Films

Filmmaker In Focus: Ferzan Ozpetek

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:03:32 -0600

The Museum of Modern Art, in association with Cinecitta Holding, presents the New York premiere of Ferzan Ozpetek’s most recent film, Un giorno perfetto (A Perfect Day) (2008), as one of the features of Filmmaker in Focus: Ferzan Ozpetek, a seven-film exhibition of one of the most successful contemporary Italian filmmakers.

MoMA Plays Agnieszka Holland's Films

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:23:06 -0600

The Museum of Modern Art honors award-winning film and TV director and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland (Polish, b. 1948) with a month-long exhibition spanning her three-decade career, from her roots as a highly political contributor to Polish New Wave cinema, through major English-language releases such as The Secret Garden (1993) and Washington Square (1997), and her most recent work as a director for the American television series The Wire.

Dariush Mehrjui In Person At Cleveland Museum

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:39:04 -0600

Clevelanders can get an authentic, insider’s view of contemporary Iran when master Iranian filmmaker, Dariush Mehrjui, appears in person at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Saturday, November 22 at 1:30 p.m. Mehrjui will introduce and answer audience questions after a screening of his latest film, Santouri the Music Man, currently banned in Iran.

Best Film Not Playing At Theater Near You

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:11:26 -0600

The Museum of Modern Art, in association with IFP, presents the third edition of Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, an exhibition of the five films nominated for the “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” award. The winner will be announced on December 2 at IFP’s Eighteenth Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards.

'The Contenders' Come To MoMA

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:41:26 -0600

The Contenders, an end-of-the-year program of screenings that offers filmgoers the opportunity to see a wide spectrum of films made in the last 12 months that are contenders for the upcoming awards season, “cult classic” status, and/or lasting historical significance, as determined by curators in the Museum’s Department of Film.

MoMA Showcases Contemporary Asian Cinema

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:03:24 -0600

ContemporAsian, The Museum of Modern Art’s monthly series spotlighting contemporary films by emerging directors throughout Asia, continues this fall with new films from the Philippines, Pakistan, and India. Digital filmmaking and international coproductions are rapidly transforming an industry in which the transnational flow of talent and resources—even between the U.S. and Asia—has become the norm.

MoMA Showcases Contemporary Filmmakers

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:32:56 -0600

Modern Mondays, The Museum of Modern Art’s Monday night screening series of new works by contemporary filmmakers and multimedia artists, continues this fall with engaging and thought-provoking programming by a diverse selection of cutting-edge international artists.

MoMA Opens International Festival Of Film Preservation

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:27:19 -0500

The Museum of Modern Art presents To Save and Project: The Sixth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, its annual festival of preserved and restored films from international film archives and studios around the world, from October 24 through November 16, 2008.

Whitechapel Gallery Premieres Film By Ali Kazma, Wang Jianwei

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:23:36 -0500

November 2008, the Whitechapel’s Laboratory programme in partnership with museums in China, Europe, Latin America and North America brings together emerging international film and video artists.

Charlie Chaplin Takes Centre Stage With Ulster Orchestra

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:27:57 -0500

A weekend of Charlie Chaplin films has been announced for Belfast’s Waterfront Hall in December.

Walker Art Center Presents Cinema Of Urgency

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:22:01 -0500

The Walker Art Center presents Cinema of Urgency, which focuses a documentary lens on some of the world’s most pressing concerns, showing the need for a global perspective on issues that affect us all, such as civil liberties, drinking water, government secrecy, and how the world sees us as Americans.

Hooked On The Shadow: A Solar Eclipse Documentary

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:40:19 -0500

Hooked on the Shadow: A Solar Eclipse Documentary (2000, 28 min.), by David Makepeace, is a startling documentary that examines the transformative experience of witnessing a total solar eclipse. View this film at the Exploratorium on July 31, 2008, as part of the Exploratorium's all-night eclipse viewing event.