Spotlight on Queer Filmmakers

With the start of Pride Month, Film at Lincoln Center is excited to continue our ongoing efforts to showcase underrepresented stories, perspectives, and filmmakers in continuation of our wider Amplified Voices initiative. All through June, we’ll spotlight queer filmmakers through our programming, archival videos, community initiatives, essential articles, and more.

June Social Links

Throughout the month, follow along as we highlight vital films and filmmakers who have made an impact in cinema. The lists below will continue to be updated so we encourage you to bookmark this page on your browser. For direct access, join us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook or subscribe to FLC’s weekly newsletter.

“Filmmaker Spotlight” will shine a light on exemplary filmmakers from well-known icons to emerging voices.

We're kicking off our #Pride2021 Filmmaker Spotlight series with Pedro Almodóvar, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who's WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS? screened in @NDNF in 1985 and who has since had 10 films screen at @TheNYFF. pic.twitter.com/0DvaayDkEb

— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 4, 2021

Remembering the great Chantal Akerman, born on this day in 1950. pic.twitter.com/HBjTAmpAWn
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 6, 2021

“I choose film and video as a medium to make the invisible, visible. Anyone can be left out of history. I am compelled to reveal and celebrate marginalized peoples whose stories have not been told. “ —Barbara Hammer

Hammer performing CAMERAWOMEN in 1980. pic.twitter.com/4y2WBF34UY

— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 9, 2021

"I like to call myself an 'observationist,' which is to say that as I grew up, I developed an artistic practice rooted in the act of looking that contributes to my interest in and use of formalism." —@yford (as told to @ramellross for @FilmmakerMag) pic.twitter.com/JETepserwG

— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 18, 2021

“Film in Focus” will present notable works featured in past iterations of the New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, and beyond.

RAFIKI (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018) pic.twitter.com/Vmh64ECKaA
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 1, 2021

THE QUEEN (Frank Simon, 1968) pic.twitter.com/tLovwN3Wsb
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 3, 2021

OLIVIA (Jacqueline Audry, 1951) pic.twitter.com/wCCh3B7iYV
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 6, 2021

LONGTIME COMPANION (Norman René, 1989) pic.twitter.com/DJrxJoxrW4
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 5, 2021

A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Sebastián Lelio, 2017) pic.twitter.com/Ym3WSlhPvN
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 8, 2021

DESERT HEARTS (Donna Deitch, 1985) pic.twitter.com/YsozY5WrDS
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 14, 2021

KIKI (Sara Jordenö, 2016) pic.twitter.com/04Mbur2kc7
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 21, 2021

Our “Community Corner” questions will offer a space for online dialogues with the FLC community. Tune in every Friday to offer your cinema-related thoughts!

What do you consider an essential film in queer cinema? pic.twitter.com/E3YWaPSxAc
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 4, 2021

What’s your favorite dance scene in queer cinema? pic.twitter.com/TajdQo0k8v
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) June 18, 2021

June Programming & Talks

This month FLC is presenting programming featuring a variety of films from around the world exploring the queer experience. Watch the highly anticipated Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2021 selection, Summer of ’85, in our theaters starting June 18.

Our Big Screen Summer: NYFF58 Redux series will also be showing in our theaters, featuring Terence Dixon’s short Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris on the iconic writer (screening with Muhammad Ali, the Greatest) and a new 4K restoration of Marie-Claude Treilhou’s atmospheric character study Simone Barbes or Virtue.

Conversations with Queer Filmmakers

Explore our archive of interviews and Q&As with filmmakers including John Waters, Pedro Almodóvar, Dee Rees, Céline Sciamma, Barbara Hammer, Lily Tomlin, Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, Laverne Cox, and more as they share their storytelling tips and distinct approaches to filmmaking in discussions with our programmers and special guests.

Check out the playlist below, along with highlights, or on YouTube.

Film Comment Archive

Explore the Film Comment archives for previous podcasts, additional reading, and film criticism: