49TH Annual New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center

The Film Society of LINCOLN CENTER presents the 49th edition of the NCY's most prestigious films festival...

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL (49TH ANNUAL NYFF)
September 30 - October 16
at Alice Tully Hall, the Walter Reade Theatre, and Elinor Bunim Munroe
Film Center at Lincoln Center
For a full list of films and ticket information, go to http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2011

The 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring top films from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent.  Now in its 49th year, the festival's main slate includes 27 films that will screen in the incomparable Alice Tully Hall from September 30 - October 16.

THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL INCLUDES TWO IRANIAN FILMS we think you might be particularly excited about!

-A SEPARATION by Asghar Farhadi

A critical and audience favorite at this year's Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear as well as acting prizes for all four lead performers, A Separation is an Iranian Rashomon of searing family drama that turns into an unexpectedly gripping legal thriller. The film, directed by Asghar Farhadi, begins with married couple Simin (Leila Hatami) and Nader (Peyman Moadi) obtaining coveted visas to leave Iran for the United States, where Simin hopes to offer a better future to their 11-year-old daughter. But Nader doesn’t feel comfortable abandoning his elderly, Alzheimer’s-stricken father, and so the couple embark on a trial separation. To help care for the old man, Nader hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat), a pregnant, deeply religious woman who takes the job unbeknownst to her husband (Shahab Hosseini), an out-of-work cobbler. Almost immediately there are complications, culminating in a sudden burst of violence that constantly challenges our own perceptions of who (if anyone) is to blame and what really happened.

A Sony Pictures Classics release.
COUNTRY: IRAN | PERSIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | RUNNING TIME: 123M
Sat Oct 1: 6:00 pm | Sun Oct 2: 1:00 pm
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/a-separation

-THIS IS NOT A FILM by Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Accused of collusion against the Iranian regime and currently appealing a prison sentence and a ban from filmmaking, Jafar Panahi (a four-time NYFF veteran with films like Offside and Crimson Gold) collaborated with the documentarian Mojtaba Mirtahmasb on a remarkable day-in-the-life chronicle that, as with many great Iranian films, finds a rich middle ground between fiction and reality. Shot with a digital camera and an iPhone, the movie is almost entirely confined to the director’s apartment, where he discusses his films and an unrealized script, while the outside world imposes itself through phone calls, television news, a few comic interruptions, and the sound of New Year’s fireworks. Far more than the modest home movie it initially seems to be, This Is Not a Film is an act of courage and a statement of political and moral conviction: surprising, radical, and enormously moving.

Thu Oct 13: 6:00 pm
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/this-is-not-a-film

In addition, the 49th New York Film Festival will include more special screenings and events than ever before. From debuts to forums to industry dialogues, the Film Society of Lincoln Center can't wait to bring you a truly 360-degree view of the film world today. Stay tuned for even more additions to this exciting list of programs!

Film Society of Lincoln Center
165 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam
the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater is on 65^th Street near Amsterdam Avenue.
Buy Tickets ONLINE here: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2011/pages/ticket-info/

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Walter Reade Theater
165 West 65th Street, north side/upper level

Monday-Friday opens at 12:30pm, Saturday/Sunday opens one half hour before the first screening. Closes every day 15 minutes after the start of the last show. If there are no evening screenings, the box office closes at 6pm. For more information call 212 875 5601 during hours of operation.