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Film at Lincoln Center has named Sarah Eaton, a film industry veteran and former media relations chief at the Sundance Institute, as VP of marketing and communications. She will lead the development and execution of strategies to promote the mission, programs, and initiatives of FLC, reporting directly to Lesli…

Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art has set Audrey Diwan's Happening and The African Desperate by Martine Syms will bookend the 51st edition of their collaboration, New Directors/New Films running April 20–May 1 in NYC. The festival will introduce 26 features and 11 shorts and total of 39 directors…

Film at Lincoln Center has promoted two key members of its leadership team and also confirmed September 30 to October 16 as the dates for the New York Film Festival. Dennis Lim has been elevated to artistic director of the festival, becoming the first person to hold that title since the first edition in 1963. Eugene He…

Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley, Don’t Look Up) has been named as the latest recipient of Film At Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award. The two-time Oscar winner will receive the honor at the 47th Chaplin Award Gala taking place at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on April 25 at 7 p.m. ET, following a look back at her…

New York Film Festival organizers have unveiled the slate for its Spotlight section, which includes Dune, C’mon C’mon, Red Rocket and other titles of note. Spotlight is the venue where the festival’s presenting organization, Film at Lincoln Center, aims to showcase the fall season’s most anticipated films. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off presiding over the Cannes Film Festival jury, Spike Lee will receive the 46th annual Chaplin Award from Film at Lincoln Center during an in-person gala next month. The event on September 9 will be held at Alice Tully Hall, the main venue for FLC’s New York Film Festival, which will be back there…

The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center Thursday announces the complete lineup for the 50th anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films rolling out April 28 – May 8. The films will screen both virtually and at the FLC theater through May 13, making it the first NYC fest to return to the big…

EXCLUSIVE: After confirming last week it would reopen April 16, Film at Lincoln Center is offering details about its comeback, confirming spring programming and the theatrical return of New Directors/New Films. After more than a year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization affirmed safety…

Film at Lincoln Center, a foundational part of the New York City and global art film landscape, will reopen its theaters on April 16 after a Covid-19 shutdown of more than a year. The non-profit did not offer any details beyond the date, promising to elaborate soon on programming plans and safety measures. Along with…

A recent movement toward unionization by workers at media brands and cultural institutions continued today as staffers at Film at Lincoln Center voted 29 to 4 in favor of forming a guild. The National Labor Relations Board election included workers in film programming, development, communications and public-facing…

Organizers of the New York Film Festival, whose 58th edition faced a welter of complications due to COVID-19, said attendance across virtual and drive-in screenings rose more than 9% over 2019 levels. With drive-in theaters set up in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens and state health restrictions idling the Film at Lincol…

Organizers of the New York Film Festival, one of the signature cultural events in a city hit harder than anywhere in the world by COVID-19, say they are still exploring in-person elements for the 58th edition this fall. Delivering some combination of live and digital experiences is still the ultimate goal, Film at Linc…