One of the best festivals during the first half of the year is The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s New Directors/New Films, which kicks off its 46th year this March, running from the 15th to the 26th. With last year’s line-up including some of the year’s best films, including Cameraperson, The Fits, Kaili Blues, Neon Bull, Weiner, and more, we can expect many more discoveries this year.
Opening with Patti Cake$ and closing with Person to Person, in between will be one of our favorite films from Sundance as the centerpiece, Beach Rats. Also among the line-up is a handful of other festival favorites, including The Dreamed Path, The Giant, Menashe, and Lady Macbeth.
“Authenticity is an elusive thing these days, and without it we risk ruin. This is particularly true in cinema,” says Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief...
Opening with Patti Cake$ and closing with Person to Person, in between will be one of our favorite films from Sundance as the centerpiece, Beach Rats. Also among the line-up is a handful of other festival favorites, including The Dreamed Path, The Giant, Menashe, and Lady Macbeth.
“Authenticity is an elusive thing these days, and without it we risk ruin. This is particularly true in cinema,” says Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief...
- 2/15/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has today announces their complete lineup for the 46th annual New Directors/New Films (Nd/Nf), running March 15 – 26. Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, this year’s festival will screen 29 features and nine short films. This year’s lineup boasts nine North American premieres, seven U.S. premieres, and two world premieres, with features and shorts from 32 countries across five continents.
The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
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The opening, centerpiece, and closing night selections showcase three exciting new voices in American independent cinema that all recently debuted at Sundance: Geremy Jasper’s “Patti Cake$” is the opening night pick, while Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” is the centerpiece selection and Dustin Guy Defa will close the festival with “Person to Person.” Other standouts include “Menashe,” “My Happy Family,” “Quest” and “The Wound.”
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- 2/15/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jackie, Paterson, The Levelling set to play Iffr 2017.
The 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled a first wave of titles ahead its 2017 edition, which runs January 25 – February 5.
The festival’s full programme will be divided into four sections.
Bright Future will present rising film-making talent from across the world. Films to play the strand will include the European premiere of Ricardo Alves Jr’s Elon Doesn’t Believe In Death, the Brazilian feature that premiered at the Brazilia Festival in September, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, which premiered in Toronto’s Discovery strand and played at the BFI London Film Festival, and Dane Komljen’s All The Cities Of The North, which premiered at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The strand offers a Bright Future Award worth €10,000 ($10,700), which is open to film-makers whose films are having their international premieres in the programme. Separately, as part of the Bright Future programme, eight directors...
The 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) has unveiled a first wave of titles ahead its 2017 edition, which runs January 25 – February 5.
The festival’s full programme will be divided into four sections.
Bright Future will present rising film-making talent from across the world. Films to play the strand will include the European premiere of Ricardo Alves Jr’s Elon Doesn’t Believe In Death, the Brazilian feature that premiered at the Brazilia Festival in September, Hope Dickson Leach’s The Levelling, which premiered in Toronto’s Discovery strand and played at the BFI London Film Festival, and Dane Komljen’s All The Cities Of The North, which premiered at this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
The strand offers a Bright Future Award worth €10,000 ($10,700), which is open to film-makers whose films are having their international premieres in the programme. Separately, as part of the Bright Future programme, eight directors...
- 11/16/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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