Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero will make its world premiere as the Spotlight Gala selection for the 64th New York Film Festival.
“It is truly an honor to introduce our film to a global audience for the first time in a place of such history and prestige,” said director Yamazaki. “I am filled with both awe and excitement to see how far the power of Japan’s Godzilla can terrify audiences around the world, and whether they will resonate with what lies beyond that fear.”
After Godzilla Minus One’s triumphant reimagination of the timeless Godzilla franchise in 2023, Godzilla Minus Zero picks up in 1949, two years after the tumultuous events of Godzilla Minus One, and continues the story of the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity. An experience that demands the big screen, Godzilla Minus Zero features even more astounding effects choreography than its predecessor, cranking up the terror while always keeping its post-WWII Japan narrative at human eye level. A GKIDS release.
“More than 70 years after the first Godzilla movie, Takashi Yamazaki continues to prove that there’s life in the old franchise yet, returning to its postwar roots to locate a haunting, primal terror,” said Dennis Lim, NYFF Artistic Director. “Like its predecessor, Godzilla Minus Zero is a throwback blockbuster, a showcase for human drama and innovative craft, and we are excited to have its world premiere as this year’s NYFF Spotlight Gala.”
Takashi Yamazaki is a filmmaker and visual effects supervisor who made his directorial debut with Juvenile (2000). He is the first director since Stanley Kubrick to win an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Godzilla Minus One. The film won eight Japan Academy Prizes, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. His film Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) won 12 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the 29th Japan Academy Film Awards, and his films The Eternal Zero (2013) and Stand by Me Doraemon (2014) won Best Picture and eight other Japan Academy Prizes.
Presented by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex, the 64th New York Film Festival will take place from September 25 through October 12, and the premiere presentation at Alice Tully Hall on September 26, Yamazaki and members of the cast and crew in attendance.
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