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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Serge Bozon-LA FRANCE
Highlights:
It’s the fall of 1917 and war is raging across Europe. Far from the conflict, Camille spends her time awaiting news of her husband, who is at the front. One day she receives a note from him ending their relationship. Distraught, she disguises herself as a man and goes to the front to find him. On the way, she encounters a small band of soldiers as they trudge through a war-torn countryside that is a no man’s land in more ways than one. Traveling in the shadows of the war, these soldiers add to the surreal quality of their trek by breaking into song and playing homemade folk instruments. Only as the men discover Camille’s true identity does Camille realize the soldiers have secrets of their own. Director Serge Bozon, who won the Prix Jean Vigo for LA FRANCE, has fashioned a truly original war film that has aspects of an eerie fairytale.
Happenings:
Serge Bozon has appeared as an actor in almost 20 films and has worked as a film critic. La France is his third film.
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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), CONRAD CLARK (Soul Carriage), 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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