Festivals

The Film Society of Lincoln Center produces The New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films and works in partnership on many other festivals. Entry into NYFF and ND/NF is open to all filmmakers and all lengths and genres are considered. Acceptance is highly competitive. NYFF and ND/NF are selectively curated by committee.

The New York Film Festival (Sept 28 - Oct 14, 2012)

Since 1963, The New York Film Festival has continued to bring new and important cinematic works by filmmakers from around the world. The Festival includes Main Slate selections along with special events, panel discussions, the experimental film showcase Views from the Avant-Garde, and much more.

The New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The selection committee, chaired by Peña also includes: Melissa Anderson, Contributor, The Village Voice; Scott Foundas, Associate  Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; Dennis Lim,  Editor, Moving Image Source & Freelance Critic; and Todd McCarthy, Critic indieWire.

New York Jewish Film Festival (Jan 11 – 26, 2012)

Join us for the 21st annual New York Jewish Film Festival, a preeminent showcase for world cinema exploring the Jewish experience. This diverse selection of films includes dramatic features, riveting documentaries, entertaining comedies and tantalizing shorts. Presented by The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Festival includes world, U.S. and New York premieres.

Dance on Camera (Jan 27 – 31, 2012)

Dance on Camera Festival, co-presented by the Film Society and Dance Films Association, returns to the Walter Reade Theater for the 16th consecutive year with an exciting and diverse array of dance films, many of them premieres, ranging widely in subject and genre: from the refinement of ballet coaching to the intense individuality of club dancing.

Film Comment Selects (Feb 17 – Mar 1, 2012)

The 12th edition of Film Comment magazine’s crucial and eclectic festival brings you a handpicked lineup of the coming-soon and the never-coming-back, the rare and the rediscovered, the unclassifiable and the underrated, the sacred and the profane, the cute and the creepy, the tough and the tender, the naked and the dead—you get the idea.

Rendez-vous with French Cinema (Mar 2 – 11, 2012)

North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary French film returns with two dozen New York premieres, including French box-office sensation The Intouchables, new work from master directors André Téchiné, Benoît Jacquot and Alain Cavalier, plus Delicacy, the latest from Audrey Tautou, who will join us to present the film!

New Directors/New Films Festival (Mar 21 – Apr 1, 2012)

New Directors/New Films introduces New York audiences to the work of emerging or not-yet-established filmmakers from around the world. Presented jointly by The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, this renowned festival in past years has uncovered talents like Pedro Almodovar, Darren Aronofsky, Nicole Holofcener, Courtney Hunt, Spike Lee, Kelly Reichardt, and Steven Spielberg.

NY African Film Festival (Apr 11 – 17, 2012)*

The New York African Film Festival presents a showcase of works that speak to the realities of Africa and the Diaspora. Through the exhibition of works by filmmakers and other visual and performing artists, as well as presentations by critics, scholars and master chefs, festival participants will witness the reinvention of Africa through the movement of its people across the globe.

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema (June 8 – 14, 2012)

This new generation of Italian filmmakers continues to open up and explore new areas of Italian life and culture, telling new stories in surprisingly new ways.

Human Rights Watch Film Festival (June 15 – 28, 2012)

The 23rd annual edition of the festival returns with stories of resilience from across the globe about the universal issues that grip our time. Human Rights Watch—one of the world’s leading independent human rights organizations—invites you to engage with these compelling films that are spurring vital dialogue.

NY Asian Film Festival (June 29 – July 12, 2012)

A two-week orgy of popular Asian cinema, this is the film festival that The New York Times calls “one of the city’s most valuable events.”

Latin Beat (Aug 10 – 23, 2012)*

Featuring films from 10 different Latin American countries and just as abundant an array of genres and styles, Latinbeat continues to follow the latest trends of filmmaking in Latin America by showcasing both up-and-coming directors and filmmakers whose work we have proudly premiered here.

Scary Movies (Oct 26-31, 2012)

Scary Movies is back with an upped deadly dosage of hair-raising premieres and classics.

Spanish Cinema Now (Dec 7 – 20, 2012)

Spanish Cinema Now is one of the Walter Reade Theater’s longest-running series, first presented in October 1992. Since then, annual film production in Spain has moved from about 40 movies per year into the triple digits. Audiences in Spain are not only growing, they are considerably younger nowadays, while the links between Spanish and Latin American cinema are stronger than ever. Latin American actors, directors and technicians are enriching the Spanish industry, and co-productions are at an all-time high.

NewFest*

NewFest is dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences in the building of a community that passionately supports giving greater visibility and voice to a wide range of expressions and representations of the LGBT experience.

* Dates may be adjusted