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.
New York Asian Film Festival 2016
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July 17, 2015
The 2015 Village Voice Best Film Festival award winner is back! The 15th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival will feature a full plate of unhinged, genre-bending films, brisk and intelligent entertainment, and uncompromising art-house gems that will satiate all appetites, wholesome and otherwise.
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2016
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July 17, 2015
For 16 years, Open Roads has proudly offered North American audiences the most diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian film available. The 2016 edition strikes a satisfying balance between emerging talents and esteemed veterans, showcasing a medley of commercial and independent fare. Experience the best of Italian cinema, with special in-person appearances by many of the filmmakers.
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2016
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July 17, 2015
Now in its 27th year, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns with inspiring, topical, and provocative feature documentaries and dramas, as well as special interactive programs that grapple with the challenges of defending human rights around the world today.
New York African Film Festival 2016
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July 17, 2015
The New York African Film Festival returns to the Film Society of Lincoln Center for its 23rd edition, bringing another thrilling and multifaceted selection of African films from the continent and the Diaspora to New York audiences.
Art of the Real 2016
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July 16, 2015
Our annual nonfiction showcase, founded on the most expansive possible view of documentary film, returns with new work from around the world and in a variety of genres. This year’s festival includes a retrospective of a titan of the avant-garde film world, Bruce Baillie; New York premieres of new films by Roberto Minervini, Ben Rivers, José Luis Guerín, and Thom Andersen; as well as the usual eclectic, globe-spanning host of discoveries by artists who are reenvisioning the relationship between cinema and reality. With many filmmakers appearing in-person with their work, Art of the Real continues to be one of the essential showcases for boundary-pushing nonfiction film.
New Directors/New Films
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July 16, 2015
An annual rite of spring, celebrating its 45th edition this year, New Directors/New Films introduces New York audiences to the work of emerging filmmakers from around the world. Throughout its rich history, ND/NF has uncovered talents like Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan, Laura Poitras, and Kelly Reichardt.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2016
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July 16, 2015
North America’s leading showcase for the best in French film, co-presented with UniFrance and opening with Guillaume Nicloux’s Valley of Love starring Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert, demonstrates that the landscape of French cinema has never been more fertile, and the voices issuing from it never more diverse.
Film Comment Selects 2016
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July 16, 2015
The 16th edition of Film Comment magazine’s annual festival is back with its customarily unpredictable blend of sublime wonders and hard-hitting visions. The sublime is covered by our Opening and Closing Night selections—Terence Davies’s long-awaited Sunset Song and a revival of the late Chantal Akerman’s Golden Eighties—and among the hard-hitters is a pair of wrenching discoveries from Serbia and Iran and a harrowing yet serene vision of World War I. Also featuring new films by Benoît Jacquot, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Alexei German Jr., a spotlight on Charles Bronson, and a sidebar of works by the Polish master Andrzej Żuławski.
Dance on Camera Festival 2016
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July 16, 2015
The 44th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival celebrates the worlds of ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance; modern and postmodern legends and discoveries; dances in gypsy enclaves as well as explorations into artistic expression and therapy; stories from countries where female dance is taboo but nevertheless practiced; and a spotlight on the exciting world of trapeze.
New York Jewish Film Festival 2016
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July 16, 2015
The 25th annual New York Jewish Film Festival, co-presented by the Jewish Museum, features world, U.S., and New York premieres of films from around the globe, a retrospective of highlights from the past 25 years, plus other special programming in honor of our silver jubilee.