36th New Directors/
New Films March 21 through April 1, 2007
Presented by the Department of Film, The
Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
All New Works from Emerging Filmmakers
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Now in its 36th year, New Directors/New Films is one of the leading international showcases for the work of emerging filmmakers. This longstanding and successful collaboration between two major New York cultural institutions—the Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center — has premiered hundreds of films, many of which have gone on to enjoy both critical and popular success. Many directors showcased in the past have become major figures in world cinema, including Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almodóvar, Héctor Babenco, Terence Davies, Guillermo del Toro, Atom Egoyan, Nicole Holofcener, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Sally Potter, John Sayles, Steven Spielberg, Tom Tykwer and Wim Wenders. This year, discover the filmmakers who will help shape the cinema of tomorrow, many of whom will be present to introduce their work.
In addition to these cinematic discoveries, join us at one of the series’ most popular programs, the HBO Films Roundtable, a forum for in-depth discussion with filmmakers and special guests. This year’s HBO Films Roundtable will discuss the pitfalls as well as the benefits of working from your own material. Confirmed to participate in the discussion are Paul Auster (The Inner Life of Martin), Julia Loktev (Day Night Day Night), Kim Massee (Cowboy Angels) and ND/NF alumni Eric Mendelsohn (Judy Berlin, 1999), Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (Half Nelson, 2006).
Once again, we present ND/NF Classics, a selection of past ND/NF films, screening afternoons at the Walter Reade Theater. ND/NF Classics focuses on documentaries, highlighting three decades of those rare and exciting artists who document our lives. Discover or rediscover these seminal documentaries which still resonate today.
For a listing of the films in ND/NF go to Program Overview. Click on
Calendar to view the schedule, film descriptions and to purchase tickets online. Program schedules are available at Lincoln Center, in the lobbies of the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall, as well as in The Museum of Modern Art’s main and theater lobbies. For New Directors/New Films Festival Box Office Information please call 212 875 5050.
New Directors/New Films 2007 is made possible through the generosity of The Irene Diamond Fund and sponsored by Stella Artois. Additional support comes from HBO Films and
the Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The program is also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that great nation deserves great art.
