Free Talk: Silvan Zürcher & Alexandre Koberidze

Part of

59th New York Film Festival

September 24 - October 10, 2021

Silvan Zürcher (The Girl and the Spider) and Alexandre Koberidze (What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, NYFF59) discuss their filmic inspirations and aspirations, their trajectories within Swiss and Georgian cinema, respectively, and in world cinema at large.

RUNTIME
60 minutes
START DATE
October 2, 2021

This free talk takes place on Saturday, October 2, 7pm, in the Amphitheater of the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.

In an NYFF lineup with a record number of new and emerging filmmakers, Alexandre Koberidze’s What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? and Ramon and Silvan Zürcher’s The Girl and the Spider—both sophomore features—stand out for their sui generis approaches to cinematic narrative and form. Formally assured and intellectually audacious, the two films, in their own unique ways, electrify the quotidian with currents of desire, romance, and modern myth. We’re excited to bring Silvan Zürcher and Koberidze together to discuss their filmic inspirations and aspirations; their trajectories within Swiss and Georgian cinema, respectively, and in world cinema at large; and their experiences at the renowned dffb (the German Film and Television Academy Berlin), which all three directors attended.

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Free tickets for NYFF59 Talks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning one hour prior to each event at the corresponding box office. Tickets are limited to one per person, subject to availability. For those unable to attend, video from these events will be available online on Film at Lincoln Center’s YouTube channel at a later date.

Free Talk: Silvan Zürcher & Alexandre Koberidze
Free Talk: Silvan Zürcher & Alexandre Koberidze
Free Talk: Silvan Zürcher & Alexandre Koberidze

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