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Naomi Watts attended New York Film Festival with her canine co-star from "The Friend" but told attendees that Bill Murray was busy playing golf.

EXCLUSIVE: Grasshopper Film has acquired North American distribution rights to the documentary Little, Big, and Far ahead of its world premiere at the New York Film Festival. The film from award-winning director Jem Cohen will bow on Saturday evening as the Centerpiece selection of NYFF’s Currents section.

The New York Film Festival opened on September 27 with the premiere of 'Nickel Boys,' which wowed and divided audiences in equal measure.

Stars attend the premiere of ‘Maria’ at the 62nd New York Film Festival on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.

Like many of the fall film festivals, New York Film Festival had to mount its 2023 edition during the actors strike and without major stars like Emma Stone (“Poor Things”), Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore (“May December”) or Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal (“All of Us Strangers”) in attendance to promote their movies.