Since the birth of movies, New York has long been cinema’s dream city – its teeming populace of one-of-a-kind characters, its stone-and-glass skyscrapers rocketing towards the heavens, its subterranean cultures, and its rooftop love affairs all making for the perfect backdrop for all manner of action, comedy, drama and poetry.



The city has been immortalized onscreen in hundreds of different ways in thousands of movies. But now comes “New York, I Love You,” -- a fresh, diverse, unabashedly romantic window into the city, this time seen entirely through the eyes of love – love in all its varieties, from first love, tough love and momentary love, to love remembered, love denied, love yearned for, and love that lasts forever – from a collaboration of young, impassioned filmmakers from around the world.

“ New York , I Love You” will be shown soon exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas (Glorietta 4 & Greenbelt 3).

Directed by an eclectic group of some of today’s most imaginative filmmakers that include Jiang Wen, Mira Nair, Shunji Iwai, Yvan Attal, Brett Ratner, Allan Hughes, Shekhar Khapur, Natalie Portman, Fatih Akin, Joshua Marston and Randy Balsmeyer, “New York, I Love You” invites the audience into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love.

In the Diamond District, an intercultural romantic fantasy transforms the purchase of a precious stone. Meanwhile, in Chinatown , a desperate artist pursues a reluctant muse. Within an Upper East Side hotel, a sophisticated guest and a mysterious bellboy journey outside of time. After an unexpected night in Central Park , a young man’s prom date has a surprising revelation. Traveling towards the village, two lovers speed by taxi, subway and foot to meet for the first time after what they thought was a one-night stand. In Tribeca, a pickpocket finds the tables turned when he follows an alluring girl. And in Brooklyn, a moment of Coney Island bliss envelopes an octogenarian couple.


These stories and more are all woven together in “ New York , I Love You” to form a colorful, lyrical collage, not only of the city – but of the deep yearning for love and human connections that sustain everyone within it.


Bringing to life the film’s host of unforgettable New York characters is an all-star cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke, Anton Yelchin, James Caan, Blake Lively, Drea de Matteo, Julie Christie, John Hurt, Shia LeBeouf, Jacinda Barrett, Shu Qi, Chris Cooper, Robin Wright Penn, Eli Wallach and Cloris Leachman.


Following on the heels of “Paris, Je T’aime,” the project is the second episode of the “Cities of Love” series of collective feature films conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy, who produced this film with Marina Grasic.