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Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) is a nonprofit organization that celebrates cinema as an essential art form and fosters a vibrant home for film culture to thrive. FLC presents premier film festivals, retrospectives, new releases, and restorations year-round in state-of-the-art theaters at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. FLC offers audiences the opportunity to discover works from established and emerging directors from around the world with a passionate community of film lovers at marquee events including the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films.
Founded in 1969, FLC is committed to preserving the excitement of the theatrical experience for all audiences, advancing high-quality film journalism through the publication of Film Comment, cultivating the next generation of film industry professionals through our FLC Academies, and enriching the lives of all who engage with our programs.
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The Latest: Look back at an incredible year at FLC with our 2024 Year in Review - Enjoy the gift of cinema with Oscar shortlisted and Golden Globe nominated Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, All We Imagine as…
Read More »The Latest: Get tickets to NYT Critic’s Picks Anora and Blitz, as well as Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner Dahomey and Sergei Parajanov’s 4K restoration Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Join Mohammad Rasoulof in person for The…
Read More »The Latest: Get tickets for Mohammad Rasoulof in person for The Seed of the Sacred Fig sneak preview on Nov. 22 - Q&A and extended conversation with Marianne Jean-Baptiste just announced for Hard Truths, tickets on sale now - Palestinian-Israeli…
Read More »The Latest: Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner Dahomey opens Friday, with Q&As with Mati Diop on Saturday and Sunday • Don’t miss a landmark of Soviet cinema, Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in a new 4K…
Read More »The Latest: Get tickets to NYFF62 encore screenings through Monday, on sale now • Take advantage of our 20% discount on all NYFF merch through the end of the festival • Pedro Almodóvar announced as 50th Chaplin Award honoree •…
Read More »Film at Lincoln Center announces Luca Guadagnino’s Queer as the Spotlight Gala of the 62nd New York Film Festival, making its U.S. Premiere on October 6. The adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s novel, scripted by Justin Kuritzkes, stars…
Read More »The Latest: See NYC in a new light with Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York and get tickets to Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, both opening tomorrow! - Explore the Open Roads: New Italian Cinema lineup, on sale Monday - Joanna…
Read More »In 22 weeks, the 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival will present the best in cinema from around the world, and we invite you to be part of one of the largest film celebrations of the year. One of the best ways to get the most out of your…
Read More »The Latest: Edward Yang’s Yi Yi and A Brighter Summer Day now back in theaters through April 25 - See New York Times Critic’s Picks The Beast and La Chimera, playing daily - Get tickets to The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something…
Read More »The Latest: Last chance to catch the 53rd edition of New Directors/New Films, ending Sunday • Dive into diverse historical views of NYC with Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York • See New York Times Critic’s Picks The…
Read More »The Latest: Last chance to see The Long Strange Trips of Wojciech Jerzy Has, ending Sunday - Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera opens Friday - Discover your new favorite filmmaker at the 53rd edition of New Directors/New Films, starting next…
Read More »The Latest: See the final performance of a master composer with NYT Critic’s Pick Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus, opening tomorrow, with director Neo Sora in person on Saturday - Get tickets to Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera and Bertrand…
Read More »The Latest: Don’t miss Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, beginning today with directors in person and tickets going fast! - Tickets for Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus on sale now with director Neo Sora in person -2024 New Directors/New Films lineup…
Read More »The Latest: Don’t miss Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s New York Times Critic’s Pick About Dry Grasses, opening tomorrow - New encore screenings added for Hamaguchi’s GIFT with live score and Hitler, a Film From Germany on 35mm - Tickets…
Read More »The Latest: Last chance to see classic films by Godard, Tati, Pasolini, and more at Never Look Away: Serge Daney’s Radical 1970s, ending Sunday - Get tickets to sneak previews of The Taste of Things and The Beast with Q&As - Lineup for…
Read More »The Latest: See classic films by renowned filmmakers at Never Look Away: Serge Daney’s Radical 1970s, opening tomorrow! - Kleber Mendonça Filho’s moving and playful documentary Pictures of Ghosts opens tomorrow - Five-time Academy…
Read More »The Latest: Jeff Bridges will receive the 49th Chaplin Award—Gala tickets available now! • Follow Lulu Wang’s Road to Expats, on sale now • NYT Critic’s Pick Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell opens tomorrow with director…
Read More »THIS MONDAY April 24 - Limited $150 Tickets ($100 for Members) Available! Honor Viola Davis at the 48th Chaplin Award Gala with Special Guests Join Meryl Streep, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jessica Chastain, George C. Wolfe, and now Steve McQueen…
Read More »The latest: The 32nd annual New York Jewish Film Festival 2023 is now underway with tickets going fast • Jordan Peele's curated series The Lost Rider: A Chronicle of Hollywood Sacrifice closes out with the U.S. premiere of The Birthday (ft.…
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