Celebrating its 52nd edition, the New Directors/New Films festival showcases a wide-ranging group of films by emerging directors working at the vanguard of cinema. Throughout its history, the festival has presented works by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Kelly Reichardt, Pedro Almodóvar, Souleymane Cissé, Euzhan Palcy, Jia Zhangke, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar Wai, Agnieszka Holland, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Guillermo del Toro, Luca Guadagnino, and over a thousand others. Any of the filmmakers in this year’s lineup have the potential to be as important to the art of cinema as these. Join us in recognizing the continued vitality and promise of the medium.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, March 6, at noon ET. Tickets for FLC and MoMA members go on sale Friday, March 3, at noon. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit newdirectors.org.
Organized by La Frances Hui (Co-Chair, MoMA), Florence Almozini (Co-Chair, Film at Lincoln Center), Rajendra Roy (MoMA), Josh Siegel (MoMA), Dan Sullivan (Film at Lincoln Center), and Tyler Wilson (Film at Lincoln Center); shorts programmed by Olivia Priedite (MoMA) and Maddie Whittle (Film at Lincoln Center).