Now Playing: Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

The 11th annual Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You is set to unspool. New York's Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Department of Film, in association with IFP, and Filmmaker magazine curates the best and unsung cinematic expression from the film festival circuit that have yet to be picked up for theatrical distribution.

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You has become an invaluable resource for cinephiles who seek to take in the newest emerging talent in American filmmaking on the big screen from visual film, video and digital artists to the freshest indie filmmakers.

This film series is dedicated to bringing New York audiences conversations around independent cinema and in-person engagement with filmmakers. The selected films are All This Panic, directed by Jenny Gage; Free in Deed (New York Premiere), directed by Jake Mahaffy; Hotel Dallas, directed by Sherng-Lee Huang and Livia Ungur; The Nine, directed by Katy Grannan; and The Pearl directed by Jessica Dimmock and Christopher LaMarca.

BFNPTNY takes place from December 16th - December 19th at MoMA. For more information on films, screening times, and filmmaker Q&As, visit:  MoMA.

Fresh Film

IT is not over yet.  The 44th curation of the world renowned New Directors/New Films festival, presented by The Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center is happening now.

YEAR after year ND/NF selects films from all over the globe revealing the most provocative and off the screen story and remarkable storytelling which will impact cinema in the years to follow while providing emerging filmmakers a dynamic platform to showcase their vision in film, cinema, art, society and culture.

LEARN more at:
New Directors/New Films 2015

www.moma.org 

www.newdirectors.org