Countdown to NYFF53 on Instagram

There are just 32 days left until opening night of the 53rd New York Film Festival!

To celebrate, we’ve kicked off a countdown to the festival on the Film Society’s Instagram account. We’ll be featuring one image every day from a past edition of NYFF. So follow us as we revisit the history of the New York Film Festival and get excited for this year’s edition.

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Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti at the 42nd New York Film Festival in 2004 with SIDEWAYS. Photo by @Godlis. 11 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Tilda Swinton and Ewan McGregor looking great at the 41st New York Film Festival in 2003 with YOUNG ADAM. Photo by @godlis. 12 days until the 53rd #NYFF and tickets are on sale now so act fast!

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David Lynch and the cast of MULHOLLAND DRIVE at the 39th New York Film Festival in 2001. Photo by @godlis. 13 days until the 53rd #NYFF. General public tickets go on sale Sunday 9/13 at noon! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Catherine Deneuve and Björk at the 38th New York Film Festival in 2000 with Lars von Trier's DANCER IN THE DARK. Photo by @Godlis. 15 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Hilary Swank + @chloessevigny at the 37th New York Film Festival in 1999. Photo by @Godlis. 16 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Woody Harrelson, Larry Flynt, and Courtney Love at the 34th New York Film Festival in 1996. Photo by @Godlis. 19 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Catherine Deneuve and the late Manoel de Oliveira at the 33rd New York Film Festival in 1995 with THE CONVENT. Photo by @godlis. Oliveira's deeply personal, posthumously released VISIT, OR MEMORIES AND CONFESSIONS (1982) will screen at the 53rd #NYFF, now just 20 days away.

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Hal Hartley + Isabelle Huppert at the 32nd New York Film Festival in 1994 with AMATEUR. Photo by @Godlis. 21 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Robert Altman at the 31st New York Film Festival in 1993 with SHORT CUTS. Photo by @Godlis. 22 days until the 53rd #NYFF!

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Gus Van Sant and River Phoenix at the 29th New York Film Festival in 1991 with MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO. Photo by @Godlis. #FilmLivesHere 24 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Jane Campion at the 28th New York Film Festival in 1990 with AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE. Photo by @godlis. #FilmLivesHere #womeninfilm 25 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Michael Moore at the 27th New York Film Festival in 1989 with ROGER & ME. Photo by @Godlis. #FilmLivesHere 26 days until the 53rd #NYFF, where Moore's latest will have its U.S. Premiere! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Pedro Almodóvar at the 26th New York Film Festival in 1988 with WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS. Photo by @Godlis. #FilmLivesHere #almodovar #film #cinema 27 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Faye Dunaway at the 25th New York Film Festival in 1987 with Barbet Schroeder's BARFLY. Photo by @Godlis. #FilmLivesHere 28 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

A photo posted by Film Society of Lincoln Center (@filmlinc) on Aug 28, 2015 at 12:32pm PDT

Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch at the opening night screening of DOWN BY LAW at the 24th New York Film Festival in 1986. Photo by Timothy Parks. 29 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF #FilmLivesHere #JimJarmusch #SpikeLee

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Sam Shepard and Jessica Lange at the 22nd New York Film Festival in 1984 with Richard Pearce's COUNTRY. Photo by Paul Schumach. #FilmLivesHere 31 days until the 53rd #NYFF and our schedule is now live at filmlinc.org/NYFF.

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Werner Herzog playing soccer in Alice Tully Hall at the 20th New York Film Festival in 1982. Photos by Helaine Messer. #NYFF #FilmLivesHere 32 days until the 53rd NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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Jean-Luc Godard at the 18th New York Film Festival in 1980. Photo by Cori Wells Braun. #NYFF #Godard #film #cinema #FilmLivesHere 37 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

A photo posted by Film Society of Lincoln Center (@filmlinc) on Aug 21, 2015 at 10:28am PDT

Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Hanna Schygulla at the 17th New York Film Festival in 1979 with THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN. Photo by Helaine Messer. #film #cinema #Fassbinder #tbt 38 days until the 53rd #NYFF! filmlinc.org/NYFF

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41 days until 53rd #NYFF! Novelist, playwriter, screenwriter, and experimental filmmaker Maguerite Duras at the New York Film Festival in 1975.

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42 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Photographed here is legendary French filmmaker Alain Resnais at the 12th New York Film Festival with his film STAVISKY. #FilmLivesHere

A photo posted by Film Society of Lincoln Center (@filmlinc) on Aug 15, 2015 at 8:13am PDT

43 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Jean Pierre Leaud, Jacqueline Bisset, John Lindsay, Richard Rond, Lilian Gish in attendence at the 11th New York Film Festival for the Opening night of François Truffaut's DAY FOR NIGHT.

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47 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Dyan Cannon, Elliott Gould, Natalie Wood, and Robert Culp together in attendence for the New York Film Festival in 1969 with BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE. #film #cinema #FilmLivesHere

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49 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Roberto Rossellini making an appearance at the 1967 New York Film Festival, which featured his film THE RISE OF LOUIS XIV. Follow our countdown to NYFF and find information about tickets, packages, and membership at filmlinc.org/NYFF

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50 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Agnès Varda kicking back with René Allio and a friend at the fourth New York Film Festival in 1966. Varda was here with THE CREATURES, her first of seven films to screen in the festival. The countdown to #NYFF continues! Head to filmlinc.org/NYFF for more information about tickets, packages, and membership. #FilmLivesHere

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51 days until the 53rd #NYFF! Andy Warhol, James Ivory, and Felicity Kendal at a screening of Ivory's SHAKESPEARE WALLAH at the third New York Film Festival in 1965. Photo by Impact Photos. #NYFF #AndyWarhol #Warhol #film #cinema #art #FilmLivesHere

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Roman Polanski at the very first New York Film Festival in 1963 with his debut feature KNIFE IN THE WATER. Photo by Jerry Schatzberg. Today marks 53 days until the 53rd #NYFF. Join us as we count down to this year's festival with daily images from past editions! #film #cinema #RomanPolanski #FilmLivesHere

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