Dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging artists, New Directors/New Films has earned an international reputation as the premiere festival for works that break or re-cast the cinematic mold. Twenty-six features and six shorts, handpicked by curators of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, made the cut this year, as the 37th edition of this non-competitive program spotlights the very best in the current class of new directors, actors, producers, writers, cinematographers, editors, and more.
Curated by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and MoMA team, the films in the 2008 festival represent 17 countries: Argentina, China, France, Greece, Haiti, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Conrad Clark-SOUL CARRIAGE
Highlights:
In SOUL CARRIAGE, Xinren, a young worker at a Shanghai construction site Desperately in need of cash, takes on the onerous task of returning the body of a co-worker who died on the job to his family. Nasty as the chore may be, it seems simple enough—but nothing is simple in a changing China. As Xinren works his way from the city to the countryside – in opposition to the direction most workers go for jobs – looking for someone, anyone, who will acknowledge the dead man, we witness his growing isolation, as his only companion is the body in the back of his van. First-time filmmaker Conrad Clark (who received the New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival) spent two years in China researching the country’s shift towards urbanization and has created a daring work in which the environment is a major character.
Happenings:
Born in Taunton, England, Conrad Clark studied cinema and received a master’s degree in anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Following two years of field research in China, Soul Carriage is his feature-length debut.
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Make sure to stay tuned for our exclusive interviews with CÉLINE SCIAMMA (Water Lilies), MICHELANGE QUAY (Eat, for This Is My Body), LEE ISAAC CHUNG (Munyurangabo), NAOKO OGIGAMI (Megane), DANIELLE ARBID (A Lost Man) LUCIA PUENZO (XXY), SERGE BOZON (La France), CHADI ZENEDDINE (Falling from Earth), and THANOS ANASTOPOULOS (Correction).
LANCE HAMMER (Ballast), AZAZEL JACOBS (Momma's Man), ALEX RIVERA (Sleep Dealer), JACKIE REEM SALLOUM (Slingshot Hip Hop), EMILY HUBLEY (The Toe Tactic), and CARL DEAL and TIA LESSIN (Trouble the Water) were also highlighted at New Directors/New Films. We caught up with them at the Sundance and South by Southwest Film Festivals but their interviews are not to be missed.
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