Press Releases
Highlights throughout Oct. including Chinese Cinema, Mountainfilm and An Evening with Solomonoff
"Eastern Promise" will showcase recent popular Chinese Cinema; 50 Years of the NYFF will screen a notable film every year of the festival leading up to the 50th anniversary; Mountainfilm will provide a varied slate of programming emphasizing adventure, exploration, and the environment; Latinbeat presents films by Argentine-born Julia Solomonoff; THE INCIDENT added to Scary Movies 5 Read More
West Memphis 3 Will Attend NYFF
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER announces the first public appearance of the “West Memphis Three” at the premiere screening of the updated version of Joe Berlinger’s and… Read More
Scary Movies 2011 Lineup Announced
The Film Society's popular Scary Movies series includes the NY premieres of Kill List and The Innkeepers. Read More
Film Society launches free NYFF Forums to be streamed live online
Conversations and panels at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater (144 W. 65th St) from October 1-15 with Pedro Almodovar, Willem Dafoe, Famke Janssen, John Lithgow, John Landis, Bela Tarr and many more Read More
2011 NYFF Shorts Programs, Oliver Stone’s “Salvador” to replace “Untold History of the US”
The Film Society announces two short films programs for the 2011 NYFF. Due to scheduling conflicts, Oliver Stone’s “Untold History of the United States” will no longer screen at the festival and will be replaced with a special 25th Anniversary screening of SALVADOR, with Stone in attendance. The Masterworks screening of BEN-HUR will be attended by Fraser Heston (the son of Charlton Heston), Catherine Wyler (the daughter of director William Wyler) and Toby Wyler, (the director’s great-grandson). Read More
The Ghetto Film School, FSLC and Google present 10 Outstanding Short Films
The Ghetto Film School (GFS), Film Society of Lincoln Center and Google partners for 12th Annual Public Screening at Lincoln Center, to take place on Monday, Sept. 26. The event will showcase 10 short films created by the 2011–2012 GFS Fellows. The projects will also be spotlighted on YouTube’s Homepage, allowing viewers from around the globe to watch the films in real time. Jury members include Jim Jarmusch and Melissa Leo. Read More
Film Society and IFP announce “Emerging Visions” to run concurrent with the New York Film Festival
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today details of a unique collaborative program entitled “Emerging Visions,” which will run concurrent to the New York Film Festival. The daylong event, taking place on Monday, October 3rd at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, will introduce 25 emerging filmmaking talents to some of the most prolific directors and producers in the industry today. Read More
Film Society and Paramount to Host 50th Anniversary Celebration of Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Fully Restored Film Will Be Feted with a Blue Carpet Screening and Q&A with Julie Andrews on September 15th, Just Prior to Its Debut on High Definition Blu-ray Disc™ on September 20th. Read More
Coming to NYFF: Kevin Smith with “Buckaroo Banzai,” HBO Directors Dialogues, Avant Garde Series
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Kevin Smith’s SMoviola presents The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with Peter Weller, John Lithgow and others for the 2011 New York Film Festival; HBO Films® Directors Dialogues with Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Abel Ferrera, Julia Loktev and Wim Wenders; complete lineup for Views From the Avant-Garde. Read More
Film Society Brings Award-Winning Restaurateur Into Fold
NEW YORK, NY (Sept. 7, 2011) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center, America’s pre-eminent New York-based non-profit film organization, announced today that its new… Read More
