It had its world premiere in NYFF64’s Currents section.

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Tiffany Sia’s OVERT LISTENING studies Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, where abandoned bunkers and quiet beaches carry the legacy of the Chinese Civil War. Mostly wordless, the 85-minute landscape film layers radio broadcasts, pop music and military exercises over images of the islands, treating sound as a political presence. It is a world-premiere selection in NYFF64’s Currents program.

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Bruno Dumont’s RED ROCKS follows children aged five to seven in a French Riviera town, where swimming off red cliffs gives way to rival groups and first attachments. Filmed in natural light with an observational approach, the 90-minute drama traces danger and freedom through their largely adult-free world. It is a North American premiere in NYFF64’s Currents program.

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Sebastian Brameshuber’s LONDON follows Bobby, a solitary driver in his early seventies, as he carries ride-share passengers along the road between Vienna and Salzburg. Their conversations reveal lives shaped by work, migration and chance contact, while Bobby visits a seriously ill friend. The 122-minute Austrian film is a New York premiere in NYFF64’s Currents program.

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Ted Fendt’s FOREIGN TRAVEL follows a small Berlin book club over a year as its members read Anna Maria Ortese and circle questions of connection, dislocation and how literature shapes their lives. Shot on 16mm, the 63-minute film is a North American premiere in the 64th New York Film Festival’s Currents program. Its original title is AUSLANDSREISE.

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Beatrice Gibson’s AT NIGHT follows six women through a single night in Paris. Shot on 16mm by Ben Rivers, the 87-minute film moves among sex workers, poets and single mothers, exploring experiences shared across different lives. Gibson’s first feature won Best Emerging Director at Locarno and is a U.S.-premiere selection in the 64th New York Film Festival’s Currents program.

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'CRAZY RICH ASIANS' will continue as an HBO Original series, with production beginning in 2027. Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng and Michelle Yeoh will reprise their roles. Jon M. Chu and Adele Lim are behind the series, based on Kevin Kwan's books.

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Marvel Television's new series 'ZODIAC' will premiere on Disney+ in 2028. The project was announced at New York Comic Con.

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JUST ANNOUNCED AT NYCC: Marvel Television’s Zodiac is coming to Disney+ in 2028.

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Tala Hadid’s BARDI follows horse riders in central Morocco as they take part in Tbourida, an equestrian military ritual dating to the 16th century. Her 109-minute film blends portraiture and fabulation, tracing the group’s travel, shared codes and performances of masculinity. It had its world premiere as the Currents Centerpiece at the 64th New York Film Festival.

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'MARVEL ZOMBIES' returns with new specials on Disney+, starting Halloween 2027.

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John Torres’s THE REMOTES blends sci-fi, documentary and neo-noir. A police officer mourns his wife, killed in a mysterious driver-app crash, while his telepathic sister-in-law may hold a clue in a recording of her voice. Set in the Philippines, the 150-minute film examines how technology and political power shape identity. It is a New York Film Festival Currents selection.

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Carlos Reygadas’s HEIL JUPITER! follows two young couples on a rocky coast where a mysterious observer watches them from above. The 158-minute film moves between modern and rural worlds, physical experience and myth, while setting elemental pleasures against authoritarian brutality. The 2026 feature had its world premiere in the New York Film Festival’s Currents program.

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Jacqueline Lentzou’s A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JO: CHAPTER PHAEDRA follows 15-year-old Jo through a consequential day in suburban Athens. She quarrels with her mother, grows close to a new friend and meets her father before an incident changes her course. The 88-minute film won Lentzou Best Director in Venice’s Orizzonti section and joins the New York Film Festival’s Currents program.