Now in its 33rd year, the renowned New Directors/New Films festival, jointly presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, introduces New York audiences to the work of emerging or not-yet-established filmmakers from around the world, many of whom introduce their films. This year, the festival will take place at three venues: Alice Tully Hall, Walter Reade Theater (both at Lincoln Center), and MoMA at The Gramercy Theatre. Five films made in 2003 have already been selected for the 2004 edition of the festival: Pjer Zalica’s Fuse (Bosnia/Herzegovina); Heiner Saleem’s Vodka Lemon (Armenia); Vicente Amorim’s The Middle of the World (Brazil); Kim Ki-Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…Spring (South Korea); and Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni’s The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia/Germany).
New Directors/New Films 2004 was organized by a selection committee consisting of Mary Lea Bandy, Chief Curator, Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, and Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film and Media, The Museum of Modern Art; and Marian Masone, Associate Director of Programming, Joanna Ney, Producer, Special Projects, and Richard Peña, Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
The festival is sponsored by National Geographic Traveler. Additional support is provided by the Irene Diamond Fund, the Julien J. Studley Foundation, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.