Our Media Center takes you inside Film at Lincoln Center with photos, videos, and podcasts from our screenings, talks, and events, plus announcements of upcoming programs and coverage of our artist and education initiatives.
NYFF Soft Focus: Paul Verhoeven
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October 20, 2016
Paul Verhoeven reflects on the 2016 Presidential Election and explains why he finds the term "provocation" misleading as applied to his work in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Steve James
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 19, 2016
Steve James talks about the power of film to illuminate human lives and balancing his own point of view with the needs of the story being told in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Errol Morris
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October 18, 2016
The legendary documentarian talks about his desire to bring the work of photographer Elsa Dorfman to a wider audience in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Matías Piñeiro
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 17, 2016
The director of 'Hermia and Helena' talks about his sensual relationship with framing and filmmaking as a form of creative gathering in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Terence Davies
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 15, 2016
The director of A Quiet Passion talks about the wonder he felt watching films as a child and his struggle to suspend his disbelief now that he knows how the soup is made.
NYFF Soft Focus: Kleber Mendonça Filho
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October 14, 2016
The director of Aquarius talks about how cinema creates a map of the world and recalls his first experience in a movie theater in this interview from NYFF.
NYFF Soft Focus: Barry Jenkins
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 13, 2016
The Moonlight director talks about his early struggles in film school and the movies he discovered while there that went on to influence his work.
NYFF Soft Focus: Raoul Peck
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 11, 2016
The director of I Am Not Your Negro talks about his filmmaking toolbox, working in fiction vs. nonfiction, and his preference for open endings.
NYFF Soft Focus: Maren Ade
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 10, 2016
The Toni Erdmann director talks about her earliest experiments with filmmaking and takes a moment to appreciate the new issue of Film Comment magazine.
NYFF Soft Focus: Bertrand Tavernier
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 9, 2016
The French filmmaker talks about switching between the roles of director and cinephile and his cinematic love letter, My Journey Through French Cinema.