The members of 10 juries, reflecting the tone and texture of the annual cultural showcase celebrating storytelling in film, television, virtual reality, music and games, will be tasked with honoring the new works of emerging and established members of the creative community with unique art awards and cash prizes as they present their works at the annual Festival.
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“For the First Time in History, Humans Are Now Poised to Destroy Prospects of Decent Existence and Much of Life …”
“For the first time in history, humans are now poised to destroy prospects of decent existence and much of life …” – Noam Chomsky at the 2014 PEN World Voices Festival.
Citywide Ad Campaign to Fight Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Campaign follows a more than 40 percent increase in sexual harassment claims at the Commission over the last two years.
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Jeremy Irons, Julie Taymor, and Morgan Freeman Additional Presenters for the 45th Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Helen Mirren
The gala is scheduled for April 30, 2018 in Alice Tully Hall to celebrate the Academy Award–winning actress and beloved figure of stage, screen, and television who has bestowed upon the world a series of iconic performances in a career spanning more than fifty years.
PolitiFact
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.
Journalist Manny Jalonschi Joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris for WORD Coverage of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Manny Jalonschi joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris to cover the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vin Diesel and Taylor Hackford First Round Presenters for 45th Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Helen Mirren, April 30, Alice Tully Hall
The gala is the Film Society’s largest annual fundraiser, and aids its mission to support the art and craft of cinema and enrich film culture via year-round programming; education initiatives; Film Comment magazine; Artist, Critic, and Industry academies; and much more.
47th Annual New Directors/New Films Festival, March 28–April 8, Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art
“The purpose of New Directors/New Films is to seek out emerging filmmakers who are working at the vanguard of cinema,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “This is as diverse and wide-ranging a lineup as we’ve assembled in years: full of pleasures and provocations and, above all, surprises – proof that film remains a medium ripe for reinvention in ways big and small.”
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