Thursday, September 08, 2016
Preview: NYFF 2016 FILMMAKER TALKS
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
54th NEW YORK FILM
FESTIVAL 2016
FILMMAKER TALKS
On Cinema Conversation
Jim Jarmusch
Free Directors Dialogues
Maren Ade, Kenneth Lonergan,
Mike Mills, Paul Verhoeven
“Meet the Makers” talks with Convergence
innovators
The festival’s annual master class, On Cinema, will feature a conversation with legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and NYFF Director Kent Jones.
Jarmusch, a NYFF veteran
many times over, has two films in the festival this year: Paterson,
starring Adam Driver, in the Main Slate section, and documentary Gimme
Danger, about iconic punk rock band The Stooges, in the Special Events
section.
Supported by film clips,
the in-depth discussion will explore Jarmusch’s indelible career, as well as
works that have influenced him as an artist. On Cinema with Jim Jarmusch will
take place Tuesday, October 4 at 8:30pm in the Howard Gilman Theater.
Mike Mills
Director: Centerpiece selection 20th Century Women
NYFF 2016
Courtesy NYFF
·
Maren Ade (Toni
Erdmann),
·
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester
by the Sea),
·
Paul Verhoeven (Elle),
and
·
Mike Mills (Centerpiece
selection 20th Century Women).
All four of these directors’ newest films are
screening as part of the NYFF54 Main Slate. This year the Directors Dialogues
will take place at both the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center’s Amphitheater and a
new venue, the Bruno Walter Theater (located
at the Lincoln Center Public Library for Performing Arts).
Additionally, NYFF will
present Meet the Makers, a series of
talks with creators of projects in the Convergence section. Highlights include
· Priya’s
Mirror innovators Ram Devineni
and Dan Goldman on fusing augmented reality and comic books to shatter taboos
around the world—with UN Women’s Global Youth Champion Monica Singh in person
to share her story, which inspired the project;
· A panel with filmmakers
behind Global Lives Project’s large-scale installation Lives in Transit;
· Late
Shift creators Baptiste
Planche and Tobias Weber on choose-your-own-adventure interactive narrative
films;
· Soundhunters app creators François Le Gall and Nicolas Blies
on remixing the world of sounds around you into a transmedia experience; and
· A conversation with the
collaborators of the popular returning project Sherlock Holmes & The
Internet of Things.
Meet the Makers conversations are free and open
to the public.
Alongside On Cinema, Directors Dialogues, and Meet the Makers, the festival’s popular
free NYFF Live series will return
this year. NYFF Live talks, which are also sponsored by HBO®, will include a
combination of clips, trailers, and extended conversations with festival
filmmakers and special guests, with questions also taken from the audience.
NYFF Live takes place daily in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
Amphitheater.
TICKETS
NYFF Directors Dialogues and Meet
the Makers talks are free and
open to the public.
On Cinema tickets are $15; $10 for Film Society Members and Students.
Tickets for the 54th New
York Film Festival, including the On Cinema talk, will go on sale September 11.
Tickets are now on sale to Film Society members and patrons at select levels. Learn
more about NYFF tickets, including a complete list of on-sale dates, prices,
discount options, and rush and standby policies, at
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purchase tickets and secure seats at some of the festival's biggest events
including Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Nights. VIP passes also provide
access to many exciting events, including the invitation-only Opening Night
party, “An Evening With…” dinner, Filmmaker Brunch, and VIP Lounge. Benefits vary
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DETAILS
ON CINEMA
On Cinema: Jim Jarmusch
(Paterson, Gimme Danger)
In this annual master class, NYFF director Kent Jones sits down with world-renowned filmmakers for an in-depth conversation about films from other directors that have influenced and inspired them, their talk illustrated with film clips. For the 2016 edition, Jones sits down with legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who has two films featured in this year's festival.
Tuesday, Oct 4, 8:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street)
In this annual master class, NYFF director Kent Jones sits down with world-renowned filmmakers for an in-depth conversation about films from other directors that have influenced and inspired them, their talk illustrated with film clips. For the 2016 edition, Jones sits down with legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who has two films featured in this year's festival.
