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The Museum of Modern Art announces its selection of the best and boldest films of 2024 for the 17th annual edition of The Contenders, running November 1, 2024, through January 8, 2025.
Opening the series is September 5, directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch, which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in August 2024. The film, which will be released in the United States on November 29, 2024, is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. The screening on November 1 will be followed by a conversation with actor Peter Sarsgaard.
Other notable screenings include Universal Language on November 7 (post-screening conversation with director Matthew Rankin and screenwriter Ila Firouzabadi), Sing Sing on November 8 (post-screening discussion with the cast, Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin, Jon-Adrian ‘JJ’ Velazquez, and Sean ‘Dino’ Johnson), His Three Daughters on November 10 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Azazel Jacobs), Janet Planet on November 19 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Annie Baker), A Real Pain on November 22 (post-screening conversation with writer, director, and actor Jesse Eisenberg), Between the Temples on November 26 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Nathan Silver), The Brutalist on December 15 (post-screening conversation with writer/director Brady Corbet), and Nickel Boys on January 8 (introduced by writer/director RaMell Ross).
The Contenders November schedule is currently available at moma.org/contenders. More titles will be announced in the coming weeks.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black, with major funding from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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September 5. 2024. Germany. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum. Courtesy Paramount
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 2024. USA. Directed by Tim Burton. Courtesy Warner Bros.
Hit Man. 2024. USA. Directed by Richard Linklater. Courtesy Netflix
Maria. 2024. USA/Italy/Germany. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Courtesy Netflix
A Real Pain. 2024. USA. Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Courtesy Searchlight Pictures
His Three Daughters. 2024. USA. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Courtesy Netflix
Oh, Canada. 2024. Canada. Written and directed by Paul Schrader. Courtesy Kino Lorber
Sing Sing. 2024. USA. Directed by Greg Kwedar. Courtesy A24
Late Night with the Devil. USA. Directed by Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes. Courtesy IFC Films
Blitz. 2024. UK. Directed by Steve McQueen. Courtesy Apple
The Room Next Door. 2024. Spain. Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
Queer. 2024. Italy/USA. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Courtesy A24
A Different Man. 2024. USA. Written and directed by Aaron Schimberg. Courtesy A24
The Seed of the Sacred Fig. 2024. Iran. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Courtesy Neon
Universal Language. 2024. Canada. Directed by Matthew Rankin. Courtesy Oscilloscope Pictures
All We Imagine As Light. 2024. France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg. Directed by Payal Kapadia. Courtesy Sideshow
It’s Not Me (C’est pas moi). 2024. France. Directed by Leos Carax. Courtesy Sideshow
Last Summer. 2024. France. Directed by Catherine Breillat. Courtesy Sideshow
Memoir of a Snail. 2024. Australia. Directed by Adam Elliot. Courtesy IFC Films
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat. 2024. Belgium/France/Netherlands. Directed by Johan Grimonprez. Courtesy Kino Lorber
Conclave. 2024. United Kingdom/USA. Directed by Edward Berger. Courtesy Focus Features
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World. 2024. Romania. Written and directed by Radu Jude. Courtesy MUBI
Emilia Pérez. 2024. France. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Courtesy Netflix
Flow. 2024. Latvia/Belgium/France. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis. Courtesy Cinetic
Evil Does Not Exist. 2024. Japan. Directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi. Courtesy Janus Films
Between the Temples. 2024. USA. Directed by Nathan Silver. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics
The Wild Robot. 2024. USA. Directed by Chris Sanders. Courtesy Universal Pictures
Nickel Boys. 2024. USA. Directed by RaMell Ross.Courtesy Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM
Green Border. 2024. Poland/Czech Republic/France/Belgium. Directed by Agnieszka Holland. Courtesy Kino Lorber
I’m Still Here. 2024. Brazil/Spain. Directed by Walter Salles. Courtesy Sideshow
Janet Planet. 2024. USA. Directed by Annie Baker. Courtesy A24
Kneecap. 2024. Ireland/United Kingdom. Directed by Rich Peppiatt. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics