NYFF 2025: Anemone Q & A with Ronan Day-Lewis, Sean Bean and Daniel Day-Lewis
Dennis Lim, Ronan Day-Lewis, Sean Bean and Daniel Day-Lewis speak during the "Anemone" Press Conference during the 63rd New York Film Festival at The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theatre on September 26, 2025 in New York City.
Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis roars back to the screen for his first role in eight years in this absorbing family drama directed by Ronan Day-Lewis about lives undone by seemingly irreconcilable legacies of political and personal violence. Co-written by both father and son, the Northern England–set Anemone begins as a middle-aged man (Sean Bean) sets out from his suburban home on a journey into the woods, where he reconnects with his estranged hermit brother (Day-Lewis). Bonded by a mysterious, complicated past, the men share a fraught, if occasionally tender relationship—one that was forever altered by shattering events decades earlier.
Anemone is directed by first-time filmmaker Ronan Day-Lewis, son of Daniel, making his feature directorial debut with this project after a few other shorts. The screenplay is written by Ronan Day-Lewis & Daniel Day-Lewis.
This is premiering at the 2025 New York Film Festival this fall. Focus Features then debuts Ronan Day-Lewis's Anemone film in select US theaters starting October 3rd, 2025