The New York Film Festival makes a comeback with an exciting lineup of innovative, LGBTQ+ inclusive, and celebrity-driven films after the strike.

After industrywide strikes last year dampened the excitement around cinema, film festivals have been making a comeback. The 62nd annual New York Film Festival is set to open at Lincoln Center, featuring a lineup of new and returning creators showcasing queer-centric works. Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” and Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” are among the festival-defining films programmed in prominent spots. These selections aim to highlight cinema as a relevant and vital art form. Almodóvar and Guadagnino are joined by other buzzy festival alumni, such as Jacques Audiard and Alain Guiraudie, who are presenting inventive queer-themed works. Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a dark musical about a lawyer helping a cartel boss fake her own death, is expected to be a standout film at the festival. The lineup also includes a diverse mix of returning and first-time directors, including offerings that appeal to queer viewers but may not be explicitly LGBTQ-themed. The evolution of the festival’s programming reflects the different ways in which queerness can be represented on screen and the complexities of the world we live in. Overall, the festival promises to be a celebration of diverse voices and storytelling approaches in the realm of cinema.

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