New York film festival lineup: auteur favorites and Lena Dunham animation

Major auteurs such as Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Verhoeven and the Dardenne brothers mix with a number of largely untested film-makers in the main slate for the 54th New York film festival, which was announced on Tuesday.

It’s rumored to debut at the Telluride film festival over Labor Day weekend, but that event has yet to announce its slate.

The Unknown Girl, the latest character study from Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes, received a Cannes bow in May but will arrive in New York in an altered form as Jones revealed.