Film at Lincoln Center is One of New York City’s Leading Film Organizations

About Film at Lincoln Center

Film Society was founded in 1969 to focus on American independent and international film. Like New York City it has a slight European focus.

It was renamed Film at Lincoln Center in 2019.

You can see movies before their general release. Many screenings include Q&As with directors, stars, filmmakers, and critics.

You can watch the Met Opera in The Met: Live in HD.

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Film Festivals

The New York Film Festival is Film at Lincoln Center’s big film festival in September and October.

The Dance on Camera Festival is co-produced with Dance Films Association in February.

New Directors/New Films is co-produced with MoMA Film. It is usually in April.

New York African Film Festival screens films from Mother Afrika at Film at Lincoln Center, Maysles Documentary Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

New York Jewish Film Festival, co-produced with the Jewish Museum in January, screens films about the Jewish experience around the world.

Open Roads: New Italian Cinema is co-produced with Istituto Luce Cinecittà in May or June. 🇮🇹

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is co-produced with UniFrance. It is usually in March. 🇫🇷

Film at Lincoln Center Tickets

Matinees are often discounted.

Film at Lincoln Center has two theater complexes on either side of West 65th St between Broadway and Amsterdam.

Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
144 West 65th St (south side).
There is a café inside the center.

Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St (north side), 2nd Floor
From the Munroe Film Center, cross the street and take the escalator or stairs on the left.

Subway
(1) to 66th St – Lincoln Center