The New York Film Festival Celebrates 50 Years of Cinema

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Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 15:24

Written by Renzo Adler

1963 was a momentous year for film. Liz Taylor was re-defining the starlet in Cleopatra, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World brought a colossal conclusion to the remnants of slapstick humor of the silent era, and Sean Connery was helping create one of cinema’s major franchises in Dr. No,  and it was also the year the New York Film Festival was born.

2012 marks the 50th edition of the New York Film Festival (September 28 – October 14, 2012) at Lincoln Center (various locations). While none of the films being shown at the festival have been officially revealed yet, tickets are being quickly snatched up and Lincoln Center’s Subscription Packages have already sold out.

As part of 50th anniversary, Lincoln Center will be showing 50 Years of the New York Film Festival (August 7 - September 11, 2012), a series of films that were shown at previous years that helped make the NYFF what it is today. Films being shown include:

• Topsy-Turvy (1991, dir. Mike Leigh)
• House of Mirth (2000, dir. Terrence Davies)
• I’m Going Home (2001, dir. Manoel de Oliveira)
• Talk to Her (2002, dir. Pedro Almodóvar )
• Dogville (2003, dir. Lars von  Trier)
• The World (2004, dir. Jia Zhang-ke)
• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, dir. Cristi Puiu)
• Offside (2003, dir. Jafar Panahi)
• Silent Light (2007, dir. Carlos Reygadas)
• Gomorrah (2008, dir. Matteo Garrone)
• The White Ribbon (2009, dir. Michael Haneke)
• Black Venus (2010, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche)
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011, dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

While New York is rife with different film festivals with their own audiences and agendas, Lincoln Center’s NYFF is quintessentially and eternally a New York festival, and not simply Sundance Ver.01. The New York Film Festival embodies a love of cinema, rather than an infatuation with media darlings or making deals with studios.

To learn more, go to http://www.filmlinc.com

50 Years of the New York Film Festival
August 7 - September 11, 2012

50^th New York Film Festival
September 28 – October 14, 2012

Alice Tully Hall
1941 Broadway
New York, NY 10023

Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th St
New York, NY 10023

Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center
144 West 65th St
New York, NY 10023

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