{"id":15739,"date":"2020-02-22T14:50:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T19:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=15739"},"modified":"2022-01-12T20:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T01:56:05","slug":"the-49th-annual-new-director-new-films-march25-toapril5-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/the-49th-annual-new-director-new-films-march25-toapril5-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"The 49th Annual New Directors\/New Films March 25 to April 5 \u2013 Presented by Film at Lincoln Center & The Museum of Modern Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-seven feature films and 10 short films from 35 countries with 13 North American Premieres and 4 U.S. Premieres. Fifteen films directed or co-directed by women, and 15 works by first-time feature filmmakers.<\/h3>\n

Opening Night Feature, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss\u2019s BOYS STATE
\nClosing Night Feature, Maite Alberdi\u2019s THE MOLE AGENT.
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Throughout its rich, nearly half-century history, the festival has celebrated filmmakers who represent the present and anticipate the future of cinema, daring artists whose work pushes the envelope in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n

The Opening and Closing Night selections are the New York premieres of two Sundance-lauded documentaries. Opening the festival is Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss\u2019s Boys State<\/em>, which won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentary and provides intriguing insight into the electoral process as Texas high school students participate in an elaborate mock election to build their own state government.<\/p>\n

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