The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center Announce the Complete Lineup for the 50Th Anniversary Edition of New Directors/New Films, April 28–May 8
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCE THE COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS, APRIL 28–MAY 8 New Directors/New Films, 2021 April 28–May 8, 2021 Virtual Cinema NEW YORK, April 1, 2021—The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center announce the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), available April 28–May 8 via virtual cinema, with in-person screenings extending through May 14 at FLC. Throughout its rich, half-century history, the festival 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 to audiences nationwide in the MoMA and FLC virtual cinemas, and to New Yorkers at Film at Lincoln Center. Special to this year's festival is a free virtual retrospective celebrating 50 years of ND/NF, April 16–28. “From intimate, personal tales to political, metaphysical, and spiritual inquiries, the films in the 50th edition of New Directors/New Films embody an inexhaustible curiosity and a fearless desire for adventure,” said La Frances Hui, Curator of Film at The Museum of Modern Art and 2021 New Directors/New Films Co-Chair. “They prove that cinema will continue to illuminate and inspire the way we live, and make art.” 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.
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