By Maria Esteves
The 54th New York Film Festival 2016 (NYFF54) Closing Night Premiere Press Conference of THE LOST CITY OF Z, with director James Gray; cast members , Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, and Angus Macfadyen moderated by festival director Kent Jones, NYFF, was held at the Walter Reade Theater, NYC, Saturday, October 15, 2016.

Questions posed to director Gray and cast members by moderator Jones and members of the press included: When did you read this material for the first time, the David Grann’s? Can you talk about your experience shooting in the jungle and how difficult it was? Did you familiarize yourself with Herzog’s work in the Amazons? If you did, what is different in this film in what you tried to achieve? The actors, how did they oriented themselves within the world of this movie? How did you cultivated the father and son relationship? THE LOST CITY OF Z in theaters April 14, 2017. Watch trailer

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference: L-R, festival director Kent Jones,
NYFF, director James Gray, actress, Sienna Miller, actors Robert Pattinson,
Tom Holland, and Angus Macfadyen.  

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference: Actress, Sienna Miller.  

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference: Festival director Kent Jones,
NYFF, left, and director James Gray.  

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference: Actors Robert Pattinson,
left, and Tom Holland.  

NYFF54 The Lost City of Z Press Conference: L-R, Actors Robert
Pattinson, Tom Holland, and Angus Macfadyen.