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.

NYFF Artistic Director Denis Lim and Film At Lincoln Center's deputy director Matt Bolish on the festival's success at a complex time for the entertainment industry.

Standout selections include “Nickel Boys,” the Mumbai-set “All We Imagine as Light” and the documentary “Dahomey,” about African repatriation.