If you’re heading off to Sundance in a few weeks (or just wincing at the January film releases), you may want to make a stop off in Queens. First Look, the annual showcase of new international cinema, opens today at the Museum of the Moving Image and offers filmgoers many compelling reasons to shake off the post-holiday doldrums and to leave the Netflix cave. It also suggests the expansiveness of independent cinema worldwide. Curated by Dennis Lim (editor of Moving Image Source, the Museum’s multimedia magazine) and the museum’s film curators, Rachael Rakes and David Schwartz, the series presents a carefully calibrated selection of 26 features and shorts from emerging talents and established filmmakers from around the world. Many of these films have played at international festivals over the last several years including Locarno, Doc Lisboa, CPH: DOX, and Clermont-Ferrand (among others) and are reaching these shores for the first time. With the exception of the Opening Night selection, Bruno Dumont’s Outside Satan (Hors Satan), the films all share the distinction of being without U.S. distribution.Only in its second year, First Look is quickly establishing itself as one of New York’s most forward-thinking platforms for narrative, documentaries and experimental work…. Read full this story
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