2021 was always going to be a triumphant year for New Directors/New Films, as the annual festival dedicated to emerging filmmakers — co-hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center — is celebrating its 50th edition and augmenting its usual array of vital contemporary work with a selection of highlights from past lineups (including Christopher Nolan’s “Following” and Lee Chang-dong’s “Peppermint Candy”).But Nd/Nf 2021 is also celebrating a new day for cinephiles in New York, as it’s the first local festival to offer indoor screenings since the pandemic began, and it feels like the closest thing to a formal reopening for the city’s theatrical community.
Fortunately, remote audiences don’t need to worry about missing out, as all 27 films and both of the shorts packages screening as part of Nd/Nf this year will also be available to watch via virtual cinema.And
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