New Directors New Films 2024 is a film festival of new work by new filmmakers who push the envelope of filmmaking in unexpected ways. This Festival of the future of filmmaking is coproduced by Film at Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). There are many Q&As with the filmmakers.
Our world is changing rapidly, and while there is nothing new under the sun, there are different ways of seeing. That’s what this festival is about.
If you are a budding New York filmmaker, go, network, and learn from the industry. This is your film festival.
New Directors New Films 2024
The 53rd New Directors New Films 2024 film festival screens 25 features and 10 shorts with many premieres at Film at Lincoln Center in the Upper West Side, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Midtown, Manhattan; from Wednesday-Sunday, April 3-14, 2024. From $18 at Film at Lincoln Center. $28 at MoMA. Packages available. 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇪🇸
Festival programmers are Dan Sullivan of Film at Lincoln Center, and La Frances Hui of the Museum of Modern Art.
Opening Night film is the New York Premiere of Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man,” (2024), a social satire about a disfigured aspiring actor who gets a new lease on life.
Closing Night film is Theda Hammel’s “Stress Positions” (2024), a queer Brooklyn comedy about the shape-shifting rules during the pandemic in the summer of 2020. Remember that?
Latin Films
People everywhere are pretty much the same, but Latin filmmakers come from a different cultural framework that offers a other ways to see the world. To understand someone, walk a mile in their shoes. This Festival is a chance to walk in the shoes of some filmmaking visionaries.
“The Day I Met You” (2023), by André Navais Olivera, tells the story of colleagues who find comfort in each other’s company outside of work. In Brazilian Portuguese with subtitles. 🇧🇷
“Foremost by Night” (2023), by Victor Iriarte, tells of a mother’s growth after years of searching for the son she gave up at birth. It’s true that family pain is worse during the night and right when you wake up. In Spanish with subtitles. 🇪🇸
“Malu” (2024), by Pedro Freire, tells of a free-spirited actress who constantly struggles against the world and herself. In Brazilian Portuguese with subtitles. 🇧🇷
“Otra Sol” (2023), by Francisco Rodríguez Teare, looks at the myth built around a thief who stole priceless artifacts from a cathedral in Cádiz, Spain. In Spanish, Italian, and English with subtitles. 🇪🇸
“The Permanent Picture” (2023), by Spanish Catalan director Laura Ferrés, is a magical story of a middle-aged casting director who unknowingly befriends a woman who turns out to be her birth mother. Life can be strange. 🇪🇸
“The Rim” (2024), by Alberto Gracia, tells the story of a man living rough in the port city of Ferrol, who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity. 🇪🇸
The Shorts Program includes shorts from Colombia, France, Mexico, and Portugal. 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇹
Get Tickets
From $18 at Film at Lincoln Center. Packages available. Included with $28 entry at MoMA. 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇹 🇪🇸