New Directors/New Films turns 50 with a bracingly eclectic lineup
All Light, Everywhere. 2021. USA. Directed by Theo Anthony. Courtesy SuperLTD.
by Beatrice Loayza
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- A wildly eclectic, cutting edge and globe-spanning lineup has always epitomized New Directors/New Films, the annual showcase of emerging filmmakers presented by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. This years 50th anniversary edition is part of a citywide return to theaters, with in-person screenings taking place through May 13. The program will also screen virtually (through May 8), along with an online retrospective of selections from decades past including early works by directors like Lee Chang-dong, Christopher Nolan and Charles Burnett.
New Directors/New Films Turns 50 With a Bracingly Eclectic Lineup
For the showcase’s milestone anniversary, organizers have put together an eclectic program paired with a selection of films from past decades.
Chellapandi plays a young boy on a forced trek with his alcoholic father in “Pebbles,” directed by P.S. Vinothraj.Credit.Rowdy Pictures
By Beatrice Loayza
April 28, 2021
A wildly eclectic, cutting edge and globe-spanning lineup has always epitomized New Directors/New Films, the annual showcase of emerging filmmakers presented by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. This year’s 50th anniversary edition is part of a citywide return to theaters, with in-person screenings taking place from Wednesday through to May 13. The program will also screen virtually (through May 8), along with an online retrospective of selections from decades past including early works by directors like Lee Chang-dong, Christopher Nolan and Charles Burnett.
Lea Bertucci enlists experimental filmmaker Fern Silva for ‘On Opposite Sides of Sleep’
A highlight from her new album, A Visible Length of Light.
Lea Bertucci documents a year of uncertainty and instability on her new album, A Visible Length of Light, interspersing short improvisational snippets with dense compositions that nod to traditional American musical forms like folk, bluegrass, jazz and gospel. Layering bass clarinet, alto saxophone, manipulated tape, organ, a venu wooden flute and field recordings, Bertucci evokes, in her own words: “the feeling of physically inhabiting a space, when the relationship to that space has become overwhelming, and provokes the desire to seek truth, transcendence, and moments of comfort, disquiet and catharsis through confusion.’
EyimofeThough all is set for the homecoming of a Nigerian feature film, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), having screened at prestigious film festivals across the globe, it seems the international film community is not yet done with the film, which premiered at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.
Ahead of its Nigerian premiere on April 18, at the Ebonylife Place, Victoria Island, Lagos, which will be followed by the cinematic release on April 23, the Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), New York, has announced the selection of Eyimofe for the 50th-anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF). Available from April 28 – May 8 via virtual cinema, in-person screenings will be extending through May 13, at FLC.