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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.

Naomi Watts brought her son, Sasha, as her plus one to the New York Film Festival premiere of her new movie, 'The Friend.' She shares her two kids, including Kai, with ex Liev Schreiber.

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.

New York Film Festival (NYFF) time happily again! Two films really knocked me out at the start of the NYFF press screenings. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is directed by Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof, penalized for opposing the theocratic Mullah government’s authoritarian edicts and barely escaping the country with his life.

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.

Running concurrently with the New York Film Festival this week, the alternative event was organized in protest of Lincoln Center’s ties to pro-Israel funders.

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

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