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.
Red Leaves
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April 7, 2015
Centerpiece | U.S. Premiere | Q&A with Bazi GeteAfter losing his wife, Meseganio sets out on a journey leading him through his children's homes and realizes that, having immigrated to Israel from Ethiopia 28 years ago, he belongs to a rapidly disappearing class that believes in retaining Ethiopian culture.
Plot for Peace
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April 7, 2015
Q&A with Mandy Jacobson and subject Jean-Yves OllivierPlot for Peace, a fascinating account of off-the-books diplomacy in the 1980s that has won awards at film festivals around the globe, tells the little-known tale of Jean-Yves Ollivier, a French commodities trader who made his fortune doing business in “difficult countries”—including the internationally shunned South Africa.
National Diploma
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April 7, 2015
Dieudo Hamadi’s documentary follows a group of Congolese high-school students—from the classroom, to the communal house where they study, to the chaotic city streets they walk looking for work—as they prepare for the state exam. Screening with The Road We Travel (Aidan Belizaire, Uganda/UK, 38m).
The Narrow Frame of Midnight
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April 7, 2015
Post-screening discussion with Tala Hadid, Danny Glover, Khalid Abdalla, and Adam ShatzThe intersecting journeys of three disparate characters—a young orphan, a writer in search of his brother, and the woman he left behind—leads audiences across Morocco, to Istanbul, the plains of Kurdistan, and beyond.
Mossane
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April 7, 2015
Introduction by Mamadou NiangA beautiful 14-year-old girl from a rural Senegalese village who has long been promised as a bride to the wealthy local falls in love and refuses to go through with the marriage—with tragic results.
Melillans
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April 7, 2015
U.S. Premiere | Introduction by Beatriz Leal RiescoA detailed look at the denizens of Melillenses, a border city whose people both bridge and personify the immense gaps between Europe and Africa. Screening with Ziara. Beyond the Threshold (Sonia Gámez, Spain, 54m).
Love the One You Love
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April 7, 2015
U.S. PremiereAcross the city of Cape Town, a sex-line operator, a dog handler, and an IT technician begin to suspect that their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre conspiracy, involving their friends, family, and possibly even greater forces.
Head Gone
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April 7, 2015
In this comedy of errors featuring some of Nigeria's finest entertainers, a bus driver loses some psychiatric patients on the way to a federal hospital, and decides to substitute them with unsuspecting sane commuters.
100% Dakar – More Than Art
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April 7, 2015
U.S. Premiere | Q&A with Sandra Krampelhuber on May 9This documentary offers a vibrant portrait of the youthful and creative arts scene in Dakar, revealing a world of people who stand for a passionate, collective, and creative fight against all economic and political burdens in Senegal’s buzzing capital city. Screening with The Prophecy (Marcia Juzga, Senegal, 20m).
Cold Harbour
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April 7, 2015
Opening Night | Q&A with Carey McKenzie and Tendeka Matatu on May 6The Consul General of South Africa, the Honourable Thulisile Nkosi will also do a 3 minutes opening remarks.While investigating a smugglers’ turf war in Cape Town, township cop Sizwe discovers police corruption linked to the illegal abalone trade, and integrity demands that he take the law into his own hands.