The Contenders 2021 Redux

Jan 25–Feb 3, 2022

Online

Ascension. 2021. China. Directed by Jessica Kingdon. Courtesy MTV Documentary Films

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This Virtual Cinema exclusive features weeklong streaming presentations of seven films that were featured in The Contenders 2021 along with Camilla Nielsson’s President.

Organized by the Department of Film.

  • This film series is part of Virtual Cinema.

    Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.

    Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by Debra and Leon D. Black and by Steven Tisch, with major contributions from The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, MoMA’s Wallis Annenberg Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art through the Annenberg Foundation, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Karen and Gary Winnick, and The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.

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