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The 44th New York Film Festival September 29 – October 15, 2006 FILMS Twenty-five new feature films by Barbara Albert, Pedro Almodóvar, Michael Apted, Emmanuel Bourdieu, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Norman Cohn, Sofia Coppola, Manoel de Oliveira, Guillermo del Toro, Todd Field, Stephen Frears, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Otar Iosseliani, Bong Joon-ho, Satoshi Kon, Zacharias Kunuk, David Lynch, Jafar Panahi, Tahani Rached, Marc Recha, Alain Resnais, Hong Sang-soo, Abderrahmane Sissako, Johnnie To, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tian Zhuangzhuang. Fifteen new short films by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa, Nicole Barnette, Todd Davis, Deniz Gamze Erguven, Benoit Forgeard, Arnaud Gautier, Ariana Gerstein, Tom Harper , Joseph Infantolino, Faye Jackson, Liza Johnson, Maryam Keshavarz, Zohar Lavi, Annick Raoul, and Elisabeth Subrin. Plus screenings of Warren Beatty's Reds on the 25th anniversary of its release, the late Lino Brocka's Insiang and Alberto Lattuada's long-lost comic masterpiece Mafioso. Admission: $16 & $20 except for Opening Night ($35 & $40 at Alice Tully Hall, $20 & $40 at Avery Fisher Hall), Centerpiece ($25 & $30) and Closing Night ($20 & $40); $10 Student Rush* Screenings at Alice Tully Hall (north side of 65th Street west of Broadway) except where otherwise noted. SPECIAL EVENTS Picturing Development: The Case of Bamako: This powerful film offers a pointed critique of decades of so-called “development policies” fostered by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other international agencies, charging them with actually worsening Africa’s economic plight. The director, Abderrahmane Sissako, will discuss the issues raised by the film on Tues, Oct 3 at 6:30pm in the Walter Reade Theater’s Furman Gallery. He will be joined by actor and activist Harry Belafonte; Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University; Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University; and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. A limited number of complimentary passes to this event will be available beginning on Sat Sept 30 at 12:30pm only at the Walter Reade Theater's box office. Please note: only two passes per patron. The Return of Alejandro Jodorowsky: Bursting into moviemaking after years at the forefront of avant-garde theater, Alejandro Jodorworsky was something of a one-man New Wave. His unsettling but mesmerizing works mixed mysticism and mayhem with liberal doses of spiritual enlightenment, drawing legions of admirers around the world and going a long way to help create the phenomenon of the Midnight Movie. We're delighted to welcome Mr. Jodorworsky to the New York Film Festival and to premiere these beautiful restorations of El Topo and The Holy Mountain. James Sanders, filmmaker, writer and editor of Scenes from the City: 40 Years of Filmmaking in New York, a new book produced in conjunction with the Mayor's Office, will trace the evolution and impact of location filmmaking in New York, from the early explosion in the 1960s and 1970s to the rise of a New York-based "independent" film industry in the 1980s and '90s. The talk, illustrated with rare and unusual production stills and location photos, as well as rare film clips and shorts, will explore the manner in which “location shooting” has reflected the dramatic changes to the city and its neighborhoods. Jazz pianist and scholar Lewis Porter hosts an evening that explores the relationship between two great American art forms: jazz & film. Porter and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon will demonstrate and discuss the influence of jazz on film scores, and will be joined by filmmakers discussing the inspiration they’ve drawn from jazz, and how they’ve documented jazz cinematically. A kick-off event for National Video Resources' Looking at: Jazz, a screening and discussion series funded by NEH and in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center. Admission: $16, $10 Student Rush* These NYFF special events will take place at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level. HBO FILMS DIRECTORS DIALOGUES Join us in the Rose Building's Kaplan Penthouse to hear what Stephen Frears, Michael Apted and Guillermo del Toro have to say about the filmmaking process. Admission: $16, $10 Student Rush* The Kaplan Penthouse is located on 10th floor of the Rose Building, west 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level. VIEWS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE The world's premiere showcase for the latest in experimental film and video. New films by Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville, Nathaniel Dorsky, Bruce Conner along with many others. A program devoted to the work of Italy's Paulo Gioli. New preservation prints of classics by Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Ernie Gehr and Saul Levine. Plus the debut screening of Guy Maddin's silent feature Brand Upon the Brain! with live orchestral accompaniment and featuring Isabella Rossellini as "The Narrator." A NYFF special presentation curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. Admission: $10, $7 students(with valid photo ID) and $6 FSLC members (with valid ID); except for Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain!: $25, $10 Student Rush*. All Views From the Avant-Garde events including Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain! will take place at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level. 50 YEARS OF JANUS FILMS Janus Films brought to America many of the greatest movies ever made by now legendary directors who defined the art of cinema, including Renoir, Antonioni, Truffaut and Kurosawa. One-half century later, the name Janus Films is synonymous with the ground-breaking foreign language films it championed. This year's NYFF sidebar celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Janus Films with a special presentation of new 35mm prints. Enjoy these classics of world cinema once again on the big screen! Admission $10, $7 students (with valid photo ID), $6 FSLC members (with valid ID)& $5 seniors (only for screenings Mon - Fri before 6pm) Screenings at the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street between Broadway & Amsterdam Avenues on the plaza level. *Student Rush: Depending on availability, $10 tickets go on sale day of performance only for the NYFF film selections screening at Alice Tully Hall, the Special Events at the Walter Reade Theater including Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain!, and the HBO Films Directors Dialogues at the Kaplan Penthouse. Valid, current student ID required. Limit one ticket per student.