Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You to Be at MoMA

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Published on Sunday, 15 November 2009 20:09

Written by Jessica Gatdula

For the fourth year in a row, The Museum of Modern Art is collaborating with the Independent Feature Project and Filmmaker Magazine, the organization’s quarterly publication, to screen the five films nominated for the IFP Gotham Independent Film Award, “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.”

The exhibition, run by the MoMA’s Department of Film, will be held from Nov. 19th to Nov. 22nd at the museum’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. Senior members of Filmmaker’s editorial staff selected the nominees, each of which represents the year’s best American independent films that have screened at festivals but have yet to be picked up for theatrical distribution.

Films in the running this year include:

Everything Strange and New
directed by Frazer Bradshaw
About a San Franciscan carpenter dealing with the monotony of his mid-life, Bradshaw’s directorial debut has already earned him the critics’ prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
directed by Damien Chazelle
Shot on a shoestring budget, this is a spirited mix of a downtown slacker relationship drama and a Hollywood movie musical.

October Country
directed by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher
The feature-length documentary about a troubled, working-class family dealing with issues of poverty, teen pregnancy, abuse and war has already won the Grand Jury prize at this year’s Silverdocs.

You Won’t Miss Me
directed by Ry Russo-Young
Presented at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film’s screenwriter, Stella Schnabel, portrays a self-destructive 23-year-old woman.

Zero Bridge
directed by Tariq Tapa
The film, discovered at this year’s Venice and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals, depicts daily life in the war-torn city of Srinagar, Kashmir, as seen through the eyes of a teenage pickpocket in love with a girl whose passport he stole.

Those nominated filmmakers will introduce their works in select screenings and will take part in a Q&A session afterwards. The winner will be announced at 19th Annual IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards, to be held Nov. 30.

As the first honors of the film awards season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards helps independent films expands its audience and supports the work that IFP does throughout the year to bring such films to fruition.

The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street New York City
Nov. 19 to Nov. 22

For more information, check out: http://moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1013

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