Celebrating 50 Years of New Directors/New Films

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) have announced the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF). ND/NF will be available from Wednesday, April 28 through Saturday, May 8 via virtual cinema. And, with FLC reopening this Friday, April 16 at 25% capacity, you can buy tickets for in-person screenings.

Throughout its rich, half-century history, ND/NF has celebrated filmmakers who represent the present and anticipate the future of cinema, and whose daring work pushes the envelope in unexpected ways. This year’s festival will introduce 27 features and 11 shorts. Opening the festival is writer-director-star Amalia Ulman’s breakthrough El Planeta, a captivating portrait in miniature of a mother and daughter barely scraping by in Spain’s northwestern seaside town of Gijón. ND/NF will close with All Light, Everywhere, winner of a Sundance Jury Prize for Experimentation in Nonfiction. Director Theo Anthony’s follow-up to the acclaimed Rat Film, All Light, Everywhere uses U.S. law enforcement body-cam footage to anchor an ever-expanding treatise on perception, power, and policing. The rest of the lineup showcases work from a broad geographic range, with films from Iran, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Nigeria, Australia, Greece, and Georgia; prizewinners from Rotterdam (Pebbles), Sundance (Luzzu), and Berlin (We); and many feature debuts.

To celebrate this edition’s 50-year milestone, MoMA and FLC will also present a free virtual retrospective looking back on the festival’s history, showcasing early works from filmmakers such as Lee Chang-dong, Chantal Akerman, Charles Burnett, and Christopher Nolan.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, April 16 at noon. Virtual rentals are $12 and in-theater tickets are $17 per screening. Purchase screenings for the entire line-up with the discounted Virtual All-Access Pass for $275 ($348 value). FLC members receive a pre-sale period starting today, April 13, as well as additional 20% discounts on virtual rentals and $5 savings on in-theater tickets.

Click here for more information on the full festival lineup, schedule and tickets for the 50th anniversary of New Directors/New Films.

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