NYFF51: Emerging Artists
Emerging Artists spotlights two enormously talented filmmakers near the beginning of their respective careers: Fernando Eimbcke from Mexico and Joanna Hogg from England. Eimbcke and Hogg both have brand new films that we’re proud to present, along with screenings of their previous films. We invite you to discover these two dynamic artists.
Exhibition
Director Joanna Hogg in person!
Joanna Hogg’s exactingly minimal and intimately character-driven portrait of a married middle-aged couple - both artists - living and working in their unusual London home, at once labyrinth, battleground and refuge.
Archipelago
Director Joanna Hogg in person!
A group stay on the island of Tresco off of Sicily, animated by resentments, jealousies, upheavals and revelations that will ring true to anyone who has ever spent a vacation with their family.
Club Sandwich
Director Fernando Eimbcke and producer Christian Valdelièvre in person!
The new low-key, slow-burn comedy from Fernando Eimbcke, venturing into the fraught territory of puberty and separation anxiety, focuses on a teenage boy taking his first tentative (and furtive) steps into the uncharted waters of sex.
Lake Tahoe
Director Fernando Eimbcke and producer Christian Valdelièvre in person!
In this whimsically wayward comedy with a poignant twist, Eimbcke’s scope camera follows the meanderings of Juan (Diego Cataño) through the sleepy streets of a small town as he searches for a spare part after crashing the family car.
Duck Season
Director Fernando Eimbcke and producer Christian Valdelièvre in person!
Two 14 year olds are home alone for the day, with video games, soda and snacks—how bad can it get? Soon they have company: a teenage neighbor who wants to bake herself a birthday cake, and a thirtysomething pizza delivery man. Then the power goes out…