Film at Lincoln Center Free Talks & Events
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Upcoming free discussions and events at Film at Lincoln Center, including our free Amphitheater talks with directors and actors discussing their new work and reflecting on their career, influences, and approach to filmmaking.
Friday, May 31
Amphitheater
Saturday, June 1
Amphitheater
Amphitheater
Sunday, June 2
Amphitheater
Monday, June 3
Amphitheater
Tuesday, June 4
Amphitheater
Thursday, July 25
Coming Soon
From Ouaga to NYC: Capturing the Pan-African Spirit
Free and open to the public!
For four decades, filmmaker Mohamed two photographic essays, featuring selections of photographs from their collection, explore issues of cultural identity within an international vocabulary of contemporary media art practice, chronicling the intersection of Africa and her diaspora, charting personal memory across landscapes of history and heritage.
Master Class with Jean-Marie Teno
Free and open to the public!
This master class with renowned Cameroonian documentarian Jean-Marie Teno will focus on the issue of entertainment and education within the context of African cinema and feature a discussion about how filmmakers and stakeholders can accompany and trigger change through the transformative power of cinema. How can African cinema reconnect to African reality today in the transformative spirit that inspired the pioneering generation of African filmmakers in the 1960s and 1970s?
Free Event: Disney/Pixar’s Coco and Live Performance by La Santa Cecilia
Free and open to the public!
This free event takes place on July 25, 2019 at 7pm at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park. Seating is first come, first served, and gates open one hour prior to the performance.Recent Talks & Events
Film Comment Free Talk: Mary Harron on Charlie Says
Free and open to the public!
Directed by Mary Harron, Charlie Says looks past the mythology of the Manson Family murders to focus on the experiences of three women under his spell, both at the time and later in prison.
Film Comment Free Talk: Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson
Free and open to the public!
We are proud to welcome Denis and Pattinson for a very special, free Film Comment Talk about their singular film, High Life which graces the cover of our March-April issue.
Film Comment Free Talk: An Elephant Sitting Still
Free and open to the public!
To explore An Elephant Sitting Still, Film Comment is very pleased to bring together actor Zhang Yu, who plays Yu Cheng in the film; Dinda Elliott, senior vice president of the China Institute; Aliza Ma, head of programming at Metrograph; and Nicolas Rapold, editor-in-chief of Film Comment and host of The Film Comment Podcast.
Free Talk: Filming Abroad
Free and open to the public! · Presented by HBO, in partnership with French in Motion
In response to a rapidly globalizing community in the film industry, a selection of French and American professionals will discuss the ethics of filmmaking abroad.
Free Talk: Russell Banks and Paul Schrader
Free and open to the public! · Presented by HBO
As UniFrance’s American ambassador for the 2019 edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, renowned novelist and poet Russell Banks will sit down with Paul Schrader.
Film Comment Talk: Laszlo Nemes
Free and open to the public!
The director of the opening-night film of Film Comment Selects, Sunset, who won an Academy Award winner for Son of Saul, discusses the boundary-pushing technique of his filmmaking and approach to history in an illustrated talk with clips.
Film Comment Free Talk: Matt Dillon
Free and open to the public! · Presented by IFC Films
For our latest Film Comment Talk, we are pleased to welcome Matt Dillon for a conversation about The House That Jack Built and his career of indelible collaborations with auteurs including Francis Ford Coppola and Gus Van Sant.
Film Comment Free Talk: Best of 2018
Free and open to the public!
This year, Film Comment will unveil its much-anticipated Best of the Year poll live during a special Film Comment Free Talk! Appearing in person to discuss—and perhaps debate—the results will be a selection of top critics, including K. Austin Collins, Molly Haskell, Sheila O'Malley, and Nick Pinkerton, moderated by FC Editor-in-Chief Nicolas Rapold.
Black Panther Free Screening with Ryan Coogler Live Stream Q&A
Free and open to the public!
The one-night-only event offers audiences an opportunity to experience the acclaimed film on the big screen once again with their local communities, featuring a Q&A with Ryan Coogler streamed live.
#BlackoutBlackFriday: Terence Nance
Free and open to the public!
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is once again proud to take part in this event by hosting a special conversation with filmmaker, producer, director, artist, and musician Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Random Acts of Flyness).
Film Comment Free Talk: Sandi Tan (Shirkers)
Free and open to the public!
With Shirkers, filmmaker Sandi Tan recounts the bizarre and bittersweet story of the greatest indie film that never was—a movie she made with friends in her native Singapore as a teenager, only to lose it to a mysterious collaborator. Tan joins us to discuss the thrill of creation and the complicated agony of seeing dreams drift away.
Film Comment Free Talk: Paul Dano and Richard Ford
Free and open to the public! · Presented by IFC Films
Join us for a very special conversation with filmmaker Paul Dano and novelist Richard Ford about Wildlife, opening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on October 19 from IFC Films.Free tickets will be distributed at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to each talk. The line may form in advance of this time. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability.
