ND/NF Discovery: Lee Kwang-kuk’s “Romance Joe” (South Korea)
"I think it's fascinating that something that didn't exist can be born into a film. Equally so is that this film can then encounter audiences and communicate with them."
NYFF22: Three Crowns of the Sailor
Raúl Ruiz's dazzling and dreamlike masterpiece from NYFF '84 screens tonight at 8:30pm as part of our ongoing series "50 Years of the New York Film Festival."
ND/NF Discovery: Clarissa Knoll’s “Street Vendor Cinema” (Brazil)
"We spent 1 week on the most popular vendor street in Brazil, 25th March Street in São Paulo, selling production filmmaking of short films on demand for customers who walk by the place daily — about 450 thousand people per day."
ND/NF Discovery: Terence Nance’s “An Oversimplification of Her Beauty” (USA)
"If I wasn't an artist generally I'd be a linguist, I'm obsessed with being able to understand everyone."
ND/NF Discovery: Emad Burnet and Guy Davidi’s “5 Broken Cameras” (Palestine/Israel)
"It was clear the situation was going to explode. I was moving around from place to place shouting in Hebrew 'Don’t shoot! There are Israelis!' and luckily no one was shot."
Richard Peña On What Makes New Directors/New Films Unique
The Film Society Program Director and ND/NF Selection Committee Member takes us behind the scenes in a candid chat about New Directors/New Films 2012, his approach to working collaboratively, and the benefits of staying small.
ND/NF Discovery: Colin Elliott (USA)
"It can be difficult and sometimes painful to have to really dig into an idea, free associate with all the elements, and see what resonates, but it’s how I find my process rewarding."
ND/NF Discovery: Adam Leon’s “Gimme the Loot” (USA)
"I think the entire process is the greatest thing in the world. I hope I get to make more movies and I hope I don't lose that feeling."
ND/NF Discovery: Ivana Jurić‘s “The Room” (Croatia)
"I would describe The Room in five words: doll, love reverie, sex and pain."
ND/NF Discovery: Sacha Polak’s “Hemel” (The Netherlands)
What would you be doing if you weren't making films? "Maybe a painter or a writer, probably unemployed."