Tuesday, Oct 4, 8:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street)
DIRECTORS DIALOGUES
Directors Dialogues:
Maren Ade
One of the most vivid, electrifying talents in cinema today, German director Maren Ade makes breathtakingly intimate films keyed in to the subtle interactions and sometimes inexplicable grand gestures that make us human. A major highlight of this year’s NYFF, her latest film, Toni Erdmann, is an emotional and hilarious dazzler, unlike anything else you’ve seen.
Sunday, Oct 2, 7pm (Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater, 144 West 65th Street)
Directors Dialogues: Kenneth Lonergan
Refusing to shy away from nearly unutterable emotions, the forceful new film from Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, follows a troubled Massachusetts handyman (an unforgettable Casey Affleck) who travels to his North Shore hometown after the death of his brother and must confront memories of an earlier tragedy. As proven in You Can Count on Me and Margaret, few American filmmakers today are better at making movies that express how difficult it is to move on from the past.
Sunday, Oct 2, 3pm (Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets)
Directors Dialogues: Mike Mills
Following his Oscar-winning Beginners, Mike Mills has fashioned a moving, funny film, 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening as a single mother raising a teenage son in a bohemian house in 1979 Santa Barbara. All of the details are just right in this culturally specific yet widely accessible American comedy, which is the Centerpiece film of this year’s NYFF.
Sunday, Oct 9, 3pm (Bruno Walter Auditorium)
Directors Dialogues: Paul Verhoeven
At first blush, it’s hard to believe the same director responsible for the ultraviolent action masterpiece RoboCop and the blockbuster thriller Basic Instinct is also responsible for Elle, the new film starring the great Isabelle Huppert as a video-game designer who has a surprising and complex response after she is raped by a home invader. But all his provocative films are of a piece: wry, satirical, and knowing takes on culture, movies, and personal fantasy.
Thursday, Oct 13, 7pm (Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater)
One of the most vivid, electrifying talents in cinema today, German director Maren Ade makes breathtakingly intimate films keyed in to the subtle interactions and sometimes inexplicable grand gestures that make us human. A major highlight of this year’s NYFF, her latest film, Toni Erdmann, is an emotional and hilarious dazzler, unlike anything else you’ve seen.
Sunday, Oct 2, 7pm (Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater, 144 West 65th Street)
Directors Dialogues: Kenneth Lonergan
Refusing to shy away from nearly unutterable emotions, the forceful new film from Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea, follows a troubled Massachusetts handyman (an unforgettable Casey Affleck) who travels to his North Shore hometown after the death of his brother and must confront memories of an earlier tragedy. As proven in You Can Count on Me and Margaret, few American filmmakers today are better at making movies that express how difficult it is to move on from the past.
Sunday, Oct 2, 3pm (Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets)
Directors Dialogues: Mike Mills
Following his Oscar-winning Beginners, Mike Mills has fashioned a moving, funny film, 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening as a single mother raising a teenage son in a bohemian house in 1979 Santa Barbara. All of the details are just right in this culturally specific yet widely accessible American comedy, which is the Centerpiece film of this year’s NYFF.
Sunday, Oct 9, 3pm (Bruno Walter Auditorium)
Directors Dialogues: Paul Verhoeven
At first blush, it’s hard to believe the same director responsible for the ultraviolent action masterpiece RoboCop and the blockbuster thriller Basic Instinct is also responsible for Elle, the new film starring the great Isabelle Huppert as a video-game designer who has a surprising and complex response after she is raped by a home invader. But all his provocative films are of a piece: wry, satirical, and knowing takes on culture, movies, and personal fantasy.
Thursday, Oct 13, 7pm (Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater)
CONVERGENCE: MEET THE MAKERS SESSIONS
MEET THE MAKERS: PRIYA’S
MIRROR
Ram Devineni, Dan Goldman, Monica Singh
Ram Devineni and Dan Goldman, co-creators of the hugely popular augmented reality comic book series Priya, present the next installment, titled Priya’s Mirror, which concerns acid attacks. Joining Devineni and Goldman is Monica Singh, who shares her resilient story about surviving a brutal acid attack and later becoming UN Women’s Global Youth Champion.
