Curated by Dennis Lim, Rachael Rakes, and David Schwartz

To start the new year, the Museum introduces a brand new showcase for inventive, groundbreaking international cinema. Modest in size but ambitious in scope, First Look is a highly selective group of films that are distinguished by their artistic audacity. Established and emerging directors create new approaches to narrative, documentary, and experimental film, in many cases creating hybrid forms. These films are adventures; they don't only bring us to new places, they offer new ways of seeing the world, and they redefine their medium. Nearly all of our selections are New York premieres, and many are accompanied by personal appearances. In-depth articles about the films will be published on Moving Image Source, the Museum's multimedia magazine.

Featured Works:

Ocaso (Decline, Théo Court, 2010); The City Below (Christoph Hochhäusler, 2010); Almayer's Folly (La Folie Almayer, Chantal Akerman, 2011); Ars Colonia (Raya Martin, 2011); Boxing in the Philippine Islands (Raya Martin, 2011); Buenas noches, España (Raya Martin, 2011); Elena (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2011); It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi (Philippe Grandrieux, 2011); It's the Earth Not the Moon (Gonçalo Tocha, 2011); Letter to Serra (Lisandro Alonso, 2011); Life without Principle (Johnnie To, 2011); Nana (Valérie Massadian, 2011); Palaces of Pity (Palácios de Pena, Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, 2011); Papirosen (Gastón Solnicki, 2011); Red Dawn (João Rui Guerra da Mata and João Pedro Rodrigues, 2011); That Summer (Un Eté brûlant, Philippe Garrel, 2011, pictured); The Silence of Peleshian (Il silenzio di Pelesjan, Pietro Marcello, 2011); Without (Mark Jackson, 2011)

Program information:

First Look

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