New Directors/
New Films March 26 through April 6, 2008
Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Department of Film, The
Museum of Modern Art.
Dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging artists, New Directors/New Films has earned an international reputation as the premiere festival for works that break or re-cast the cinematic mold. Twenty-six features and six shorts, handpicked by curators of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, made the cut this year, as the 37th edition of this non-competitive program spotlights the very best in the current class of new directors, actors, producers, writers, cinematographers, editors and more. We expect many of the filmmakers will be attending the festival to discuss their work first hand.
Curated by the Film Society and MoMA team of Jytte Jensen, Laurence Kardish, Marian Masone, Joanna Ney, Richard Peña, and Rajendra Roy, the films in the 2008 festival represent 17 countries: Argentina, China, France, Greece, Haiti, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Festival screenings are held at the Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater and MoMA’s Titus 1 Theater.
The festival’s HBO Films Roundtable offers a forum for interaction with filmmakers and in-depth discussion on the year’s vital theme. Titled New Directors and Beyond, the 2008 Roundtable focuses on a group of New Directors/New Films alumni who have sought independence from traditional means of film distribution. The experiences of these diverse film and video-makers illuminate the newest technologies and media being explored for maximum artistic exposure. The 2008 HBO Films Roundtable will be held at the Walter Reade Theater on Sunday, March 30, at 12:30 p.m.
Finally, ND/NF Classics celebrates five American independent filmmakers who have been featured in both New Directors/New Films and the Film Society’s New York Film Festival with afternoon screenings at the Walter Reade Theater. Screenings of films by Kevin Smith, Todd Solondz, Charles Burnett, Lodge Kerrigan, and Gregg Araki show just how far American filmmaking has come.
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Calendar to view the schedule, film descriptions and to purchase tickets online. Program schedules are available in the lobby of the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, as well as in The Museum of Modern Art’s main and theater lobbies.
New Directors/New Films is made possible through the generosity of The Irene Diamond Fund. The festival is sponsored by Stella Artois. Additional support is provided by Kenneth Kuchin, Maxell, HBO Films, Film Society of Lincoln Center Young Friends of Film, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, HBO Documentary Films, public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel.