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street)
Ram Devineni, Dan Goldman, Monica Singh
Ram Devineni and Dan Goldman, co-creators of the hugely popular augmented reality comic book series Priya, present the next installment, titled Priya’s Mirror, which concerns acid attacks. Joining Devineni and Goldman is Monica Singh, who shares her resilient story about surviving a brutal acid attack and later becoming UN Women’s Global Youth Champion.
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street)
MEET THE MAKERS: LIVES
IN TRANSIT
Global Lives Project
Lives in Transit chronicles 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers from around the world. Join us for a screening of shorts about drivers of boats, buses, trains, motorcycles, cars and horse carts; a traveling circus performer; and a collector of a rare aphrodisiac fungus. A panel of the films’ directors will speak about their experiences collaborating to make this series possible.
Saturday, Oct 1, 5:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
Global Lives Project
Lives in Transit chronicles 24 hours in the lives of transportation workers from around the world. Join us for a screening of shorts about drivers of boats, buses, trains, motorcycles, cars and horse carts; a traveling circus performer; and a collector of a rare aphrodisiac fungus. A panel of the films’ directors will speak about their experiences collaborating to make this series possible.
Saturday, Oct 1, 5:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
MEET THE MAKERS:
SOUNDHUNTERS
François Le Gall and Nicolas Blies
Join the creators of the Soundhunters App—a tool that allows people to record and tag sounds via their mobile devices, sample, and remix them into their own unique musical compositions—for an in-depth look at this multifaceted, international transmedia experience.
Saturday, Oct 1, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
François Le Gall and Nicolas Blies
Join the creators of the Soundhunters App—a tool that allows people to record and tag sounds via their mobile devices, sample, and remix them into their own unique musical compositions—for an in-depth look at this multifaceted, international transmedia experience.
Saturday, Oct 1, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
MEET THE MAKERS: LATE
SHIFT
Baptiste Planche and Tobias Weber
Is the future of feature filmmaking fully interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style storytelling? The creators of Late Shift and CtrlMovie, the interactive film format powering the project, will explore the challenges inherent in creating audience-directed interactive films.
Sunday, Oct 2, 4:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
Baptiste Planche and Tobias Weber
Is the future of feature filmmaking fully interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style storytelling? The creators of Late Shift and CtrlMovie, the interactive film format powering the project, will explore the challenges inherent in creating audience-directed interactive films.
Sunday, Oct 2, 4:30pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
MEET THE MAKERS:
SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE INTERNET OF THINGS
Lance Weiler and Nick Fortugno
Two years in development, Sherlock Holmes & The Internet of Things spans the globe with events in dozens of cities powered by over two thousand collaborators actively contributing to this “copyleft” experiment. Lead collaborators Weiler and Fortugno will comment on the state of the project and reflect on what their experiences tell us about the future of shared stories.
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
Lance Weiler and Nick Fortugno
Two years in development, Sherlock Holmes & The Internet of Things spans the globe with events in dozens of cities powered by over two thousand collaborators actively contributing to this “copyleft” experiment. Lead collaborators Weiler and Fortugno will comment on the state of the project and reflect on what their experiences tell us about the future of shared stories.
Sunday, Oct 2, 1pm (Howard Gilman Theater)
NYFF 2016 PREVIEWS FROM QPORIT
Preview: MAIN SLATE, 54TH NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL - 2016
Preview: AVA DuVERNAY’S "THE 13th" - NYFF 2016 OPENING NIGHT
Preview: MIKE MILLS' 20th CENTURY WOMEN - CENTERPIECE NYFF 2016
Preview: JAMES GRAY’S "THE LOST CITY OF Z" - NYFF 2016 CLOSING NIGHT
Preview: CONVERGENCE - AT THE 54TH NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL - 2016
Preview: NYFF 2016 FILMMAKER TALKS
Labels: convergence, Filmmaker Talks, Jim Jarmusch, Maren Ade, Mike Mills, New York Film Festival, NYFF 2016, The Film Society of Lincoln Center
