NYFF 2025: Anemone Q & A with Ronan Day-Lewis, Sean Bean and Daniel Day-Lewis

NYFF 2025: #Anemone Q & A with #RonanDayLewis, #SeanBean and #DanielDayLewis 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